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Mr. COLLET moved that the declaration be read by the Clerk at the table. This was met with cries of " No, no," and loud hugbtcr, amid which the Hon. Member withdrew his mxion. Mr. DIVETT moved that Frederick Kettle, Thomas Riker, and Joseph Ilumphry Grant, together with Mr. Phillips, lya summoned to appear at the bar of the House to-morrow. Sir G. GREY suggested that Monday would be a more convenient day. Mr. DIVE TV having consented to adopt this reeom mewl Ition, the motion was passed without opposition. POOIt•LAW AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion fur the committal of this Bill, Mr. OSWALD stated that he had great objection to this Bill. It appeared to him that the board to be con stituted by thi- Bill would ultimately resolve itself into a paid commission. The board would not answer the purpose for which it was intended. It would impede the operation of the p 'or-law system, and greater difficulties would be raised in the management of the poor than be fore existed. Believing that :Scotland had not had time to make up ita mind on this important matter, and be lieving that there was no necessity for this Bill this ses sitm, he should move that the Bill be committed that day three months. (The Hon. Gentleman was scarcely au dible in the gallery.) Mr. SITEIL said he had a question to ask as.to— The SPEAKER said that if the question the Right Gentleman had to put had reference to the Bill now under discussion, he might put it, but otherwise he eot!ld not. . . Mr. SIIEIL said it had not reference to the Bill, and therefore he would not put it. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE said he would make but a fe v observations upon this measure. If the Hon. Mem ber who had brought forward this measure was unpre pared to sustain it by a long speech, so also was he (Mr. Ellice) unprepared to give the measure his support. The measure of last year was supposed to contain provisions for relieving the state of the poor of Scotland ; it would, on the contrary, make matters worse, or leave them as they were, or at any rate it would afford no real relief to the poor of Scotland. His opinion was, that the pro- Tl- step would have been to improve the parochial b:;ar Is. It was necessary that some new authority should be introduced ; but this new Bill does not do that sotizfactorily. An attempt had been made by this Bill to constitute a new machinery for the management of the poor of Scotland. The condition of the poor was different in different localities. The poor in the great towns might be managed under the authorities which at present existed—the poor in the manufacturing and rural districts must be managed on a principle wholly d i ii.!rent, and the poor in the Highlands required a Fvuliar systarn of their own. He thought his Right Hon. Friend would have dome batter by providing for these cases. He ought to have, as in this country, local grants for th, wants of different localities. He did not approve of that centralisation which this Bill promoted. 'Why could not Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, be legis lated for by local Acts, and their large pauper popula tion thus provided for. The corporate authorities of these towns and cities would, he felt assured, administer to the wants of the poor in a proper manner ; but he had no objection to their being restricted by any rules an 'l regulations which might be deemed advisable. He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to be cautious in his appointments through fear of creating jealousy by se looting incapable, indiscreet, or imprudent men. If that course ba practised in Scotland, a set of things would arise which would render the poor-law inoperative. He Would ask him to postpone this measure, seeing that there was an absolute want of some means of improving if. The measure would only make the present confusion in Scotland still more difficult. Mr. S. CRAWFORD believed that it was necessary for him to say a few words, in consequence of statements which he made on a former night, and which were contradicted by an Hon. Member on his side of the House. Since that time be had had an opportunity of referring to the evidence of the Scotch Commissioners, and of inquiring Whether his statements were supported or not by that evidence. It stated that there was an insufficiency of relief in that country. The Hon. Gentleman then re ferred to the evidence of Mr. Duncan Ross, the Rev. A. lvl`Pherson, Mr. M'Kenzie, and several others in sup port of his own statements. The paupers to whom the small allowances were given were those who were de scribed as being disabled, and incapable of work. This description was given by the steward of the Duke of Sntherland. The poor in Scotland were provided for by lying permitted to beg. Those who could not beg themselves were supported by those who were capable of going about the country seeking aim.. This system W. 13 opposed by the Duke of Sutherland, as ap. peared in the evidence taken on this subject. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from the minutes of evidence taken before the Poor-law Commissioners with respect to the effects of the clear ance system. According to the evidence of Mr. Donald M'Donald, of Lochinvar, who occupied 30,000 acres of lind, that gentleman employed only eleven shepherds. This, continued the lion. Gentleman, was one of many similar cases which that report revealed, and which he would show to the House by other and most unexcep tionable evidence. The Hon. Gentleman here read ex tracts from the evidence of several clergymen in Suther landshire, showing the general prevalence of the sheep-walk system, and the deplorable effects which he contended it had brought upon the whole population. With regard to the fishing village of Helmsdale, of which so much had been said, it had fallen off to a very giaat extent, and, at the present time, scarcely employed any fishermen belonging to Sutherlandshire. They nearly all came from the neighbouring counties. With 'regard to the rental of Sutherland, it had been asserted that more than 60,0001. above the sum realised had bee❑ spent in improvements from 1811 to 1833. If this was so, it seemed that there was no proof of the improvements for the rental in 1815 was 33,874/. ; it was now only 35,5501. It had been stated the morals of the people were im proved, and the proof ; iven was, that illicit distillation had almost entirely ceased. But there might be other reas )ns for this change, for if the country was one entire pasture field, where were the opportunities for illicit distillation ? He should like to see an industrious po pulation as the proof of the prosperity of a country, but the evidence in this case showed that the country had been almost depopulated. It was, in fact, inhabited only by sheep and shepherds. In 1801 the population was 53,117, and now it was only 24 718, and this, be it re membered, in a country counting 1,120,000 square acres. It used to be stated that the paupers were well attended to, but this had been shown to be a delusion. He hoped that the principle "there is no room for the poor man" would be discouraged in the county of Sutherland.— (flear, hear.) Would they then by this law place the power of relieving the poor in the hands of the local authorities there, or if they did place that power in their hand=, should they not at least take care to place them sufficiently under restriction ? He did not in these remarks wish to cast the leirt reflection on the Duke of S:itherland, for by all reports hiS Grace was the very perion who would oppress the poor man. He would conclude by supporting the motion of the lion. Member fOr Gksgovv. Mr. said that the view taken by the Hon. th.utloroan related to the defects in the county of Suther lard in particular, !and in Scotland in general, and he eeel.l at once admit, that no man could be more sensible than he, that the poor-law, as at present administered, wes mest defective. Having st tted this, he would at once proceed to consider the allegations which had been advance:l against those who administered affairs in the c oanty of Stith. Hand—and first, it had been alleged that the Duke of Sutherland only gave relief to the extent of tit. per week in each parish. This was not the fact. He (Mr. Loch) would maintain that his Grace, under the present system, administered charity to the poor in as g, eat, if not a greater degree, than any other proprietor. Ile could state, with certainty, that no alteration had taken place, with respect to the local settlements of the men in Sutherland for the last twenty years. He, how ever, did not wish that this statement should he received on his nnsepperted affirmation ; and he would therefore re id extracts from the statistical accounts made by the Reverend Mr. Kennedy, Minister of Dornoch. The Hon. Member then read very considerable extracts from the book in question to show, by the evidence of the clergymen in the different parishes, that the do mestic habits of the people had been greatly improve 4, • and that education had ,been greatly extended a.nong them. He also read a letter from a gentleman of great respectability in the county of Forfir, who, having visited Sutherlandshire prejudiced against the manner in which things were managed there, bad been compelled to change his opinions, and to acknowledge that a decided improvement had taken place in the condition of the poor in that country. Having-read these extracts, he did not think it would be necessary for him to add one word more. lie would but advert to the endeavours made by his Grace to extend education to the people there. It, II Id been very difficult to get schools erected while they were distributed in small townships, but as they were new collected in larger masses, his'Grace had determityd on building twrlve schools in connexion with the ral Assembly, at a cost of 2001. each, and he aln) add ,d 260/. in aid of the funds of the Ge- nem' Assembly, and, thcrefnr;, taking v ev:;Ything in view, he contended that there was a foundation laid in the county of Sutherland for improvement, both in the moral and religious education of the people. He might mention that in the year 1817, when there was great destitution in the county, and when assistance was given by his Grace, it was found that 408 families, or 2,000 persorv, had settled down without leave being ask sd, or rent paid ; but instead of turning them off the land, they were assisted like the others, and the only demand made was, that at the earliest opportunity they should vacate the " crofts " of which they had thus taken possession: The Duke of Sutherland kept his te nants under a nominal rent, in order that they might not. be wanderers, and the intention was followed by the de sired result. He congratulated the Duke of Sutherland on his being connected so closely with the moral and physical improvement of his countrymen. Sir J . . M"FEG GAN said that believing, as he did, that at this late period of the session a Bill of this import. anee could not obtain that consideration which he deemed ntcosary, he should vote for the motion of the Hon Member for Glasgow. The LORD ADVOCATE trusted that they might be allowed to go into Committee on this Bill. There were a great many criticisms offered on it which would be taken into consideration. He thought that they had had plenty of time since the first of April, when the Bill was introduced, to consider it. SHEIL said, that the most important clause in this Bill was one which, if carried into law, would have a most pernicious and a most fatal operation on Ireland. It was provided that no Irishman should obtain a settle ment by residence in Scotland. They m i g ht te ll hizl it was fair, because these hardships were imposed upon Englishmen and the inhabitants of the Isle of But; 'practically, Scotchmen did not re quire* settlement in Ireland, In Ireland no settlement thvy might say was required by Scotchmen, therefore Irishmen, Englishmen, or inhabitants of the Isle of Man, should have no settlement in Scotland by resi deruF In Scotland, if an ItiAnnan had been residing for twenty years, and had left at the age of sixteen, and after that had been employed in a factory until he he was too old to work, and ashamed to beg, they sent kini back to Ireland because he had nat been born in that country. When there was distress in Scotland he recollected that the Irish in that country were excluded from the advantages of the subscriptions which were raised for the relief of those distressed. The Bill was directed against a large Irish population, who did not go to Scotland for mendicity, and he thought that natu ralisation ought to be the result of industry. lie would ask the Lord Advocate if he were prepared to make any change in this measure? If he did not, he (Mr. Sheil) thought that the Scotch Members were not prepared to support him in this system of direct national discrimi nation. Mr. F. MAULE wished to give a reason why he should vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Glasgow. He was of opinion that no law would be satisfactory to the Hon. Gentleman himself (the Lord Advocate), or to the country, unless it offered some permanent advantages. He would ask whether this Bill embodied principles which were likely to become per manent or satisfactory? After due consideration he believed that by taking more time to consider they would arrive at a better measure, and for this reason, that they had not yet discovered the proper way to deal with the people of Scotland; In Edinburgh and in Glasgow associations assembled for the purpose of pro tecting the pour. Some of these societies applied to him to become a member, but he told them that the best association for the relief of the poor was the legislature of the country. If they did not beware they would have these associations spreading up, which would interfere with the good government, the peace and tranquillity of the country. He thought that by suspending their lodgment, and by taking opinions in this matter during the interval, after this session they would be more likely to arrive at a more satisfactory settlement. Mr. REDINGTON thought that there were two clauses in this Bill which would have a material opera tion on the people of Ireland. He would ask the Lord Advocate why he advocated a measure which no com mittee of the House was ever asked to assent to ?___The first objection was the question of settlement. There was a clause enabling the removal of paupers to other parts of the empire, which was a hardship much dwelt upon by the Commissioners. According to this Bill there was no earthly means by which an Irishman could obtain a settlement in Scotland. The law at present was, that three years' industrial residence would give any person a right of relief. But if this Bill passed, no person could obtain relief under any circumstances what ever, unless he was a Scotchman. He knew instances of Englishmen and Scotchmen being admitted into poor houses in Ireland—in fact, they were never asked what country they came from, it was only necessary to know that they had six months' residence,-which gave them the right of settlement, and, consequently, they could claim relief. He did think that Irishmen ought to re ceive the same sympathy in Scotland that Scotchmen did in Ireland. Mr. SCOTT wished to say a few words on the 71st clause. He was of opinion that the law of settlement should not be discussed until they came to the 73d clause. Lie had been in communication with the Lord Advocate on this subject ; but he had found it impossible to pro cure a law of settlement for the Scotch paupers in Eng land ; and therefore he begged to say that it was quite absurd to suppose that any invidious distinction was made in regard to Irish paupers in Scotland. Mr. ELLIS would trespass on the time of the House for a few moments. He did believe that prudent, good legislation might prevent much of the distress that ex isted in the Highlands of Scotland ; and he had an impression amounting to conviction, that a great deal of that distress had been owing to the clearance system.— (Hear, hear.) He had heard attacks made upon certain persons in Sutherlandshire ; but he should say that many of those attacks were unfounded, and that a great deal of kindness and humanity had been evinced in that country to those who had been evicted. If those who represented that a degree of harshness had been used to individuals in Sutherlandshire, would only prolong their journey to the north, they would find many instances of much greater harshness.—(Hear, hear.) This was the first Government who had ever taken up this question, and, therefore, he had had much difficulty in deciding on the course he should adopt in regard to it. However, he had made v.p his mind, and he would say, that though he was aware that Scotland did stand in need of a re formed system of poor-law, still, as be did not think this Bill made that provision, he would vote for the amend ment. He looked upon this Bill as containing much o valuable matter ; but some of the clauses were so objec tionable, and gave it so much the character of what his Hon. Friend the Member for Renfrewshire had called a landlord's Bill, that he should oppose it, particularly in consequences of the provision it made for boards of ap peal, which were not by any mewls calculated to afford satisfactory and prompt modes of appeal to the poor man. The Honourable Member then read an extract from a speech made by one of the sheriffs of Scotland, and contended that that speech bore out his argument against the board of appeal. He would next call attention to the defective provisions the Bill contained for affording suit able protection to the lunatic poor, in which he consi dered he was borne out by what had already taken place in this country in reference to pauper lunatics. In Eng land he was aware that the people were assessed for sup porting their lunatic poor, and he would admit the justice of such a law, and if such was intended by this Bill for Scotland, he did think the first thing the Bill should do would be to define that assessment ; and if it did not, the Government would find they would have to come back to the House to ask for such a provision, Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had presented several petitions from various parts of Scotland, most of them approving of parts of the Bill, but all of them praying that it should be postponed till next session. He wanted to know what was the reason of the undue ihaste which had been shown in endeavouring to pass the Bill during the present session ? The history of the Bill had been given by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, and therefore he would not enter into the particulars. The Hon. Member for Perth had said the Bill could not work well, unless it had the confidence of the people of Scotland. The powers of the Commission extended to act in all the parts of Scotland by a vicarious change. The Commissioners were invested with altogether terrific powers, as respected the working of the measure. They were not only to name the number of therepresentatives, but they were also empowered to decide who they were to be. He would ask why were the rate-payers to be represented by any other individuals than those chosen by themselves ; and why should the clergy of the Esta blished Church be exempted from the payment of rates for the poor, while the great majority of the other clergymen was subject to assessment? He believed the intention of the Lord Advocate, in bringing forward this Bill, was well meant to the people of Scotland; but still the Bill was so objectionable to all the competent autho rities in Scotland, and to all connected with the admi niitration of the law, that the Government should pause before they hurried it through this session. He would ask, was there a single petition presented in favour of this Bill from Scotland ? Colonel RA\VDON objected to the Bill, and espe cially to clause 72. By it Irishmen were placed in a different position in Scotland, to what Scachmen were in Ireland. The Irishman would derive no benefit from it. In the removal of Irish paupers, there was no protec tion whatever that an Irishman could not be sent off from the nearest port in Scotland for transhipment to Ireland. In his opinion, the 72d clause made poverty a crime. If any Irishman attempted to come back again in search of employment, he was liable to be imprisoned and punished with hard labour. This was a provision contrary to jus tice and to the interests of Ireland. lle believed there were 50,000 Irishmen in Glasgow, and that was a strong case that great con,ideration should be bestowed on the measure before it went into Committee. Mr. VIVIAN said that the great evil in Ireland was want of employment, and that was the reason why so many of the poor Irish male a practice of coming into Scotland and England. There were from 150,000 to 200,000 Irish in the cities of Glasgow, E linburgh, Pais ley, Greenock, and their vicinities. He could not con ceive anything more unjust than the proposed measure in its present form, as it regarded the treatment of Irish men in Scotland, and he trusted that her Majesty's Go vernment would reconsider the matter. Mr. ESCOTT had listened with great attention. ;le had heard six or seven Members for Ireland express there objection against certain portions of the proposed measure ; and had also heard several Scottish Members express similar opinions. Not one Hon. Member had risen to defend the Bill. He must say that when on a former occasion he was present in the [louse, he had listened to the Lord Advocate, and from the observa tions which had fallen from him, it appeared to him (Mr. Escott) that there was room for a better adminis tration of the poor-law in Scotland. He considered some of the provisions of the proposed law might be earriedinto effect with benefit to the people in Seotland, but it would be advisable to inquire further into the state of the poor, in order that the efficacy of the measure might be sufficiently tested. He felt himself called upon to say thus much. All the evils that had resulted in England and Ireland, from the operation of the poor -laws, had resulted from want of sufficient consideration of those schemes before they became the law of the land. He believed that if the report of the Commissioners, appointed to investigate into the condition of the poor, had not been so implicity acted upon, the beneficial results would have been great. The poor laws both of England and Ireland required considerable supervision. It was proposed that the Poor law Commissioners for Scotland should have the same powers as those of England and Ireland. Such a system was highly objectionable to the feelings of the people of Scotland, and it had been stated by all those who were competent to judge of the matter, that the further con sideration of the Bill should be postponed to another session. He wanted to know what there was in the pre"- sent state of the peer-law of Scotland that required alter ation. It was advisable that the intentions of that mea sure should be carried out to their fullest extent, and practically enforced before such a measure as that now proposed was entered into. Mr. DUNDAS, after a few preliminary remarks in which he strongly reprobated some observations which had fallen from the Honourable Member for Winchester (Mr. Escott), observed that it was true the wants of the poor, to his own knowledee, in certain districts in Scot land, were very great and urgent. Reports had been published from time to tim. of the condition of the people in the north of Scotland, and they were not without foundation. He did net believe that the poor whom we have always with us had yet attained their proper position in Scotland.—(Load cheers.) If the House would go through the evidence, as he had done, they would see with him the extreme suffering under which the poor of Scotland were labouring ; and such being the state, he, not as a landlord or owner of the soil, but as a man of humane Christian feelings, weuld support any measure likely to benefit his country. (Hear, hear.) The whole system of Scotch existence was built upon the mutual support which every class ren dered one aeothcr, end he contended that very great credit was due to the poor as well as the rich, for the generous absiatanee they tendered to their suffering THE, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1845. brethren, who, uncomplainingly, endured distress almost without a parallel.(Cheers.) And what was their present state ? What wai the food they now received ? Why just what he himself had in his youth lived on : for he was not ashamed to admit—notwithstanding that many behind him had perhaps been educated and clothed in purple and • fine linen—that he had fed or. nothing but oatmeal porridge.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Campbell, the minister of an important parish in the county, had given similar evidence ; and in that state, therefore, he was ready to support any measure calculated to improve the poor. But the Bill now be fore the House, and the particular clause in question, would go far to prevent, rather than promote, the inte rests of that class. It was inhospitable and unjust; and, although unwilling to inconvenience the Government, he must oppose the measure in its present state. Sir J. GRAHAM lived on the English side of the Scottish frontiers, and he could attest that a great num ber of English had obtained a settlement in Scotland, while the Scotch could not obtain a similar hospitable reception in the English borders. The Bill was in tended to equalise these anomalies. A clause was intro duced to make a three years' industrial residence alone give a Settlement in Scotland ; but he would not wish to press it eventually contrary to the inclination and opinion of the country. If, however, the measure were rejected, the Government would have the satisfaction of having done their duty fearlessly and conscientiously ; and on the House must rest the responsibility of the overthrow ing a Bill brought in with the purest intentions. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment .. Against it . Majority for going into Committee —43 The House then went into Committte on the Bill. On clause l being put, Mr. E. ELLICE moved that the words " relief and maintenance" should be held to include necessary medical relict The LORD ADVOCATE contended that in many cases such a provision would be very difficult to carry out. For instance, in the case of a parish in which no medical man resided—as was frequently the case in Scotland—in that case a medical man must be supported at the workhouse of the parish. Mr. E. ELLICE considered that relief was illusory unless it was accompanied by medical relief, and inti mated that he would press his amendment. Lord DUNCAN hoped his Hon. Friend would post pone his amendment, and make it another clause of the Bill. Mr. E. ELLICE said he would abide by his proposi tion, that medical relief was the most important relief that could be afforded to the poor, especially in thinly populated districts. He would adhere to his amendment. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the meaning of the word " relief " included medical attendance. Mr. P. SCROPE—Then, why not introduce it in plain terms, to prevent any ambiguity ? Mr. HENLEY said, it appeared that a deplorable amount of destitution prevailed in Scotland, and that nothing was so much wanted as medical relief. He did not believe that the Bill would provide for the wants of the poor of Scotland, still he thought the Bill, if it really meant to afford medical aid, should say so, to pre vent all disputes. Mr. ELLICE remarked that if the Government would not give way on the point, and insert the words in the Bill, that the term relief meant medical aid, he would consider the measure a mere mockery and delusion. Mr. FOX MAULE stated that it would not be possible to afford medical relief in the manner his Hon. Friend required, especially in the islands and very thinly peopled districts. If carried out it would operate most oppres sively on those who would be called on to bear the expense. Sir J. GRAHAM thought it was not proper to hold out expectations that could not be realised. They should do all that legislation could do to afford relief, but he considered that what the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ellice) proposed would be found impracticable. Mr. ELLICE contended that the arrangement was not so impracticable as Hon. Members seemed to think. He would certainly take the sense of the House on his amendment. Mr. GLADSTONE explained that there was a clause in the Bill which rendered it optional with the perish authorities to include medical relief in parochial relief. After a few words from Mr. F. Mainz and Mr. ELLICE the gallery was cleared for a division. On our return the numbers were— For the amendment f 25 Against it Majority against it _I —37 After a few words from Mr. GLADSTONE, the Cause was agreed to. Clause 2 was agreed to, as was clause 3. Upon clause 4 being proposed, Mr. BOUVERIE wished to know what the specific fain was, that was to be paid to the Commissioners ? Sir J. GRAHAM could not answer the question. The money was not to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, And would, therefore, come under the annual revision of the House. Mr. BOUVERIE said he thought the words " ade quate salary," in the clause, of much too general a nature. _ _ Tifis:COLLETT said this clause was one upon which be had given notice of an amendment. It referred to the payment of sheriffs " as long as they continued mem bers of the Board," as the clause set forth. lie thought the words too general, and saw no reason why they should be paid 100/. a year each. He concluded by moving the following amendment:—" To leave out all the words in the clause, from the word' board' to the end of it." Mr. DUNDAS said that they would never get a lawyer to work well unless they paid him, and he thought that the words ought to stand. Mr. F. FRENCH said that nothing could be more moderate than the payment of 1001. a-year, and espe tially when he remembered the large sum of 1,000/. and 1,500/. a year, which was given to the Poor-law Com missioners both in England and Ireland, he thought that this remuneration ought to be given. Lord DUNCAN thought that the best way to secure the attendance of the officers was to pay them. i Sir J. GRAHAM said that all the experience lay on the side of the payment of the Commissioners. Mr. BOUVERIE thought that the true principle was o pay a man according to his work. A gentleman might e paid his 1001. and yet not attend once in the year. Sir R. PEEL said that certainly some reliance ought to be placed on the honour of the parties concerned. i Mr. P. SCROPE said that the bait way of securing the attendance of the members was to publish an account Of their proceedings, and in his opinion the plan would be improved if they were to appoint two paid Commis sioners instead of four. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the best check was to be found, when the duty of the Commissioners was brought before Parliament and the annual estimates r v ere put before them. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause as passed. Clauses 5, 6, 7, and 8, were then agreed to, after a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE, as were the ?lauses.up to 16. On clause 16 being proposed, Mr. LOCKHART moved an amendment—that in , :ge 7, line 25, after the word "parish" to insert the words, "Provided always, that such comidnation shall not take effect until the board of supervision shall by an order have directed the parochial boards of the re ipcctive parishes to take into consideration the matter bf such combination, and if within a reasonable time, to be specified in such order, the parochial board of any f the parishes shall, by a majority of two-thirds, resolve against having such parish included in the combination, and shall intimate such resolution to the board 6f supervision, such parish shall not be included in the combination." In moving this amendment, he thought that its very terms presented a reason for its adoption. For instance, in the ca e of Glasgow, there was one parish in the union which contained a larger population, and was assessed in a larger amount, and thirty-three Of the other out-unions, and in 1856, according to the usual increase, this district would contain upwards of 600,000 inhabitants. The inequality of this assessment was, therefore, a positive injustice. The parish of Glas gow was under one system of management, while other parishes had several trusts. He had no objection to Combinations, but he thought that the clause was insuf ficient, and he should therefore move the addition to it of which he had given notice. 1 On a suggestion of the CHAIRMAN, the amendment was postponed until Lord Duncan's motion was settled. I Lord DUNCAN then proposed the omission of Clause 16, and the insertion of the following in its place: H--." That in every case where it may appear to the board lof supervision, on application by the parochial boards of Ony one or more adjoining parishes, or from a regard to the relative situation of two or more such parishes, pr from any other circumstances, that the administration of the affairs of the poor therein might be carried on , . with greater advantage to the said parishes and to the poor therein, by the said parishe3 being combined for the purposes of this Act ; then the parochial boards of such parishes sha:l meet, on requisition to that effect by the board of supervision, for the purpose of considering the proposed combination ; and in every case where the parochial boards of two or more such parishes shall re solve that it is expedient and proper that such parishes shall be combined for all purposes connected with the management of the poor, and the administration of the laws relating to their relief, and for the purpose of rais ing the necessary funds for the relief and support of the poor (and also for the purpose of settlement); and where it shall be established to the satisfaction of the board of supervision that it is expedient and proper that such parishes shall be so combined, it shall be lawful for the said board of supervision to resolve and declare that such parishes shall thenceforward be combined for the pur poses aforesaid, and shall be considered as one parish, so far as regards the support and management of the poor, and all matters connected therewith ; and all expendi ture in respect to the poor belonging to such combination of parishes shall be deemed and held to be the common expenditure of such combination of parishes, and be charged upon and paid out of the common and general fund to be raised for the relief of the poor over the whole of such parishes." Sir JAMES GRAHAM considered that they ought to obtain the opinion of the Committee on the 67th clause, before they adopted the proposition of the Noble Lord. Lord DUNCAN called the attention of the Go vernment to the 36th clause of the Bill. Mr. HASTIE thought the clau‘e under discussion the best in the Bill, because it compelled landowners to con tribute somewhat to the support of the poor—a duty which, under the former system, they were somewhat apt to forget. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that, seeing the House was rather opposed to the clause, he should postpone it for the present. After a few words from Mr. HASTIE, the clause was p)stponed. On clause 17 being put, Mr. FOX MAULE objected to the incorporating Leith with Edinburgh, as, by so doing, an injustice was done to the former borough. He should divide upon the clause. After a few words in reply from the LORD AD VOCATE, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but iso division took place, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 18 being proposed, Mr. F. MAULS moved that all the words from the words " kirk sessions" down to the words " boards" be omitted. Mr. BOUVERIE supported the amendment. Mr. LOCKHART opposed it. A short discussion then took place ; after which, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 3O Against it Majority for the clause Clauses 19, 20, 21, and 22, were then agreed to. When clause 23 was read, Mr. F. SCOTT proposed as an amendment, " that after the word 'assessment,' the words or in which such funds shall have been provided by legal assessment for thirty consecutive years immediately prior to the Act,' should be inserted." He took the opportunity also of stating that there was as much chance of maladminis tration with this Bill as there was in the present state of the law. No case in his opinion had been made out for the proposed alterations. The LORD ADVOCATE said that, heretofore, those who held land or houses, and who were assessed, but were not heritors, were not represented, nor could take share in the election of those who represented them ; but the principle recognised in the present measure was, that those who were assessed, whether they were heri tors or not, should be represented.—(Hear.) 11r. F. M .I.ULE was glad to hear that announcement, for he quite concurred with the Lord Advocate that all who were assessed, whether they were heritors or not, should have a share in the representation. Mr. ELLICE, jun., feared that the numbers in parishes who were not heritors were so great as to materially embarrass the proceedings. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 were also made part of the Bill. On clause 32 being read, The LORD ADVOCATE, in answer to a question from Mr. Bouverie, said he thought it better to put on the local board the responsibility of supervision. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 33. Clause 34 was then agreed to. On clause 35 bein g put, Mr. WATSON moved that the Chairman report pro gress. - Sir JAMES GRAHAM denounced, and Lord HOWICK idvocated this course, which being put from the chair, was adopted. ' • PAROCHIAL SETTLEMEN r BILL. __OD the question that the other orders of the day be proceeded with, al.; second reading of the Parochial Settle ment Bill, the committal of the Commons Inclosure and, Lunatic Asylum Bills, and the second reading of the Con stables Public Works (Ireland) Bill were postponed till this day. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. This Bill was ordered to be reported on Tuesday next, and the Committee on the Merchant Seamen's Bill was deferred till the, same day. COAL TRADE (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. This Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday next. FIELD GARDENS BILL. The report was brought up and agreed to. FOREIGN LOTTERIES BILL. The report was brought up and received. SMALL DEBTS BILL (No. 2) This Bill was read a second time. COLLEGES (IRELAND) BILL. The. Committee on this 'Bill was postponed until Monday. DRAINAGE (IRELAND.) Sir T. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bill of 1841, respecting drainage in Ireland. _ The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at one o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty the King of, the Belgians held a Diplo matic Levee yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Members of the Diplomatic Corps arrived at the Palace at one o'clock and were ushered into the Library. ,There were present—Count de St. Aulaire, the French ,Ambassador ; Count de Jarnac, First Secretary ; Count Louis de Noail!es, Secretary ; Baron de Talleyrand, Attach& • and Mr. George de Rabaudy, Chancellor of the Embassy ; Count Dietrichstein, Austrian Ambas sador, and Baron Koller, First Secretary of the Em bassy ; Sarem Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, and Mons. Agop, Secretary, Interpreter of the Embassy ; Mons. Deck', the Foreign Minister, and Mr. Stratenus, First Secretary of the Legation ; Count do rollon, the Sar dinian Minister; M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister; Prince • Castelcicala, Sicilian Minister ; Count de Kielmannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister; and Baron Thile, Secre tary of Legation ; Le Commandeur Marquis Lisboa, Brazillian Minister ; Mr. Everett, United States Mi nister ; Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister ; and Mr. de Brelke, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; Le Duc de Sotomayor, Spanish Minister ; and Le Chevalier de Pedrorena, Second Secretary of Legation. Baron de Gersdorff, Saxon Mi nister ; Mr. Colquhoun, Diplomatic agent for the Hanse Towns ; Mr. Masquera, New Granada Charge d'Affaires ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; and Mr. Ashbel Smitb, Charge d'Affaires of Texas. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians entered the library soon after one o'clock, attended by the Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Dame d'Honneur, and Major A. d'Hanina de Moerkerke, Officers d'Ordon nance. M. Van de Weyer, her Majesty's Representative at the British Court, then presented the Members of the Diplomatic Corps to their Majesties. After the reception their Excellencies retired. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer was attended by Mr. Charles Drouet, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Charles Castellain, Vice-Consul of Belgium. ' The Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, went yesterday afternoon to Ealing Park, to honour Mr. and Mrs. Law rence with a visit. The Viscountess Jocelyn, Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, were in waiting on the Royal party. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing yes terday in an open carriage and four. His Royal Iligh ness Prince Alfred was taken an airing in the royal gardens yesterday. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and the Hon. Caroline M. Dawson have succeeded the Hon. Misses Paget and Liddell as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Ma jesty. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, his Royal High nesi Prince George, Count St. Auleire, the French Am bsssador; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister; the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Westminster, Lady Elizabetls i Grosveuor, the Marquis of Granby, Viscountess Jocelyn, Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Lord and Lady Glenlyon, Colonel the Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, the Right Hon. H. Lytton Bulwer, and Major de Moerkerke. The band of the Royal Horse Guards were in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The company consisted of their Serene Highnesses Prince Ed eard and Prince Herrmann of Saxe Weimar, Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Caroline Levcson Gower, the Duchess and Made moiselle de Coigny, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary Sackville West, Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and the Ladies Clementina and Adela Villiers, the Hon. Francis Vil liers, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimston, Viscount Seaham, Lord Leveson, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Hon. M: <. George Dawson Darner and Miss Dawson Darner, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. James P. Murray, Captain Francis Seymour, and Capt. W. Baillie Ilamilton. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom panied by the Princess Mary, visited the Gardens in the Regent's Park, yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took a drive to Kew yesterday, returning to town in the after noon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cam bridge House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Attorney-General for Ireland had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. Dean. Chairman of the Customs, had an inter. view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Edward Disbrow had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This establishment closed last night for the season, when Mr. Bunn delivered the following address : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have the houour of ap t:miring before you, on this occasion, with no other sanc tion than that of custom, to return you my acknow ledgements for the patronage you have been pleased to bestow upon our exertions. " The season now closing, one of the longest ever known in this theatre, has been beset with no ordinary difficulties. My old acquaintance, and former rival, Co vent-garden Theatre, has opposed us with every variety of allurement, from a promenade concert to a provincial biz lan Most of my principal performers have been ill for a considerable portion of our time, and the elements have been sadly unpropitious ; yet, with all these draw backs, it has been made manifest that the class of enter tainment submitted to your approbation has bnen the preferable one ; for, under your generous protection, I have brought another season to a favourable issue. " I never presume to enter upon that now hacknied question of legitimate or illegitimate performances. I have but one object in view, and that is to please the public; and whe n I ca ll to mind (with no common d:rgarieaencoosf are ctitso b satisfaction) rtioonu)ndthialptotplo ther t pianofortes of e ver y ions of all our per idrawing-room in the empire, I can afford to smile at the malevolence of those who affect to be disappointed. " I take leave to inform you that I shall re-open this theatre, with every degree of attraction I can procure, at the end of next September, and all which now remains for me to do is to thank you most cordially for that liberality which has enabled me to remunerate the many eminent al 'isles who have had the honour of appearing before you." • LONDON CUTANEOUS INSTI TUTION. The first annual festival of the Londoa Cutaneous In stitution for the treatment and cur., of chronic non iinfectieus diseases of the skin, was held last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•street. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., in the chair. Among the company present we noticed Sir Edward Buxton, Bart., S. Gurney, Esq., T. Hankey, Esq., W. Thornborrow, Esq., W. Wilkinson, Esq., Moxhay, Esq., Dr. Southwood Smith, Dr. Hodgkin, Boyes Thorn ton, Esq., secretary of the Institution, J. Startin, Esq., Surgeon to the Institution, and G. Thompson, Esq. Shortly after seven o'clock about one hundred gentle men sat down to an excellent dinner, consisting of all the delicacies of the season, and which was put on the table in that admirable style which is characteristic of the London Tavern. The musical arrangements were conducted by Mr. Bruton, who was assisted by Messrs. Pyne, Turner, F. Smith, Martin, and Ashton. Mr. Harker officiated as toast-master, and went through the duties of his office in admirable style. The usual loyal toasts having been drank with all the honours, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the even ing. They were all men of business there, and, there fore, it was better at once to proceed to the business of the evening, and he would, therefore, propose the toast of " Prosperity to the London Cutaneous Institution."— Now, no doubt some fastidious persons had objected to the name as something loathsome, and attempts had been made to create a prejudice against the Institution ; but Englishtnea would never be deterred from the support of that which they felt to be morally right by any fear of personal obloquy.—(Loud cheers.) The objections which had been originally made to this Institution were fast disappearing, and when the grounds en which those objections had been made were examined, they would be found all to vanish into air. —(Loud cheers.) It was natural that at first persons should be alarmed when they found that an institution for the treatment of a cer tain class of loathsome diseases was about to be estab lished in their neighbourhood. But when the matter was properly examined into, it became evident that their fears were ludicrous.—(Loud cheers.) He believed that the prejudices which had existed against the Institution were now rapidly diminishing, and that many of those who had been originally opposed to its establishment in its present locality were now num bered amongst its well-wishers. There was no chari table institution in the metropolis which did such a great amount of good at such a small expense.—(Cheers.) It had been objected to this Institution, that there were hospitals open in which cutaneous diseases were treated in common with others. So there were. But if there were any fact which could be called incontrovertible, it was this—that in science, as well as in mechanics, the division of labour was attended with incalculable advan tages. Here they had an institution for the treatment of a particular class of diseases. If a medical man wished to acquire pre-eminent skill in any particular department of his profession, it was necessary that he should devote himself more particularly to it. All scientific know ledge must, according to Lord Bacon, be acquired by the method of induction ; and in order to acquire know ledge by induction, it was necessary to collect facts; and this Institution furnished them with the means of trying the foundation on which the superstructure of science was to be built.—(Cheers.) They had hospitals for the treatment of diseases of the eye, and for the treatment of diseases of the spine, and surely, therefore, they ought to have an hospital for the treatment of the diseases of the .skin.—(Cheers.) He would not dilate further on that part of the subject, for, speaking as he did in the presence of so many members of the medical profession, he felt himself in the situation of the sophist, who discoursed of the art of war to Hannibal.—(A laugh.) He believed that the greatest boon which could be conferred on society was to extend the field of medi • cal science, and, as a proof of his position, he would allude to the report recently published of the works of the medical missionaries among the Chinese. An ad miration of Christian feeling and a love of science had been propagated among that great people by the labour of the medical missionaries. —(Cheers.) This was a matter somewhat foreign to the subject, but still he could not help alluding to it.—(Cheers.) He would detain them no longer, but would at once propose the toast— " Prosperity to the London Cutaneous Institution." Drank with three times three. _ Song, Mr. Turner, " The Four-Leaved Shamrock." Mr. G. THOMPSON, in an eloquent speech, in the course of which he passed a high eulogium upon the character of Mr. S. Gurney, proposed the next toast, which was the health of " Samuel Gurney, Esq., the President of the Institution," with three times three. Mr. S. GURNEY, in returning thanks, entered into a brief history of his connexion with the Institution. It was now about two years since that his son had informed him that there was an Institution for the treatment of cutaneous diseases in London-wall, which had absolutely outgrown its means. He inquired into the merits of the Institution, and he found that it effected a very great amount of good at a very small expense. He found, moreover, that it was in most able hands, and that his friend Startin, the surgeon of the Institution, with whom he had been previously unacquainted, was a benevolent and skilful man, who devoted his time and skill to the service of his fellow-creatures.—(Hear.) The Institution had absolutely outgrown the locality in which it had been placed. Having satisfied himself of its merits, he determined that it should not fall.—(Loud cheers.) On inquiry, he found that the neighbours did not con sider the Institution any nuisance, the clergyman of the parish, who lived opposite to it, bore witness to its good effects, and the only annoyance of which the neighbours complained was that, in consequence of the want of ac commodation within the building, some of the patients were obliged for some time to stand in the street. A house in Bridge-street, which afforded greater accommo dation, was hired for the Institution, and the Apothe caries Company were so satisfied as to the value of the Institution, that they had agreed to let them have their waste hot water for baths grans. This was no small testimony to their usefulness.--(Cheers.) Now, it had since been attempted to be shown that the Institution was a nuisance to the neighbourhood, but the Institution had been open seven weeks before the neighbours were aware of its existence in their neighbourhood.-- (Loud cheers.) After the lapse of that time, how ever, a most violent attack had been made upon them. The authorities of Bridewell had been applied to on the subject, and an attempt had been made to induce the Court of Common Council to break their lease. After a long investigation, however, before the Lands Commit tee of that body — the Committee had unanimously de -1 cided that the opponents of the institution had not proved their case.—(Cheers.) He believed, however, that the hostile feeling against them was now gradually dying awa y. He would refer to the Times newspaper, and in doing so he wished to treat the conductors of that paper with all possible respect ; but he could not but observe that paper had ceased to attack them with that hostility which it had at one time manifested against them.— An eminent surgeon had taken part in that controversy, and had, as he thought, committed an act of no small in discretion. He was an individual of high standing, Wm. Lavvrance, and he had thought proper to publish a letter in that newspaper, stating, that as cutaneous diseases were treated in the general hospitals, he thought that such an Institution as the present, devoted to their spe cial treatment, was useless, and that the division of labour in this department of medical science was calculated to do harm, arid those remarks were from the pen of the gentleman who was the medical officer of an eye infir mary and of a fever institution.—(Cheers and laughter.) He should not have mentioned this did he not know that the professional character of Mr. Lowrance was so high, and his general character so excellent, that even a slip of this kind could not detract from it.—(Cheers.) He thought the establishment of an institution of this nature was a great blessing to the City of London. They had been told they shoud remove from their present locality and go elsewhere. Now, where were they to go? Were they to go to a neighbourhood where the people were feeble and poor, and could not defend themselves, and could not call out for help—for that was the mean ing of telling them to go elsewhere.—(Cheers.) Their consciences would not permit them to do that.—(Cheers.) If they were a nuisance, better that they should be:near those who could defend themselves, than near those who could not.—(Cheers.) But in his solid judgment they were no nitisance at all.—(Cheers.) He believed the iohabitants now considered that they were no nuisance. The Equitable Assurance Office was opposite the Insti tution, and the dwellers there had told him that they experienced no nuisance at all from the proximity of the Institution, and he believed that if his worthy friend Delaine were there, he would almost be inclined to admit that his fears had been groundless.—(Cheers.) The op position to their institution had much abated, and the newspaper attacks on them had ceased. — (Loud cheers.) He hoped that in a little time the Apothecaries Company would again let them have the use of the h o t water.—(Cheers.) But, as it was, they had baths ready for the patients whenever they were wanted ; and he considered that the utility of the Institution was proved, by the immense and increasing number of applications that were made every year fur admission. He concluded by urging those present to support the Institution ; and, after thanking the com pany for the attention with which they had listened to him, sat down amidst loud cheering. Tile SECRETARY then read the following report : " FIRST REPORT OF THE LONDON CUTA NEOUS INSTITUTION, 25, BRIDGE-STREET, BL ACKFRIARS. " In London, the centre of civilisation and intelligence, where public institutions have existed for nearly every variety of human suffering, it had long been a subject of regret, in a scientific as well as a charitable sense, that there was no efficient special institution for the cure of chronic diseases of the skin. " Many of the continental capitals possess one or more Aimilar institutions—at Turin, Florence, Berlin, Vienna, and other cities—either as separate establishments or attached to the hospitals ; and in Paris the Hopital de St. Louis, dating from A. D. 1605, is devoted to the treatment and cure of cutaneous diseases, relieving, on an average, 7,000 in-patients and 25,000 out-patients annually, though many of the latter avail themselves only of the baths, an indispensable auxiliary in such an establishment, and which are to be found in unrivalled extent and perfection at that hospital. " To appreciate sufficiently the value and importance of a similar institution in this country, it will be recol lected that the population of Paris but little exceeds one half of that of London, whilst in this great metropolis, from the number of manufactories, the proportion of per sons liable to cutaneous disorders is much larger than in the former, for, it may not be generally known, that the artizans in many trades are subject, 'from the irritant properties of the substances on which they are employed, to diseays of the skin, which interrupt manual labour, and frequently oblige the parties to seek some other me thod of gaining a livelihood. " The London Cutaneous Institution was established in the autumn of the year 1841, for the special purpose of gratuitously affording, on their own application, to all indigent ,persons suffering from diseases of the skin, medical aid and medicines, and the benefit of appropriate baths ; and under the blessing of Divine Providence nearly 6,00 ► poor persons so afflicted have been reci pients of the bounty of the charity, and most satisfactory it is to state, that more than two-thirds of the number have been relieved from sufferings which, in many in stances, had distressed them for years, and for which they had, in vain, sought relief from other sources. " In the early part of the year 1844 the Committee of Management found that the premises then occupied by the Institution in London were totally inadequate for the accommodation of the daily increasing number of appli cants for relief, it was therefore determined to make a public appeal to obtain a fund, which would enable the managers to take larger premises, and to erect such a suite of baths as were necessary to carry out the cura tive process required by the numerous patients, and so as to enable them to apply the healing and alleviating re medies to the necessities of their poor and afflicted fellow creatures. At this juncture of the charity, the committee, induced by the cause of humanity, had exceeded the means of their disposal, and the appeal they had made on behalf of the charity fell short of its object, when, through Divine Providence, the charity became known to Mr. Edward Moxhay (through a patient who, after years of suffering, had been effectually relieved by its means,) who, with his usual desire to do good—his promptness and foresight, submitted the history of the Institution, for the first time, to that great philanthropist, Samuel Gurney, Esq. This gentleman personally ac quainted himself with the particulars and merits of the Institution ; and after a careful examination of its ob jects and details, expressed himself satisfied of its great utility, and of his desire and determination to afford it his best support. This benevolent and truly highly minded individual, instantly placed at the disposal of a newly organised Committee sufficient funds to take the present very convenient premises occupied by the Insti tution, and to erect thereon a suite of baths for the gratuitous use of the patients, so as to enable the Com mittee to carry out all the objects contemplated by the original promoters of the charity. " It will be evident to all well ravishers of this Institu tion that all this has not been accomplished without con • siderable outlay. " In stating this, the committee have a grateful plea sure in acknowledging that the different parties em ployed in placing the building in Bridge-street in its present state of efficiency, influenced by the most cha ritable feelings, have, in addition to the honorary officers of the Institution, gratuitously given up their time and services to the promotion of the interests of this most useful charity. " It will be apparent by this report that the Institution has effected a great amount of relief to that portion of their fellow-creatures who suffer the most because they can least afford the means of obtaining relief, and also evident that a great amount of expenditure has been in curred. The latter the Committee have a full confi dence the present meeting will amply enable them to meet. The Committee now feel that it is their duty to express their thanks to the Noble Chairman, the Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., for the honor and countenance he has this day conferred upon them and the Institution, by presiding at its first anniversary, and they most earnestly ap peal to the meeting to respond to his Lordship's generous and kind advocacy of the Institution, by libe ral pecuniary assistance and kind co-operation, with the certainty that the infant char►ty they are thus fostering will, to use the emphatic words of the President, Samuel Gurney, Esq., enable them to do the most good at the least cost, that is attached to any charitable institution with which ho is acquainted.' This fact, it is believed, will appear from the medical report for the past year, which will be now read by the Honorary Surgeon, James Startin, Esq." Mr. J. STARTIN, surgeon to the Institution, then read the following medical report : MEDICAL REPORT Of the London Cutaneous Institution, from its founds. tion, September, 1841, to Midsummer, 1845. The total number of patients admitted in the three years and nine months hat been In the first nine months to June 1842 In the second year ending June, 1843 1,175 In the third year ending June, 1644 1,508 In the fourth year ending June, 184 ... 2,062 5,549 Showing that the increase of patients has not only been progressing, but that the number of the last year is double that of the first. At Midsummer, 1844, the patients in at tendance at the Institution were And there have been since admitted to Midsummer, 1845, as above stated 2,062 Making the total number under treatment from Midsummer, 1844, to Midsummer 1845 Of this number there have been cured Relieved 475 Not attending to report relief Incurable Dead Patients still under treatment 43 5 429 Making the total 2,715 "It may be proper in this place, to inform the meeting that the cases above detailed are for the most part of no light or trivial nature, but that the diseases for which relief is sought, are com monly hereditary, and the patients have been suffering for years, and sometimes for their whole lives. The average time that these patients are under the care of the Institution is from two to three months. During the past year 115 cases only of the common well-known contagious skin disease have been admitted, and in these cases a week's attendance is suffi cient to effect a cure. "It will be observed by a reference to the numerical report for the past year, that fewer patients are under treatment now than was the case at that period, note withstanding the daily increase of new patients, an average of sixty a week being at this time entered on the books. - - " " This gratifying fact is to be attributed to the curative effect derived from the very excellent suite of baths now attached to this charity ; for it may be mentioned that the Institution contains twenty-five baths, anal that each may be used twice in an hour ; so that (if the bounty of the hot water from the Apothecaries.' Company be not withheld), arrangements are made for the daily ad ministration of some hundreds of hot and cold baths, each sex being provided with distinct accommodation and attendants. " These baths may be medicated so as to resemble any known mineral water; there are also shower, vapour, and hot air, or fume baths, which admit not only of having their temperature raised or depressed at pleasure, but their effects may be modified by various mineral and vegetable substances, according to the nature and re.• quirementa of the patient's malady. " With respect to the hot air or fume baths, this perhaps forms one of the most potent agents in the cure of cuta neous disorders, as by its means the surface of the pEient's body is exposed to a heat of 140 to 180 degrees of Fahrenheit, and when in this state of excitement, whilst every pore is exhaling its vitiated secretion, the absorbing power of the skin being proportionally in creased, exactly regulated quantities of the most power ful remedies may be applied, in their most minute state of subdivision, that of gas or vapour. " It may he necessary to observe that by this means the most obstinate and afflictive hereditary diseases of the skin admit of greater relief than by any other known method. ..... " This apparatus fur both sexes, with the entire suite of baths, forming the charit .ble bathinf , establishment at tached to the Institution, will be found in unrivalled per fection, affording to your medical officers, and the indigent sufferers under their care, new, useful, and readily available remedies, which have bean so welcomed by the afflicted for whose benefit your generosity has furnished them, that the number of patients profiting by their we since they were opened three months ago has been 771, and it must be b,irne in mind that (funds permitting) this number is but a tithe of what can be accomplishtd. " It may also be gratifying to mention that a charity box placed in the bathers' waiting-room has contained 91. 7s. 9d. from small contributions since the opening of the baths, and, as a further example of the estimation in which this establishment is held, I beg to read a letter received from the Secretary of the Royal Humane So ciety, accepting the offer of the baths, should they be re quired in any case of suspended animation occurring in the neighbourhood of the Institution." (coey.) " Trafalgar-square, March 20, 1845. " TO ROGER THORNTON, E'SQ , HON. SEC., &C., &C., &C. " Sir, —Having submitted to a meeting of the Direc tors of the Royal Humane Society your letter of the 25th ult., I am instructed to convey through you, to the Committee of the London Cutaneous Institution, their warmest thanks for the very considerate offer of the free use of the suite of hot baths of that charity in cases re quiring them occurring near Blackfriars-bridge. " I beg to inclose a copy of the Society's last annual report, and remain, Sir, your obedient servant, .6 J. C,4-IARLIER, Secretary." " Finally, I beg to inform this meeting that, with the sanction of the Committee and my medical brethren, it is my intention to admit students, under necessary regu lations, to witness the medical and surgical practice of the Institution ; and that I shall, in October next, com mence a c9urse of clinical lectures on the diseases for which this charity is specially founded. " July 3, 1845." Sir EDWARD BUXTON, in a short, but eloquent speech, proposed the health of the Chairman. Drank with three time three. _ The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that his notice had been first directed to the institution by the attacks which had been made upon it in the public press, and finding on inquiry that the institution had been unjustly attacked, and that it was an institution worthy of support, he had felt bound to come forward and support it.—(Loud cheers.) He would now pro pose the health of the medical officers of the institution. Drank with three times three. Dr. HODGKIN, and Dr. SouTHWoOD SMITH, returned thanks. The Hon. Secretary, BOYEB MARTIN, Esq., then read the list of subscriptions, which, including a donation from S. Gurney ,Esq., of 60/., amounted to 699/. 15s. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Health of T. Hankey, Esq., and the Committee of Management." Drank with three times three. Mr. T. HANKEY, in returning thanks, alluded, in terms of well-merited eulogy, to the exertions of Mr. Moxhay, of the Hall of Commerce, on behalf of this In stitution. Indeed, Mr. Moxhay might be called its founder, for, had it not been for his exertions, it would not now have been in existence. It was Mr. Moxhay who had drawn the attention of Mr. Gurney, jun., to the merits of this Institution, and through him they had acquired the valuable support of Mr. S. Gurney. He then alluded to the benefits conferred on the City of Lm den by Mr. Moxhay in founding the Hall of Commerce, and called upon all those 'who felt that he had, by so doing, conferred a benefit on his fellow-citizenth to testify their gratitude by supporting this Institution, in the welfare of which Mr. Moxhay felt so great an interest' This well-deserved tribute of respect to the merits of Mr. Moxhay was received throughout with loud cheering. At the conclusion of Mr. Hankey's address, Lord SANDON wished the company good night, and quitted the room. The chair was then taken by Boyes Thornton, Esq., the Secretary, and the festivities of the evening were kept up until nearly midnight. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The Goodwood Stakes engrossed nearly the whole business of the afternoon ; it extended over an exten*ive field, but, in its final results, presented very few alters' tions. The chief outlay was on the Libel, Pythia, WariN Venus, Queen Mab, Glossy, and Extravaganza, the odds against each, with the exception of the last two, agreeing very closely with those quoted on Monday. Queen Mab and Pythia were decidedly most in request. Gloss,' began at 30 to 1, and at those, and rapidly diminishing odds, was backed to win a large stake. Extravaganzt.s first price was 50 to 1, the last 35 to 1, layers. "Ego was backed at 16, 18, and 20 ; Wee Pet at 20 and 25 to I; and Europa at 1,000 to 30. The Liverpool and Good. wood Cups, and St. Leger, were occasionally men tioned, but nothing done worthy of remark. Closing average : LIVERPOOL CUP. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Ironmaster—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnson's Rowena—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 13 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Libel, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 5 yrs, ist 31b 17 to 1 agst Mr. H. Johnstone's Pytlaia, 3 yrs, sst 31b --t 18 is 1 agst Mr. I'ayne's Queen Mab, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b 18 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Warp, 4 yrs, sst 101 b 18 to 1 agst Lord George Bentinck's John o' Gaunt , aged, Bst 3lb 18 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 5 yrs, 7st 91b 20 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's iEgis, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 5 yrs, Est 111 b 20 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, 4 yrs, 7st--t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Lightning, 4 yrs, 7st 61b 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School 1111s° 1 4 yrs, Gst 31b—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Yates, 4 yrs, Est 31b 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 5 yrs, Est 911) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Europa, 5 yrs, 6st—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Armstrong's Extravaganza, 3 yrs , 4st 41b 1000 to 100 agst Lightning and Glossy—taken GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a-ballagh—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Ironmaster. 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Arundo—taken ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwick's Merry Monarch—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's hedger WINCHESTER RACES—THURSIDAT. The Two-yrs-old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added; for colts Bst 91b, and lilies Bst 61b. T. Y.C. (0 Subs.) , Mr. Wreford's West Countryman Sir J. B. Mills' The Slot Mr. Greville's Deer Chase 4 Mr. Death's Camelia 5t02 on Mr. Wreford's West Countryman. Won by length, easy. The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. i Sir J, B. Mills' Giantess, 3 yrs (A. Day)l Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged Mr. Rolt's Hampton, 6 yrs Captain Delmes' Rosa, 3 yrs Wen by a head. Adrian and Sparsholt also ran. The Winchester Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 100 added for 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs sod aged, 9st ; fillies , &c., allowed 51bs. Winner to be sold fo r 3501. Heats, one mile. Mr. Death's Misdeal, 6 yrs (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Greville's Sir Francis, 3 yrs Mr. Lintott's Young England, 3 yrs Won cleverly. Fifty pounds given by the Steward, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for 3 yrs-old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 51b; 57 ° 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51h; mares, &c., allowed 31 Winners thrice, 71bs. extra. One mile and a•lsalf. (8 subS . l Captain Delmes' Redskin, 4 yrs Mr. Kingston's Sparsholt, 3 yrs Hon. S. Herbert's Orion, 5 yrs 6t04 on Redskin. Won in a canter. $ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT of LOOKING-GLASS, producing the effect of a long arcad 6 e and so bewildering as to cause a doubt whether you S t in London or in old Rome. " Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile." This unique apartment is devoted, to cutting and arrati f t; ing the hair in, and with another having a beauti view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. In calling 11 '; tention to their establishment, Ross and Sons b e : to notice the advantages of their system—viz., tht i a never take apprentices nor young men from te country, nor object to customers asking for the sit w man to wait upon them ; every person has clean brusb e ,' , : they never being used twice, without being washel and parties are not pressed to buy things they do P ° want. Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bis/4 5. gate-street. ADVERTISEMENT.]—BLOTCHES ON THE SKI,t EXTRAORDINARY CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS y r, OINTMENT !—A young woman, named Martha Vi r i st ';',„ residing with her friends at the corner of Sitver.stt e L s Stepney, had been from her youth covered with bloteo% which much impaired her health ; she was always i ll low, nervous, and irritable state. This poor girl been to almost every hospital and medical institution 's London without obtaining the least relief, but, notwi tl : c i standing, the failure of all the medical men who trea t her case, she has baen completely cured by the use 81° . 1 " 0 , of these wonderful medicines which will cure any 5 1 ‘ 1 "; disease of however long standing, or invetbrate the may be.—Sold at Professor llolloway's 244, Strand, and by all respectable medicine vend ° '" throughout the civilised world. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MANCHESTER i t ti l LEEDS RAILWAY STATION.—On Thursday afternoon, a man flat ! , 1 1 Josiah Purton, in the service of the Manchester and Leeds .. 0 way Company, was crushed between the bu ff ers of two 1141 3 0 waggons at the Oldham.road station, and died within half an 13 :4 afterwards. He was forty-four years of age, and has left a wir;., and five children. At the inquest, which was held before 1 " Chapman on Friday, a verdict of " Accidental death" wasrreco d ed —Manchester Guardian. IJIR THS. t Thurloe-‘-- lad> °I On the Ist inst., a, _nurloe-square, Brompton, the Captain George Warren, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Brunswick-terrace, Commercial• real Mrs. John Holt, of a son. ..;IARRIED. 1 0 On the Ist inst., at Hampstead Ch ur ch, Alfred Char o f Barker, Esq., of Rugby, surgeon, to Emma, third daughter the late S. 0. Bacon, Esq. erf On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Ile f Charles Benyon Barton, to Mary Anna, second daughter o the late T. W. O'Neal, Esq., of the island of Bardadoes. On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, James W r ,‘„ e r Esq., of Clapham-common, to Elizabeth, fourth daugr" of the late Rev. E. Hunt, Vicar of Mednenham, Bucks. DIED. AB% On the 28th ult., in Kingston-street, Lambeth, "" William Dryden, civil engineer, aged 72. 1.00 On the 29th ult., at Nassau-street, Soho-square, Charlotte Keating, aged 74. On the 2d inst., at Westbourne-grove, Bayswater, Chit le Wearg Clark, aged 45. On the Ist inst , at Watford, Ilerts, Mr. T. P. PriestleP late of her Majesty's Customs, aged 76. On the Ist inst., Mrs. Charles Holding, New Bridge,streetf Blackfriars. lat e On the 2d inst., at Brompton, Elizabeth, widow of the J $ Thomas Payler, Esq. „tcl On the 2d inst., Mary, the wife of Mr. Edmund LeotlP' Snee, of Colebrooke-row, Islington. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY . Flag Officers—Admirals Sir Philip C. H. Durham, Carpenter, Sir David 'Mines, G.C.8., Henry Raper; VP" Admiral Sir John Chambers White. of Captains—Richard Hayward, Right Hon. George Ear. 1 1 eP Egreinont, Charles H. Paget, Edward Blanckley, Josel Crew Tullidge, Joshua Treacey. Commanders—Joseph Hamilton, Charles Bell, John Bate, E. N. Greensword, John M‘Donald. Lieutenants—George Robert Godfrey, Edmund Lechnl er : Nicholas Troughton, George Alexander Leary, Christ°P Bagot, William George Buchanan, Malcolm M•Neale, Charier, Alexander rhorndike, Irwing Maling, George C. 800 Thomas Anson. Masters—John Tucker (A), John Burnett, John T h s John Davis (A), Adam Crawford, Joseph T. Watson, Rob e Stewart, Andrew Wm. Quinlan, Thomas Saunders I%lorgBo ', John L. Wilkinson. Chaplains—William Salter, John H. Theed. Mate—William. R. Surridge. Medical Officers Surgeons Evan Edwards, Thorass., Hooper, James Long, Robert Green, John Adie; AssistalD Surgeon John Runmey Rees. it, Paymasters and Purse rs —Ed war d B a t e , D an i e l Sparsbo o Peter J. Stokes, Robert John Smith, James 11Pliain, JA S Renton, Samuel W. D. Fores. Royal Marines—Lieut,-Colonels George Marshall, EdW ara pr Alexander Toomer ; Captains Frederick Waters (Bre s ;"- Mail.), Thomas Quested, Charles R. Miller ; First LLegl, nants Mitchell Graham, John Balhetchett, John P. - 14 '.„, 5 , Clapperton • Second Lieutenants John Ward, Robert DO I Thomas Thomson. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. • 5 1 General—Rumley, East India Company's Service, mouth. ne l Lieutenant-Generals—Lord Harris, C. 8., K.C.H., Col o of 73d Foot, Feversham ; Parry, Royal Artillery. tfi Major-Generals—Ogilvie, C. 8., Banff; Pym, C.C. J, — „r , Royal Artillery, London; Hogg, East India CompanY' s "do vice, Wimbledon ; Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., East !I :1 , l jg Company's Service, Richmond, Surrey ; Dun, East 1° Company's ServThomas Colonel—SirValiant, K.C.8., K.H., 40th Calcutta. 4rien t ' Lieutenant-Colonels—Anderson, late of Ceylon Reg. — Glasgow; Marshall. late of Royal Marines, Bath. Majors—Bampton, Unattached ; Alexander Grant, attached. A , O ; Captains—De Salis, Scots Fusilier Guards, Lon don ; Captains—De Wright, 49th Foot, Torquay, Devonshire; Burlcigh t uel no ; Rifle Regiment, Ceylon • Dickens, Royal Artillery, Lon , up , Miller, Royal Marines; ' Maddock, half-pay 79th Foot; man, half-pay 4th West India Regiment, Yarmouth; 1 " . Unattached. 111 Lieutenants—Stephenson, 2d Foot, Bombay; Walk er ' 3 p , la ys Foot, Dinapore, Bengal ; Berdmore, 63d Foot, Madras ; Griffiths, late Bth Veteran Battalion , C 4 -got Stewart, half-pay 84th Foot; Davies, half-pay 42d - Abergavenny ;T. Thomson, half-pay Royal Marines. ,filet, Ensigns—Pepperell, late Ist Veteran Battalion; half-pay Foreign Veteran Battalion. Paymaster—Albert, half. pay 39th Foot, Brighton. J o; Quarter-Masters—Beer, half-pay 2d Life Guards, L ona Atkins, half-pay 7th Hussars. a m aerA l Commissariat Department—Assistant CommissarY 60' J. J. Smith, Cape of Good Hope; Assistant-Commis sary neral R. Gilmor, half-pay. 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