The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-02 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

The house west iotocommiaseiisupply oa the Civil
Service Eatimstes, Close 2, Vote 11, Public Etivooed OfSce.
9.4 tM vote for statouery,

Mr. H. SEYMOUR ioqiiied the amount &winded for
the publication of the work called " State Papers," which,
he stated, were ten or twelve year. in arrears, while most
lot the papers were already aroseeitde In soother and cheaper
form.

Mr. LAYARD urged that the value end importance of
them papers had been underrated, for in fact they were
epitomes of uo wieldy blue books, sod coutained matter of
great interval sad usaulnees ; and every effort would be
made to make the the work complete after the votes In
clam 3 had been pared.
Mr. IL A. BRUCE moved the vote for edocaMon,
693.078/., as compared with 705,4041. last year, and stated
the number of school and teachers, sod the number of
children under instruction in the present year, namely,
1,138,000, as compared with 1.002,000, being an increase
in round numbers of 40,000. There had been a slight im-
provement in the result of the eXaMiOgliol2ll. Thera
bed been an increase in the certificated teachers, end
• falling off in the number of pupil teachers, while
there had been an addition to the applications for
grants to schools fulfilling the conditions required. The
right hon. gentlemen stated the object of a minute issued
recently by the committee of the Privy Council for Educe-
tine, applicable to endowed schools, and which proposed
to extend to all schools of that kind the same privilege
which had hitherto been granted only to rural schools.
After some observations from It,. SELWYN, the vote was
agreed to.
The vote for the Salina and Art Department was then
taken.

iiropossl of Mr. Parris to reduce the item of 36.6001.
in the vote by the slim of 1,0001. is respect of the National
Art Traioiag School, led to none dieseunim, ie the course
of which the project of the 'marmoset to ooncestrate the
astural history collection at South Kensington was severely
criticised and 000dsrmed on all sides, as a memoir that
would effectually shot out the great man of the working
people of Loodon from visiting the exhibitioo.
Mr. DI LL WYN oomplaioad of the item of 10,0001. for
the purchase of speciarees of art foe the South Remington
Museum, sad observed that that iastitution was no► on-
docked by persons of distinction either in 'cisme of art,
sad that it ma little more then a collection of odds and ends
resembling Wardourntrest as s large seals
Mr. BRUCE, in defending the vote, quoted statistics to
show that the workiagnlaness availed themselves Imply of
the museum.. _ _

--Olter members described the contents of the mamma u
" • colleetku a rubbish,* and
Mr. COX awaited great laughter by prouunciog It an
oxhibitiou of warseimplue rad hurdy-gardies, and stating
that for the porpors of making it appear that the Want-
hos was popular the officials at South Kanniogtou kept
puns &owed as mechanics to pus is and out through
the turnstiles all day long, and afterwards paradiod them
in the statistics al workiag men from Widteottapal and
; Beilanal•grees.
1 Mr. LAYARD dilated as the Iteaelloial fauna whisk
the Kesaiton Museum had exersiesd in stimulating is,
Tendon and Improriag manufactures. Thus wag not •
eountty in Europe that did sot resound with praise of our
greet institutions, sad especially of the Handsets Museum
i remark whisk moulted • general cry of "Oh ").
He was ashamed of the tonna In whisk Mx. Oat had spoken
of that inatitatios.
Yr. SCULLY °burred that if *a isassaa al Hamada..
Ma was dialysed for the benefit of the woritimg ohms It
ought to be established In Me asighboariald Mon they
Way abosadad.
Mr. WHITE laid he had Ailed the adandaremlleatioa
M Laminslsa that day, ad th. OM bad am his Meet