The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-28 00:00:00

NATIONAL COLLE C rioN OF PTCTURFS

On the motion for going into committee of supply, a
long discussion took place upon a motion made by Lord
Elcho, for a royal commission, to enquire into the subject
,of a site for a National Collection of Paintings. The
noble lord's motion was carried against the
_Government
by 153 to 145 votes.—Majority, 8.
The committee of supply was then fixed for Monday.
The Scotch an'l Irish Pauper Removals Bill, and the
Juvenile Offenders Bill, were withdrawn for the session.

The Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill went through
committee.

The Education (Scotland) Bill was withdrawn.
The Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Bill was read
a second time.

The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill was
read a third time and passed..
The Marriage Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill, the
object of which is to abolish Gretna Green marriages,
was brought from the Lords' and read a second time.
The House adjourned at two o'clock.

It has been mentioned that the Municipal Council of
'Nantes had desOred to be allowed to offer a residence' to
the Imperial Prince. The Archaeological Society" of
Trance, which happened to be sitting at Nantes when the
votes was passed, have recommended the municipality to
buy the oil Palace of the Dukes of Brittany, which, they
•say,•might easily be converted into a superb palatial
dwelling.

THE NAVY CLUB.-On Thursday evening the members
of the Navy Club gave their annual grand banquet at
the Thatched Honse Tace7n, to the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the Right Hon Sir Charles Wood, M.P.
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane presided, supported by a
brilliant array of naval officers, the gallant hero of the
Black Sea (Lord Lyons) he;ng• the most prominent.
EXTENSION OF THE LONDON DocKs.—The foundation
stone cif the London Dock Comnany'S new works at
Shadwell was laid on Timrs.day. The works consist of
a large basin or dock with an entrance to the river and
a communication lock from the new basin to the eastern
dock; the entrance lock to be 350 feet long, 60 feet
broad, and 28 feet of water on the sill of gates, capable
of affording accommodation to the larger class of shipping.
The cost of the undertaking is estimated at .t'700,000.
• SußscniertoNs OF EXTLEs FOIL THE SOFFKRERS BY THE
INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—The proscrits in Guernsey,
have remitted subscriptions to the editor of the Siecle,
accompanied by the following protest, to which we ha v;;
been reqUested to give the publicity which none of the
gaged French newspapers wilt be allowed to do •--" The
mad war in the Crimea. the caprice of M. Bonaparte,
has cost -France two thousand millions. With two
thousand millions one might, SO3ial science proves it,
have dammed in the streams, begun' the embankment,
restored the government of the weiers, and rendered the
initial itions imposzsib!e. We restrict ourselves to this
reflection. For the rost our brothers suff ,r, the miseries
are there, and the exile offers his mite. The undersigned
proscribed residents at Guernsey.—Victor Hugo, 100
francs; Charles Hugo, 5 francs; Franccois Victor Hugo,
5 francs Theophile Guerit, 5 francs ; Kesler, 5 francs."