The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND (SCOTLAND) BILL.

On the order for the second reading of this bill, a length-
ened discussion took place, in which the whole of the Scot-
tish systein of banking was reviewed. The result was that
Sir J. Hay, the promoter of the bill, withdrew it.

JERSEY COURT BILL.
On the order for going into committee on this bill,

Mr PA LL, lor Mr BOLT, moved as an amendment,
that the States of Jersey be heard by their counsel, and to
adduce evidence at the bar in opposition. He denied that
the people of Jersey desired this bill.
The debate was then adjourned.

SUPERANNUATION (UNION OFFICERS) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
PILOTAGE ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
COUNTESS OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE'S
ANNUITY BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.

PIERS AND HARBOUR ORDERS CONFIRMA-

TION BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed,
The house adjourned at eight minutes to 6 o'clock.

ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, June 21.—Mr. J. Craw-
ford in the chair.—A paper was read on the sup-
posed infecundity of human hybride or crosses.—Connected
with hybridity a theory has lately sprung up, and chiefly
obtained currency in France and America, that supposes the
mongrels resulting from the union of two different races of
the human family ought to be sterile, as is the case with
the progeny of two opposite species of the same genus of
lower animals, and one of the advocates goes the length of
asserting that the continuation of a race of mulattoes is as
impossible as the continuation of a race of mules. The
author's paper was devoted to illustrations of the conspi- '
cuous fallacies on which the theory referred to is founded.
Professor Busk differed from the author in respect to what
he had considered the crucial test—namely, the descendants
of the mutineers of the Bounty left on Pitcairn Island in
1793. From the photographs exhibited at the eociesy'e
rooms last session ho thought even in the short interval that
had elapsed in this case the descendents had relapsed pretty
nearly into the Tabeitian condition. Mr. Christy, however,
who had visited Mexico and Algeria, saw great reLee)n for
concurring with the author as to the fecundity and pt rum-
nency of mixed breed races, Sir James Alexander said that
when he was engaged in 1835 in the Caffre war tory met
with a race of native warriors who offered their services to
the English as " brothers," and who stated that their trite,
numbering some 600, were descended from the three ladies
who were shipwrecked in the Grosvenor, East Indiaman.
In 1836 he obtained a Dutch journal giving an account of
the transactions of the envoy sent by the Dutch governor to
rescue these ladies, but who, being married to native chiefs,
refused to return to their own country. Such an increase in.
63 yeaas was very remarkable, but was possible, allowing
six children to each of these ladies. The second paper was
by Mr Christy, on the human and other relics from the Dor-
dogne caves in Southern France. No part of France appears
ortve
to be richer in caves, which have been inhabited by men,
than the ancient
province
i( O fe eotf aboveFe ri
the river, In emailo
r in ~the
Perigord.
known as " grotles,"
sheltered recesses of overhanging cliffs, have been found the
es an early race, The deposits of the eaves of
rthetidnlegtrpe
ielacpetselent accumulations of broken bones, pebbles,
flint knives, flakes, Sre, and the cores from which they have
been broken, portions of horns and bones from which
various domestic articles have been made; with those rude
knives, even to small, neatly drilled needles. Examples of
these were placed on the table, and excited great attention.
More than this, all the deposits examined by N. Lartet and
the author have given examples of ornamental work, and
three of them of incised drawings and sculptures of various
animals, perfectly recognizable as to species. That these
rock- dwellers fared not badly as to food is evidenced by the
many bones of birds and salmon found with those of deer,
ox, ::nd other animals, mixed with the refuse, and with such
evidences of abundant living it is not surprising these
ancient people should have found leisure for less necessary
work than the chase, and spare time for works of pleasure
and rude art. Mr J. Evans, Dr. Falconer, Professor Busk,
end the Vice-President took part in the discussion which
followed, Dr. Falconer differing front the author's opinion
that these inhabitants of the Dordogne country had not ac-
complished the domestication of any animal. The reindeer,
whose remains were found with these relics, would, ho
thought, have soon been caught young, and have been be p:
for useful purposes by them ; as also the horse, the remains
of which were also numerous. Mr. Christy objected that
in the rude sculpture of animals the reindeer were repre-
sented in herds, and that in none of them was there any-
thing to indicate a bridled horse. An extra meeting of
the society was announced for Tuesday week, for the
reading of papers on the tribes of Central Asia by the
traveller Vairment, and on seine African skulls by Prolss-
ear Huxley.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, yesterday, .:. Sr.
pant Glover moved the posponement of is action against
the Duke de Persigny, unlit after the commission sent outMr Charles Stokes,
to Manilla, had returned
some discnssion the trial was prstpoacd.
!,, n•:,nctmrizes
Mrs Arnold, a sister of Stonewall 3,,,ckson, has
hAerenno:B stopping
husbandia wheeling,v,n d ti bine° p
Va., for couple of weeks. Mrs
of disloyalty, preferred by his wife. Mrs A, is a stror.,7
supporter of the Federal Government, and is therefore not
very popular with. the friends of her deceased brother.—
ainierican Paper.
The Coburg Gazette announces that the Diet of
the duchy resoived ttri7rlirn2ucliv at i'ts
not to take into cunbidecation any money bill pi e.
salted b 7 the Government until the latter stu:dl
Lave proposed soave tneaaure on the pets.

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