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tion, because the exhausting influences to which they were
exposed naturally drove them to seek a stimulus in some
intoxicating liquor. Under these physical disadvantages it
would be idle to hope ,to extend to the working-classes the
advantages of a good .education. The City missionary and
the district visitor would tell them that it was nearly im-
possible to produce any effect upon persons so situated. He
was certain that while that state of things continued they
would never fail to have an ignorant and dissolute popula-
tion. The evils which he had attempted to detcilbe" were
also producing the most injurious effects on the physical
condition of the people. An eminent surgeon, who had
lately visited a great many of the courts and alleys of Lon-
don, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the in-
habitants, had stated that the appearance of the children
there clearly indicated the poisonous influences to which they
had been subjected, for the first persons who were injuriously
affected by physical disadvantages were children. The
surgeon to whom he was referring had found the children
in those courts ' pale, squalid, sickly, irritable; and
the great majority of them had suffered from dis-
eases which would leave' permanent effects through-
out their lives. He (the Earl of Shaftesbury)
could himself entirely confirm that statement. He
had scarcely ever known children in those localities to
have a healthy appearance,
except those who had just
arrived from the country. It further appeared from the in-
quiries of the surgeon in question, that the youths in those
oistricts were stunted, and presented a sickly and cadaverous
aspect; and the parents, who had in general come from the
country, had a far more healthy appearance than their
ricketty children, who had been born in London. In a dis-
trict which that surgeon had examined, out of 152 children
there had been only 46 living; and he bad expressed his be-
lief' that unless the poorer portions of the town were recruited
from the country the race of children would soon become
extinct. He must also call the attention of their Lordships
to the increased amount which had become chargeable on
the rates in different parishes for medical relief.
In Bermondsey, in 1845 the amount was £193
99 1851
Holborn ... ... -.1845 400
..................
If 1851
Manchester 1841 959
......
1851
Liverpool ......1845 ......... 913
1851
In every instance in which sanitary measures bad been
adopted a corresponding improvement had taken place in
the health of the district. That was particularly proved by
the state of the model lodging-houses. In the model lodg-
ing-house of Bloomsbury only one out of 795 inmates bad
been attacked by disease, whereas in Liverpool one person in
every 76 of the population was attacked. In another model
lodging-house only one case of disease, of diarrhoea had oc-
eurred among its 110 inmates. In the Albert-street
lodging-house there had been, from the date of its being
opened to the present time, only five cases of death out of
208 persons. The strongest case he could give of the mor-
tality of the metropolis related to children. Of children
under fifteen years of age the mortality in the metropolis
was three times greater than the mortality in this
model lodging-houses. It was from a conviction, founded
upon inquiry and personal inspection of the most painful
kind, that such a state of things concerned the honour and
safety of the kingdom, that he had humbly ventured to call
the attention of their Lordships to the subject. He feared
that there was some danger of their becoming callous to the
sanitary condition of the people, and that in reading the re-
ports of the Registrar-General they never paused to inquire
whether the mortality arose. from preventible causes or not.
Many persons believed it inevitable because it was constant.
The same delusion prevailed once with respect to gaol fever,
but where was that fever now? If out of 300 prisoners
some 30 were attacked with fever, the whole press and Par-
liament would be in a commotion, and yet the decimation of
the ordinary population was suffered to go on as a mere
matter of course. He 'begged to move to resolve—That the
sanitary state of the metropolis requiresthe immediate inter-
position of her Majesty's Government.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Noble
Lord had taken up the question to which he had directed
their Lordships' attention with so much prudence and ear-
nestness, and had given so much of his time to the subject,
that he must consider him a true philanthropist. His object
in rising was merely to bear testimony to the correctness of
the statement made by the Noble Lord with respect to part
of the population of the parish of Lambeth. He was glad
the Noble Lord had brought the question forward. The
difficulties in the way of any present society effecting any
extensive improvement were great, and nothing short of
the interposition of the Legislature would go to the root of
the evil. _ _ .

___,. ~ .....
The Earl of DERBY said that no one could doubt that
many of the details brought forward by the Noble Earl pos-
sessed a most painful interest, but he was afraid that after
all they were only elucidations of that well-recognised truth
—the Noble Earl might, perhaps, not be offended if he
called it a truism—that in proportion as drainage and
other sanitary works were adopted, the mortality of the
district would probably be decreased. He was not pre-
pared to contest the accuracy of the details with reference
to the population of crowded cities, but he did not
know where that salubrious district was where the deaths
amounted to not more than 1 4-10ths per cent. of the popu-
lation. If that were so, every person of that district must,
on the average, live to the age of 75, provided they lived and
died in that district, but the calculation was good for nothing
if the district was one in which the population did not re-
main, but into which an extensive immigration took place.
He was not about to enter into the statistics adduced by the
Noble Earl. He was ready to admit—indeed it was a matter
of notoriety—that the country population was longer-lived
than the population of towns, and that large cities like the
metropolis, and the crowded towns of the manufacturing
districts, were not so salubrious as ether parts. But that
part of the speech of the Noble Earl which fell most short
of what their Lordships had a right to expect, was that in
which, after having shown the existence of great evils, the
Noble Earl failed, not only to point out what remedy was
applicable, •but in what degree the Government—he spoke
not of the present, for it had been too short a time in office to
take up the matter —but is what degree any Government had
failed to give their attention to measures for the remedy of
evils which, after all, perhaps no human legislation could
altogether do away with. He was glad the Noble Earl
had seen cause to alter the terms of his notice, because in
the form in which it was u.t fsivoii—of an address to the
Crown, praying her Majesty to take steps not to exclude the
metropolis from the General Board of Health—it implied
that some obstacle existed which prevented Parliament
adopting what measures it might think right on the subject.
He was anxious to hear how far the Noble Earl went in the
e
recommendation of a remedy for the evils he had pointed
out. The application of the provisions of the Board of Health
Act to the metropolis--
The Earl of SHAFTESBURas
a said it was not in the
motion.
The Earl of DERBY remarked, that though .
n
present motion, it was in the motion as it stoodonteut in the
two days ago. It was not in
But it was of that which
former case the Noble Earl he had to complain; for in the
ae present motion—quite true.
the out what
was a remedy, but in be thought
.
evils without even suggaati
whichhe would recommend for. present he had pointed out the
He was the more surprised
Earl was an active member at
of those evils.
to the Legislature the means
or the mitigation
intendence of the health 4f that, inasmuch as the Noble
a board which had the auper-
made a report, dated the 3in his hands since be oth of March, but only Placed
the country, and which, had.
are entered the House that , a,
in which the means evening,
such evils as those complained Pointed out for the remedy of
was associated with the
soners of that board the le Earl and the other Commis-
oflab of.—(Hear, hear.) There
the Board of Yorks, andentleman who was at the head
tice given by the Noble
as that brought forward tarl on a former occasion, as well
Yet he believed that the no-
any communication or
and his associates at the consultshnion between the Noble Earl
metropolis under the admi tx.(l'
e-niht,: had been given without
bad been made by differentministration of the Board of Health
The proposal of placing the
tion was made by the Gevernrnents. Such a proposi-
(Earl Carlisle), but he had
and was obliged to post ble Earl opposite when in office
The Noble Duke on she
castle) had also expressed his
if not to abandon, the attempt.
po tie, the difficulties insuperable.
stated, when in office, that looking views on this point, and had
cross benches (the Duke of New-
rests and the great nate t looking to the variety of inte-
question, he could no more°f Population concerned in the
Board of Health Bill
Noble Earl who had
than include the metropolis in the
br
also, much to his surprise, evaded he could Paris or Vienna. The
forward this motion had
pointed out the evils
He was ready to admit that without evaded the question and had
even hinting at the remedy.
Noble Earl were the at
of disease and suffering; the causes adverted to by the
. sources of a great amount
to
in k These were intramural in-
sewerage, and accumulations
the first—intramural i
-rite . 4 of nuisances. With regard to
saPPly of water—deficiency of
for an early and careful consideration,
it was one which pressed
because the evil, was ideration, and an early remedy,
guage could exaggerate the increasing year after year. No lan-
guage
continually generated bearful amount of disease which
practice of interment in the crowded the loathsome and disgusting
grounds of the metropolis....feLaded churchyards and burial-
was passed giving Powers of ‘ "ear.) Two years ago a Bill
to a general board on this citi:ryery extraordinary character
tive—partly because the po,aru", but it had been inopera-
time ; partly in consequence
of the
, given were limited as to
the board; anti partly owing fle short duration assigned to
powers. The board was 9 the absence of compulsory
all existing cemeteries— authorisedto
s to purchase the rights of
chase land for cemeteries, searal t4l; stretch of power—to pure
terment, and for the proper Deemdispke arrangement s for in-
and burial. 'f he board were to be f the body between death
of all funerals ; were to make all arrangements
with the control
with them; and were to levy a re arrangements connected
tion to defray the expense. isamacb'e on the whole popula-
not unnaturally—to a general rate objection was felt—and
abandoned ; but it was proposed to levy nd it was, therefore,
conducted by the board, and those fe a fee on all funerals
security on which money might he bores were regarded as a
the objects of the Act. But then it
w_ royed for carrying out
these fees:might be sufficient for the naaa_ round, that, although
funerals were conducted compuisorir;eary expenses, if all
such a compulsory power was given....o by the board, unless
monopolise the funerals of the metro p olisnaless the board could
private undertaker, it would be imp ',
possible supersede every
neces-
sary funds. The only means on Which .. to raise the
carried out svas:by levying a fee on eaerytdneeaeobame could be
this great Government company, whether death, to be paid to
buried by the company or not. In point -0 fact, e person was
be a tax on death, even in those case's ,w,er there was to
buried at the expense of their friends. Teatente persons were
com-
pany with powers so extensive and arbitrar rust any
justified on the supposition that there was Y could only be
which could be adopted., He believed that
no other remedy
cemeteries in the neighbourhood of the metropolislaOt only the
will-
ing to contract for burials at a fair and reasa were
that many metropolitan parishes were desirous a rate, but
should be given them of , purchasing land that powers
a not far
from the metropolis for the purposes of interment. In such
cases he should be favourable to granting a Pow
extra-
mural interment. He thought that in practice Power of
t would be
more beneficial to give such powers, in,such cases, than to
grant all the powers to a general company. If he
not
mistaken, a Bill was at the present moment before Las n
other
th
e
neighbourhood for the purpose of establishing a new cemetery inl te
w
neighbourhood of a railway, and at tome distance from Lon-
don. The site proposed contained, he believed, about 2,000
acres of fitting soil, and it was proposed to make
parishes, but for provision
not only for separate . what some thought
more important, different Christian denominations. That Bill
was still under the consideration of a Committee of the other
House, and the result remained to be seen ; but he believed
if carried into practice it would go a.great way, if not alto-
gether, to supersede the necessity of compulsory Powers such
as those which had been proposed. With regard-to the sup-
ply of water and the sewerage of the metropolis—if it were
possible to invest
.with colossal powers one single and, of
course, competent authority on those questions—if they
had a tabula rasa to deal with, and had no obstacles in the
vested interests of existing companies—then, no doubt, one
sueh single authority would be much more efficacious than
separate authorities. It had been admitted that there was
great difficulty in deciding as to the nature of such an au-
thority under the circumstances. It was easy for the Noble
Earl to say that other countries made better provision with
regard to their subjects than this country did. The Noble
Earl should have recollected that the Governments of foreign
countries were freer to act for what they believed to be the
public benefit than a Government which was subject to po-

pular influence and control, and which had to consult not
only the interests but also the feelings of those for whom it
had to legislate. He agreed with the Right Rev. Prelate
who had spoken that cleanliness was nearly allied to mora-
lity, and might be regarded as one of its handmaids; but
they could not by Act of Parliament compel people to be
moral, or decent, or clean. The great difficulty which he had
to contend against in all these cases was, that they were
asked to legislate against the wish of the persons them-
selves who suffered.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY—No, no.
The Earl of DERBY—The Noble Earl. said " no;" but
the Noble Earl had given them instances of gross and cul-
pable neglect on the part of householders.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY—No.

The Earl of DERBY —The Noble Earl had given them
most disgusting instances of accumulations of rubbish and
filth, leading to contamination, pestilence, and even to the
death of persons living within the immediate neighbour-
hood of them. Those nuisances could only have been per-
mitted to remain through the negligence of the persons
themselves.

The Earl of SII A.FTESBURY—No, no.
The Earl of DERBY said he had listened with very great
patience to the statement of the Noble Earl; and he honed
the Noble Earl would permit him to mike, without inter-
ruption, any answer he had to give. The Noble Earl had
alluded to several cases, and in particular had referred to
a pond into which the inhabitants of the adjoining houses
were perpetually throwing every species of ifith, though
the inhabitants of these very houses were the pars els who
had complained most loudly of the accumulations. In such
a case legislation would evidently be against the persons
interested in removing the nuisance, for their apathy was
one of the evils they would have to deal with. In fact,
under the General Pulice Act of 1839, which contained se-
veral stringent provisions with regard to nuisances, the inha-
bitants of the houses in question might have obtained the
removal of the one referred to.—( Hear, hear.) There were
immense powers vested in the Commissioners under the 31e-
tropolitan Police Act. There was no end to the power of
these Commissioners to levy rates, to remove nuisances, and
to establish public conveniences. There was no limit to the
power vested in these Commissioners to remove all these
nuisances of which his Noble Friend complained. And if the
Noble Lord inquired he would find that great expenses had
already been incurred by those Commissioners in removing
nuisances. In considering any sanitary measure that should
be effectual it was necessary to see how the
expense was to be borne, and in what manner a
controlling power was to be exercised. And however desir-
able it might be to legislate on this question it must be re-
collected, that beyond a certain point the people of the
country would not go; still less would the people permit
absolute control. to be vested in any ionsibie body.
What was to be the constitution of the Board which
was to carry into effect the extensive project of the Noble
Lord? The Board of Health was the moving power in the
case of towns and districts; but then it must be recollected
that the measure was essentially a voluntary measure—it
might or might not be adopted, according to the will and
pleasure of these towns and districts. Also the officers were
selected by the ratepayers, and they acted under proper
control and responsibility. Did his Noble Friend propose to
introduce the machinery of the Beard of Health into the
metropolis? Did he mean to say that when so introduced
power was to be given to deal with the drainage and to re-
move nuisances? Were those powers to be placed in the
hands of persons elected by the ratepayers, and under the
control of the parish authorities? He should like to hear if
that was his Noble Friend's proposition, but his Noble
Friend made no sign.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY was ready to answer the
Noble Lord. His motion did not contain a single word
about the introduction of the machinery of the Board of
Health; his motion merely was, to direct the attention of
Government to the sanitary condition of the metropolis. He
only desired
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The Earl of DERBY—His Noble Friend had given a can-
did large simply
tosvn t
answer, and though he had altered his motion, he had
Friend thought
not altered his views; so that what his Noble
thought Parliament ought to do was, to extend the
powers of the Board of Health to the metropolis— involving in
such extension the vesting of the election of officers in the
parish with the corollary that each parish in the case of
their sewage was to have an independent action. This
appeared to be the substance of his Noble Friend's prop is
was suggested as the best mode of tomeein the
difficulty. He must say that when a proposition f g like
import was some time back brought before Parliament the
difficulty was found to be insuperable. Indeed, every Par-
liament had abandoned it. In the first place, he would ask
the Noble Lord whether any parish had petitioned for the
extension of the act; next, if all the parishes petitioned,
would the Noble Lord say that the act would be the
most beneficial mode of accomplishing his object ? If
representatives were to be elected by parishes, according
to the provisions of the act, then they must fall back at
last on a Government board, charged with an immense
amount of rate and with onerous duties, and at the same
time interfering with domestic concerns in a way which
they would find the public feeling against. He begged he
might not be misunderstood in his remarks—he was not
depreciating the object of the Noble Lord. All he intended
to say was, that, with the Noble Lord's great experience, he
thought their Lordships might have expected, after the
statements which had been laid before them, that the Noble
Lord would not have rested satisfied with saying that the
question called for the immediate attention of Government—
it has received the attention of every Government for several
years past, that the Noble Lord would not have rested satis-
fied with affirming by an abstract proposition that the pro-
visions of the Board of Health Act should be extended to
the metropolis; but that he would have dealt with more ad-
vantage to the subject and himself if, instead of getting their
Lordships to affirm an abstract resolution, he had placed on
the table of that House a Bill, the provisions of which could
have been fully discussed in its progress, for the purpose of
carrying into effect the particular remedy which he believed
would best effect his object. He did not wish to dispute the
deep importance of the Noble Lord's object, and though he
should have preferred something more mitigated than the
direct interposition of Parliament, and though he thought it
desirable the whole question should be carefully considered
before anything definite was resolved upon, yet, looking at
the urgency of the case, he would say,
" If 'twere done, when 'tis done,
Then 'twere well it were done quickly."

But to call upon Government for immediate legislation upon
a question which had puzzled all Governments for the last
ten or twelve years, was certainly somewhat of a demand
which required consideration. So anxious, however, was he
not to throw any obstacles in the way of the Noble Lord,
and to avoid showing indifference to the value of the details
laid before their Lordships, that after protesting to a cer-
tain degree against Government interposition, he would say,
that Government would be prepared to deal with the ques-
tion when they could deal it safely. It was not his
intention to offer any opposition to the resolution of the Noble
Lord, which declared that a state of things existed demand-
ing interposition.
Lord BEAUMONT said that his Noble Friend who had
introduced this subject had not over-coloured his statement
in the least; but in respect to the supply of water, he con-
sidered that the Noble Earl had exaggerated, no doubt unin-
tentionally, the evils which he said arose from a deficient
supply of water. He believed that the water companies
gave a daily supply of water,and that they gave it in sufficient
quantity. 'rhe New River Company supplied 86,00) houses
and there were but 2,000 that bad not a sufficient supply.
The Earl of CARLISLE admitted that all Governments,

and perhaps that with which he was connected in particu.
lar, might not be unjustly charged with some shortcomings
in respect of sanitary measures. He was fully aware
of the difficulty which surrounded the subject, and all
other subjects where new ground had to be broken, where
they came in contact with long existing interests, and
where new modes of operation, which were still subject of
dispute and doubt, had to be introduced.—(Hear, hear.)
He believed that the great difficulty which attended this
subject arose from the difficulty which the higher depart-
ments of the Government experienced in gaining the neces-
sary knowledge and information on these subjects. The
persons on the subordinate boards were men of knowledge,
energy and skill, but they required the guidance of the
Treasury. He hoped that the Noble Earl opposite would
devote his attention to the subject, and he could assure him
that nothing would give him (the Earl of Carlisle) greater
satisfaction than to see that the exertions of the late Govern-
ment were outstripped by the Noble Earl.—(Hear, hear.)
The Earl of HARROWBY regretted the tone which his
Noble Friend adopted in reference to this subject. He
thought he exaggerated the difficulty in the way of applying
a remedy to these evils. If the remedy was to be effectual
they must interfere with existing interests. He was afraid
the effect of his Noble Friend's speech would be to give fresh
courage to these various interests. They should recollect
that what they had to deal with was the lives, the morals,
the habits, and the comforts of two and a half millions of the
people.—(Hear, hear.) Unless further action was taken
what had been done would leave them in a far worse posi-
tion than they were originally in.—(Hear, hear.)
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he considered the failure
of the Board of Health was owing in a great degree to the
want of efficient co-operation on the part of the Government
and the public. He thought that the Noble Earl (Derby)
had in many respects exaggerated the difficulties of the ques-
tion. The difficulties were no doubt very great, but they
were not insurmountable. He considered that much more
benefit would be accomplished by a small paid board than by
a numerous unpaid one. He trusted that his Noble Friend
would by his acts the next session of Parliament show that
this subject had received his serious consideration.
The Earl of SUAFTESBURY said that he had made no
complaint as to a defective supply of water, but he had com-
plained of its bad distribution. He had to complain that the
Noble Earl replied to him on the supposition that he had
made a motion which he did not make.
The Earl of DERBY explained. What he had said was
that in legislating Parliament had to contend in a great de-
gree against the apathy of the inhabitants of a district. He
bore testimony to the exertions of his Noble Friend ; but
he was anxious to guard the Government against the
accomplishment of an object the difficulty of which he could
foresee. He suggested that, instead of the words ` i_mm.ee-
diate interposition" of Government, the motion should`
Govern-
ment.
altered so as to say " the immediate attention" of
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The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitionsi frt. e
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Palace.
gate and three other places for the retention o
Earl of HARROWBY
The Earl of SuArrEsnunt and the C stal
various places to
the same effect.
also each presented several petitions from
The Lordships then adjourned.

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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons)
THURSDAY, AP 1L 29.
EXHIBITION OF 1851 (CRYSTAL PALACE).
Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Com-
mittee be appointed to consider the preservation of the
Crystal Palace, or the central portion thereof, with a view to
its applicability to purposes of public instruction and recrea-
tion." The House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 103.
Adair, It. Shaft() Greeuall, G. Price, Sir R
Aglionby, H. A. Greene, John Rawdon, Colonel
Alcock, Thomas Hall, Sir B.
Rice, E. R.
Reynolds, Jonh
Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard
Armstrong, Sir A. Hatchell, John Sadleir, John
Baines, M. T Hayes, Sir E. Salwey, Colonel
Barrow, W. H. Headlam, T. E. Sandars, George
Bass, M. T. Hervey, Lord A. Scholetield, William
Bell, Jacob Heyworth, Lawrence Scobell, Captain
Brotherton, J. Hindley Charles Scrope, G. P.
Brown, W. Hughes, W. B. Scully, Vincent
Sunbury, E. 11. Jackson, William Smith, J. A.
Buxton, Sir E. N. Keating, Robert Somers, J. P.
Carter, J. B. Keogh, William Somerville, Sir W.
Cavendish, G. 11. King, P. J. Stanford, J. F.
Charteris, Francis Knight, F. W. Staunton, Sir G.
Clay, James Littleton, E. R. Sts utt, E.
Cocks, T. S.
Collins, IV. Ll'Cullagh, W. T. Stewart, Admiral
Stuart, Lord D.
111`Gregor, John
Conolly; Thomas Marsh, 11, J. G. Thompson, Colonel
Craig, Sir W. G. Maiheson, Colonel Thompson, George
Cromier, er,lt. Is. Miles, P. W. Thornely, Thomasyncourt, C. T. Riilligan. Robert Wakley, Thomas
Juneau, George shines, B. 111. Walmslcy, Sir J.
Ellis, John 11toffatt, George Walter, J.
Evans, John Morris, David West, F. IL
Evans, William Mundy, William Westlicad, J. B.
Ewart, William Norreys, Sir I>. Wilcox,lßroths
Fergus, Joh John
n O'Flaherty, Anthony Williams,
Foley, John 11. Paget, Lord A. tvilliams, W.
Forster, M. Palmerston, Vii. Wyld, James
Fox, W. J. Peehell, Sir G.
Freesituri, Colonel Peel, Sir Robert
Geach, Charles Perfect, Robert
Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel M.
Granger, T. C. Pilkington, James

Ahdy, Sir T. N.
Adair, Hugh E.
Anson, Viscount
Anstey, T. C.
Archdall, Captain
Arkwright, George
Armstrong, B. B.
Bailey, Crawshay
Bailey, Joseph

TELLERS_
Heywood, James
Hume, J.

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Baillic, H. J.
Baldock, E. H.
Bankes, G.
Baring, Henry B.
Beckett, William
Bennet, Philip

MAJORITY-=NOES, 221.
Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J.
Emlyn, Viscount Marshall, W.
Estcourt, J. B. B. Martin, John
Euston, Earl Masterman, John
Evelyn, W. J. Maltosell, T. P.
Farrer, James Maxwell, lion. J. P.
Fellowes, E. Molesworth,Sir W
Ferguson, Sir R. Moody, C. A.
Filiner, Sir E. Morgan, 0.
Floyer, John Naas, Lord
Forbes, William Napier, Joseph
Fordyce. A. D. Neeld, John
Forester, G. C. Newport, Viscount
Fox, S. W. L. Noel, Gerald J.
Galway, Viscount O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Gaskell, J. M. Ossulston, Lord
Gilpin, Colonel Packe, C. W.
Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, Sir J.
Goddard, A. L. Palmer, Robert
Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Roundell
Goold, Wyndham Patten, J. W.
Goulburn, Henry Pennant, Colonel
Granby, Marquis Of Plowden, W. H.
Greene, Thomas Portal, Melville
Grey, R. W. Powlett, Lord W.
Grogan, Edward Prime, Richard
Grosvenor, Lord R. Pugh,• David
Gwyn, Howel Reid, General
Hale, R. B. Repton, G. W.
Halford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard
Hallyburtou, Lord Romilly, Sir John
Hamilton, G. A. Russell, F. C.
Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord
Hardinge, C. S. Shelburne, Earl of
Haste, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel
lieathcote, Sir G. J. Smith, Vernon
Heneage, G. H. W. Smith, M. Tucker
Heneage, Edward Somerton, Viscount
Henley, J. W. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Herbert, Henry A. Spooner, Richard
Berries, J.:C. Stafford, Augustus
Hildyard, It. C. Stansfiold, W. R.
Hildyard, T. B. Stanton, W. H.
Hill, Lord E. Strickland, Sir G.
Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, 11.
Hogg, Sir J. W. Stuart, J.
Hope, Henry T. Sturt, 11. G.
Hope, Sir J. Talbot, C.iR.
liotham, Lord Taylor, Colonel
Howard,!J. K. Thesiger, Sir F.
Hudson, G. Thicknesse, R. A.
Hutt, William Thompson, Alderman
Inglis, Sir It. Trollope, Sir J.
Jocelyn, Viscount Tyler, Sir G.
Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tyrell, Sir J.
Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H.
Knox, W. S. Vesey, Thomas
Labouchere, Henry Villiers, Viscount
Langton, IV, H. Vivian, J. E.
Lascelles, E Vyse, R. H.
Lawley, B. It. Walpole, Spencer
Legit, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Leonard, T.:B. Watkins, Colonel
Lennox, Lord A. Wellesley, Lord C.
Leslie, C. P. Whiteside, James
Lindsay, Colonel Wigram, Loftus
Locke, Joseph Willoughby, Sir H.
Lockhart, W. Worcester, Marquis
Long, W. Wynn, IL W.
Loveden, Pryse Yorke, E. T.
Lowther, Colonel
Lowther, Henry TELLIES.
Lygon, General Bateson, Thomas
Mahon, Viscount Lennox, Lord H. G.
Manners, Lord C.

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Blair, Stephen
Blandford, Marquis
Booker, T. W.
Bowles, A,liral
Boyle, Colonel
Bramston, T. W.
Bridges, Slr B.
Bright, John

Brfsco, M.
Brocklehurst, John
Brooke, Lord

Bentinck, Lord H.
Beresford, William
Bernard, Viscount
Best, John

BruCo, Lord E.
Bruce, C. L. C.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B.
Banbury, W.
Burghley, Lord
Burrell, Sir C.
Cabbell, B. B.

Campbell, W. P.
Campbell, Sir A.
Carew, W. 11. Pole
Cayley, E. S.
Chandos, Marquis
Chaplin, W. J.
Chichester, Lord J.
Childers, J. W.
Cholmeley, Sir M.
Christopher, R. A.
Christy, Samuel
Clive, R. H.
Cobden, Richard
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Collins, Thomas
Corry, Henry
Cotton, W. H.
Currie, 11.
Davies, D. A.
Dawson, T. V.

Deedes, W.
Denison, J. E.
Dick, Quintin

Disraeli, B.

Divett, Edward.
Dod, J. W.

Drummontl, Home
Duckworth, Sir J.
Duff, G. S.
Dull, James

Buncombe, A.'
Duncombe, 0.
Duncombe, W. E.
Dundas, Sir David
Dunne, Colonel
Du Pre, C. G.
East, Sir J. B.
Edwards, Henry

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM.
The Queen held a drawing-room yesterday afternoon at
St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended
by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace soon
atter two o'clock.
Her Majesty's honourable corps of Gentlemen at Arms
were on duty in the State-room.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Palace,
under the command of Captain Bickford, the Egon in
Waiting.
His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau attended
the drawing-room.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert en-
tered the throne-room, attended by the Mistress of the
Robes, the Countess of Charlemont (in waiting),
the Duchess of Norfolk, the Viscountess Canning, the
Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Ely, and the
Countess of Desert, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon.
Amelia Murray, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
Hon. Beatrice Byng, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Lucy
Kerr, and the Hon. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour ; the Hon.
Mrs. Trevor, the Hou. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady
Theresa Digby, Women of the Bedchamber; the Lord Ste-
ward, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Horse, the
Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Polwarth, Lord in Wait-
ing ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal
Highness; Colonel the Hen. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her
Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, pri-
vate Secretary to his Royal Highness; Sir Edward Bowater,
Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to
his Royal Highness ; Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal)
Equerry in Waiting; Lient.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour,
Equerry in Waiting to his Ral Highness ; Mr. Henry
Farquharson and Mr. George Gordon Macpherson, Pages of
Honour in Waiting.
The Queen wore a train of pink moir antique silk, trimmed
with white blonde and white roses and acacias. The petti-
coat was of white satin, trimmed with white tulle and wreaths
of white roses and accacias.
Her Majesty's head-dress was composed of white roses and
acacias, ornamented with diamonds.
The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the follow-
ing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle:—
By Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Ingersoll, of the United States.
By the Minister of the United States, Mr. Abbott Law-
rence, jun., son of the Envoy.
By the Sardinian Minister, the Marquis Taliacarne, secre-
tary of the Sardinian Legation at Brussels.
The diplomatic circle was numerously attended.
The following ladies had the honour of being presented to
her Majesty in the general circle:—
The Hon. Mrs. Abercromby, by the Hon. Mrs. Massey.
Lady Gertrude Acheson, by her mother, the Countess of
Gosford.
The Hon. Mrs. Airey, by the Dowager Viscountess Glent-

worth.
The Countess of Airlie, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady
Stanley (of Alderley.)
Lady Anderson, by the Hon. Mrs. Campbell.
Miss Anderson, by her mother, Lady Anderson.
Mrs. Henry Armytage, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady
Charlotte Berkeley.
Miss Bailey, by her mother, Mrs. Bailey.
Mrs. Barnard, by the Countess of Morley.
The Marchioness of Bath, by the Countess of H__areVro_.
od. .
Mrs. Beaumont, by the Dowager Countes_re. s of Glasgow.
sshe e_he
Miss Florence Beamont, by her mother,
e M
Lady Berners, by the Marehione
erondele Countess of
Miss Marianne A. Bishop, by the
f owliengy.
Carnwath.
Miss Bolton, by Lady de 11(1.e
Res.
Miss Ellen Bolton, by y_ on.
Mrs. Cavendish Boyle,LbaydViscountess D
Miss Brams Northumberland.
ton by her mother, Mrs. Brannmsgtaronv.
Mrs. Browne, by the Duchess of
Miss Browne, by
the Duchess of Northumberland.
bliss Beatrice P. Brune,by her mother, Mrs. P. Brune.
Miss Caroline Burgoyne and Miss Charlotte Burgoyne, by
Viscountess Hardinge. b
Mrs. Villebois.
Mrs. Gustavus Burnaby, y
h mother, Mrs. G. Burnaby,
Miss Mary Burnaby, hye
Mrs. Hume Burnley, by
the Countess of Malmesbury.
Lady Adelaide Cadogan, beyrehLaiednyesAslofrfecdh P
otageotn.
deley
Lady Calthorpe, by the M
Mrs. Frederick Calvert, of the Dardanelles, by the Countess
of Malmesbury.
James cowbell, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath.
Mrs. Campbell, by Lady Arthur Lennox.
Miss Ellmor
the Countess of Morley.
Lady Carew, by
Is Carpenter, by Mrs. Clifton.
Mrs. Peter Carthew, by Lady Calthorpe.
Mrs. Farnaby Cator, on her marriage, by Lady C. Boileau.
Miss Chamberlayne, by Viscountess Palmerston.
Miss Eliza Chapman, by Lady Laura Money.
Mrs. Longueville Clarke, by Lady Talfourd.
Miss Longueville Clarke, by Lady Talfourd.
Mrs. Trevor Clarke, by her mother, Lady Hyde Pearson.
Miss Cludde, by Lady Clark.
Mrs. Connolly, nde Princesse de Ruffano, by the Countess of
Csmperdown.
Lady Crompton, by Lady Truro.
The Hon. Mrs. Curzon, on her marriage, by the Countess
Howe.
Miss Dalyell, by Lady Adam.
Mrs. Dickson, by Mrs. Jones, of Pantglas.
Miss ,Scott Douglas, by her aunt, the Countess Dowager of
Glasgow. g
Miss Sholta Scott Douglas, by her aunt, the Countess Dow-
ager of Glasgow.
Mists Margaret Drummond, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond.
The Countess of Dysart, by the Countess Dowager of Glasgow.
Mrs. James Edwards, by her Grace the Duchess of North-
umberland.
Miss Georgiana Evans, by the Duchess of Norfolk.
Mrs. Fairly, by Lady Mary Christopher.
Miss Emily Fane, by Mrs. Freed.
Miss Charlotte Farr, by Mrs. Fraser Baddeley.
Miss Finch, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
Mrs. William Franks, by the Countess of Effingham.
Mrs. Douglas Galton, by Lady Harriet Clive.
Donna Emelia de Gayangos, by Madame Comyn•
Mrs. Geary, on her marriage, by the Countess of Wil
Miss Gill, by the Marchioness of Ely.
weatphal.
Miss Sarah Anne Gore, by her mother, Lady ton.
Mrs. George Gowan, by her mother, Mrs. George Stratton.
Miss Ann Grant, by Lady Mary Christopher.
The Lady Charlotte Granville, by the Duchess of
aAytlhero.ll.
Mrs. Elliot Grasett, by Lady Charlotte Watson h
The Lady Greenock,
on her marriage, by the Countess Cath-
cart.
by Lady M. Vyner.
Mrs. John Greenwood, on her marriage,
Miss Greville, by her sister, Lady AugustuesfLsobtteus•
in
The Countess of Guilford, by the CountessoDr;
Miss Fanny Halford, by her mother,dbiGers.
The Marchioness of Hastings, by 1.41-7 hiouoas of galtings•
the mare
The Lady Bertha Hastings, ivagniaat kerltley.
The Lady Edith Hastings.
byottber, Mrs. Hawes.
Miss Maria Hawes, by her bY
be Marchioness of Hastings.
Mrs. Hay (of Hopes), by
Miss Hay, by her mother,
the
Mew.m Mgeracyh.ionese a Douro.