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London, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

to submit the miscellaneous estimates to a select commit-

tee, believing that the effect would be to reduce the action
of the house itself to almost nothing.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought, on the contrary, that
great benefit would result from laying the estimates before
a select committee. '4 he voting of millions of money in

the house seldom excited the slightest attention among
hon. meintors. He complained of the large sums expended
in the purchase of additional public offices.
The first vote was for 3,8511. for defraying the expenses
of the University of London.
Dr. MICHELL objected to the expenditure of public
money in the foundation of scholarships and fellowships in
connection- with the University of London. -
Mr. WILSON said the voto was the same as that of last
year.

The vote was agreed to.'
The following were also agreed to :-
7,9521. for the Scotch Universities.
2,356/. for the Queen's University in Ireland.
The next vote was for 9,5921. for the Queen's Colleges in
Ireland.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, and thought
it should be reduced. The Queen's Colleges were not taken
advantage of to any great extent by the people of Ireland.
Mr. WILSON said the vote in future would be only'
4,5001.
The vote was agreed to.
vote of 6171. was agreed to for the Royal Irish Aca.
delay, as was also a vote of 3001. for the Royal Hibernian

Academy.
A vote of 2,600/. having been proposed,
Mr. MIA.LL moved that the sum of 2,0501., for theo-
logical professors at Belfast, and for the incidental ex-
penses of the General Assembly's College at Belfast, be
disallowed.

Mr. CAIRNS said he thought it would be fair if those
hon. members who wished the house to adopt their volun-
tary principles would propose their views in an abstract
form, and not seek to make particular wretched grants to
persons whose salaries depended upon the vote, the answer
.
on which should be decided the great and important prin-
ciples which those hon. members advocated.
Mr. KIRK supported the vote.
After a few words from Mr. Williams, Mr. A. Follett,
Mr. W. J. Fox, and Mr. Hadfield,
The committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 29
Against it
Majority against the a mendmeat...
The vote was then agreed to.
The next vote proposed was one of 56,1801. for the trus-
tees of the British Museum.
After a few remarks from Mr. WILLIAMS on the sub-
ject of the balance remaining in hand from last year's vote,
Mr. PELLATT, who had a motion on the paper for
disallowing the sum of 12,0001. from the estimates for
accommodation for 200,000 additional volumes, withdrew
his motion, contenting himself with calling the attention
of the Government to the necessity of affording additional
accommodation for the visitors and students to the
Museum.

In answer to a question put by Mr. HINDLEY,
Mr. WILSON stated that the catalogue of the library
was being pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
The vote was then agreed to.
A sum of 4,000/, was next proposed for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of purchases made by the trustees
of the British Museum...

In reply to a question put by Mr. MAcAnninr,
Mr. WILSON denied that agents of the British Museum
and of Marlborough-house had bid against each other at
the recent sale of the Bernal collection. The prices fixed
by the trustees of Marlborough-house and of the British

Museum, for the articles which they wished to purchase
previous to the sale, had not been exceeded by the amount
actually paid by the agents at the sale.
The vote was then agreed to.
A sum of 27,5201. for the expenses of new buildings in
connection with the British Museum was next voted. _

Votes of 5001. were then taken for the Royal Geographi-
cal Society, 6,4091. for tho Royal Observatories, 2,9851. for
public improvements in Ireland, and 1,2951. for the Found-
ling hospital in Dublin.
On th© proposal to vote 11,7901. for the House of In-
dustry in Dublin,
Mr. GROGAN complained that the recommendation of
the select committee on the subject of the hospitals in Dub-
lin had not been attended to by the Government in pre-
paring the estimates for the present session, and that such
recommendation had been superseded by the report of a
in
quire
into appointed by the Irish Government to
into the subject, without the consent and authority of the
Hour of Commons.

Mr. WILLIAMS thought it a cause of just complaint
that a sum of not less than 20,0001. should be voted for the
support of hospitals and charitable institutions in one city
in Ireland, and hoped that the Government would every
year reduce the amounts of the grant with a view to their
final extinction. _ _

Mr.VANCE contended that the Government were bound
iu justice to continue this class of votes to Dublin, and the
agreement to do so was part of the treaty of union between
the two countries. These votes, although expended in
Dublin, were applied for the benefit of the whole of Ire-
land, the medical schools and institutions there being open
to the students and poor of all parts of Ireland.
Colonel DUNNE did not feel the slightest gratitude to
the Government for the votes of money, as he considered
they were only the rights of Ireland, and considering that
Ireland had been for many years so unjustly and unequally
taxed, the grants, even if regarded in the light of boons,
were undeserving of notice. ,
Viscount NAAS said the hon. member for Lambeth
would find that all his assertions were answered by the
report of last year.

The vote was then agreed to, as also a vote of 5001. for
the Female Orphan Home.
On the question that 1,2001. should be voted for the
Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin,
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, and thought that
sufficient exertion had not been made to procure funds by
voluntary subscriptions. -
The vote was agreed to, and also 5001. for the Lying-in-
Hospital.
Some other votes were also agreed to, but, from the low
tone in which the chairman read them, their nature could
not be ascertained. _ _ _