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FRIDAY r EVESTIN4, so,

Lion, 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-ciassea 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 deseibe 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
aistriets 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 had 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 £l9B
IPf 1851
Holborn .........1845
ft 1851
Manchester .... 959
1851 ......
Liverpool ......1845 , . 1,713913 •
f t 1851 .
In every instance in which' sanitary measures had 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 had
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 feyer 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 sa 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 byehe' 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 15, 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 extensile 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 other parts. But that
part of the speech of the Noble Earl which fell most short
of what their Lordships had aright 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 thepresent, 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 first given—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
recommendation of !a remedy for the evils he had pointed
out. The application of
Act to the metropolis-- the provisions o
fthe Board of Health
The Earl of SH4FTESBURY said it was not in the
motion.

The Earl of DERBY
present motion, it Was in
turionaarked, that though not in the
two days ago. It was not in
motion as it stood on the paper
But it was of that which.. the present motion—quite true.
former case the Noble Ear he had to complain ; for in the
Was a remedy, but in tili:ointed out what he thought
evils without even sugge t• • present be had pointed out the
which he would recomtn: „Tng to the Legislature the means
He was the more surprised'
member at
for the mitigation of those evils.
Earl was an active that,• inasmuch as the Noble
intendence of the health
made °f
of a board which had the super-
the country, and which had
a report, dated the
in his hands since b 30th of March, but only placed
in which the means
such evils as those co
:reentered the House that evening,
Pointed out for the remedy of
was associated; with the _.,lll).lained of.—(Hear, hear.) There
sioners of that board the
of the Board of Works, °We Earl And the other Commis-
Gentleman who was at the head
tice given by the Nobe and yet he believed that the no-
es that brought forward Earl on a former occasion, as well
any communication or c
and his associates at the t°-night, had been given without
consultation between the Noble Earl
metropolis under the ad board; --The proposal of placing the
had been made by different ministration of the Board of Health
tion was made by the , Governments. Such a proposi-
(Earl Carlisle), but he had found Earl opposite when in office
and was obliged to post found the difficulties insuperable.
The Noble Duke on thieuh°'. if
castle) had also expressed cross not to abandon, the attempt.
benches (the Duke of New-
stated, when in office, th.;"B views on this point, and had,
rests and the great maw 900 king-to the variety of lute-
question, he could no r°' .PoPulation concerned in the
Board of Health Bill thine ore include the metropolis in the
Noble Earl who had brn he could Paris or Vienna. The
also, much to his surprisetight forward this motion had
pointed out the evils witet; evaded the question and had
He was ready to admit th ent even hinting at the remedy.
Noble Earl were the at the causes adverted to by the
of disease and suffering. sources of a great amount
terments—deficieney in th'e .These .were intramural in-
sewerage, and accumulationi' enliely of water—deficiency of
the first—intramural
interments,lof nuisances. With regard to
for an early and careful consideration,
it was one which pressed
because the evil was • lucre -
and an early remedy,
guage could exaggerate the Lseing- year after year. No lan-
was continually generated by gni Amount of disease which
practice of interment in the 4 ..e- loathsome and disgusting
grounds of the metropolis.-_?tried churchyards and burial-
was passed giving powers of `a ear.) Two years ago a Bill
to a general board on this tii„„.:Tery extraordinary character
tive—partly because the p;°11; but. it had been inopera-
time ; partly ihi conifeqUence ii-tri given were limited as to
the board ; and partly o3wing tO-the duration assigned to
powers. The board was author' --e absence of compulsory
all existing cemeteriea grealts.ed to purchase the rights of
chase land for cemeteries, and t,--stretch of power—to pur-
terfnent, and for the proper disposarake arrangements for in-
and burial. The board were to beat
the body between death
of all funerals; were toi make all htrusted with the control
with them ; and were to! levy a. rat arorangements connected
tion to defray the expense. Mach e ,h then ho
popula-
not unnaturally—to a, generat• rateoojection was felt—and
abandoned ; but it was proposed to levyand it was, therefore,
conducted by the board, and those fees
a fee on all funerals
security on which mon might be borrowed were regarded as a
the objects of the Act. ut then it
T wasrofwed for carrying out
these fees:might be suffi ient for the le found, that, although
funeras were conducted compulsorily ~ necessary expenses, if all
such alt ompulsory power was given__uur the board, unless
monopolise the funerals of the metropolis, unless the board could
private undertaker, it would be impossible to
supersede every
sary funds. The only means on which the
raise the neces-
carried out was:by levying a fee on every death,scheme could be
this great Government .company, whether the
to be paid to
buried by the company or, not. In point of fact, there was to
buried at the expense of their friends. rr.
...o en; persons were
pany with powers so extensive and arbitrur rust any com-
justified on the supposition that there was.hYo could only be
which could be adopted. Ho believed that other remedy
cemeteries in the neighbourhood of the metro only the
ing to contract for burials at a fair and reasonable were will-
that many metropolitan parishes' were desirous _!I rate, but
should be given them of purchasing powers
from the metropolis for the-purposes of inter not far
. interment. In such
cases he should be favourable-to grantibg a
power of extra-
mural interment. He thought that in practice 't
more beneficial to give such 'powers, in such
__l would be
grant all the powers to a general company. • I`Fres, than to
mistaken, a Bill was at the present moment before thelvas h"
House for the purpose of establishing a new cemetery other
ete
neighbourhood of a railway, and at some distance ry in the
from Lon-
don. The site proposed contained, he belieVed, about - 0
000
acres of fitting soil, and it was proposed to make provision
not only for separate parishes, but for' what someto
more important, different Christian denominations. ught
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
as those which had been proposed. With regard-to the such
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 thecom
) vested interests of existing panies--then, no doubt, one
sueh single authority would be much more efficacious than
e
separate authorities. It had been admitted that there
was
great difficulty in deciding as to the nature of such an au-
thority under the circumstance's. 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 Governnaents of foreign
countries were freer to act for what they believed to be the
public benefit then a Government which Was subject to po-

The

pular influence and control, and which had to coneult not
only the interests but also the feelings of those for wham it
had to legislate. He agreed with the
Leiht Rev. Prelate
who had spoken that cleanliness was nearly allied to mora-
lity, and might be regarded as one of handmaids; but
moral,they c oourlddenceont
decent, Actoa clean. The Parliament,he gr eat difficulty
SHAFTESBURY—_\'o,
Earino said peoplet whiche yh
et
were
hade hr
ee
to contend against in all these cases thatweoarns,pel
asked to legislate against the wish of the persons them-
selveswE or l
o suffered.fs itA
Tiie
" no ;" but
mNinsbtlan'ces .of gross and therr NbeobElearEl alifrlphEadiTiYv—enit'ahee
cul-
pable neglect on the part of householderasr.
l had given them
molTslthdeeiEslg!:aaurrslltotoaff SHAFTESBURY—No.
gpEinsßtaßnYce—sTobfe Nobleaccum Eulatioas of rubbish and filth, leading to contamination, pestilence, and
evenn
to the
hdeoaotdhoof thepi
fpersousThlievsiengnaiwaainthoiena
othoueldim
moneldyiahtaave eieen per-
neighbour-
hood
mitted to remain. through the negligence of the persons
TThhee
EEaarrll
ooff
DSIEIRABFITEeaSiBdUhRe Yha—dNliost,ennoe.d
with very great
patience to the statement of the Noble Earl ; and he hoped
the Noble Earl would permit him to make, without inter-
ruption, any answer he had to give. The Noble Earl had
hatwahaepond
eohmeailrnbepptgileotaitasiawnlnaaethltsdlii
ycoomhaft
ohttwshhrteooe
siwuoiQliundovdhge aeyr
very
eioi tdvfaheenntor thy: slesye
asaopcbfweceetueihmreaeeagutaoal
biafdnejt
against
accumulations.
pnnl
ttsei
filth,
sg:
nlpt
nhshe
rooswsuauo
though
alluded to several cases, and in particular had referred to
interested in removing the nuisance, for their apathy was
one of the evils they would have to deal with. In fact,
under the General Police 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 Me-
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 irresponsibie body.
What was to be the constitution of the new 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 tomes 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 Board 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
had only desired to show, that while other large towns and
districts could avail themselves of the powers of the Board of
Health to improve their sanitary condition, the metropolis
was excluded frem the operation of that Act. All he intended
by his motion was simply to put the metropolis on the same
footing as other large towns.
The Earl of DERBY—His Noble Friend had given a can-
did answer, and though he had altered his motion, he had
apparently not altered his views ; so that what his Noble
Friend 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 proposi-
tion—which was suggested as the best mode of meeting the
difficulty. He must say that when a proposition of 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."
I3ut 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 with 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. The New River Company supplied 86,00) houses
and there were but 2,000 that had 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 m)des 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.—(Elear, hear.)
The Earl of HARROWBY regretted the tone which his
Noble Friend adopted in reference to this subject. He
thbught 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 he 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 SHAFTESBURY 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
diastrict. He
de-
gree against the apathy of the inhabitants of a
that in legislating Parliament had to contend in
Friend ; but
bore testimony to the exertions of his Noble
t a ainst the
he was anxious to guard the Governmfen g
which he could
accomplishment of an object the difficulty o
words ,* imm
foresee. He suggested that, instead of the great
of
altered so as to say "the immediate attention" diate interposition" of Government, the motiontiea should be
Govern-
ment.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY
agreed to.
and the motion thus altered was then
etns from Rams-
The Earl of CARLISLE presented
of the Crystal
gate and three other places for the retention
acceded to this suggestion,
Palace.
various places to
ted several petitions from
also each presented
the same effect.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY and the Earl of ETARROWBY
Lordships then adjourned.

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-1852.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the Ebuse of Commons )
THURSDAY, APJttL 29.
EXHIBITION OF 1851 (CRYSTAL PALACE).
Motioa 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, 10'3.
. Adair, R. Shafto Greenell, G. Price, Sir R
Aglionby, 11. A. Greene, John
_.,.. Rawdon, Colonel '
Alcock, Thomas Hall, Sir B. Reynolds, Jonh
Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard Rice, E. It.
Arm,trong, Sir A. Batellell, John Sadleir, John
Ealnes, M. T Hayes, Sir E. Sal wey, Colonel
Barrow, W. 11. Headlam, T. E. Sandars, George
Bass, M. i'. Hervey, Lord A. Scholetield, William
Bell, Jacob Heyworth, Lawrence Scobell, Captain
Broth erton, J. IlindleyCharles Scrope, G. I'.
Brown, W. Hughes, W. B. Scully, Vincent
Bunbury. E. It Jackson, William Smith, J. A.
Buxton, Sir E. N. Keating, Robert Somers, J. P.
• Carter, J. B. Keogh, William Somerville, Sir W.
Cavendish, G. H. King, P. J. Stanford, J. F.
Charteris, Francis Knight, F. W. Staunton, Sir G.
Clay, James Littleton, E. R. Strutt, E.
Cocks, T. 8.
Collins, W. M'Cullagh, W. T. Stewart, Admiral
Stuart, Lord D.
M`Gregor, John
Conolly, Thomas Marshall, J. G. Thompson, Colonel
Craig, Sir W. G. Matheson, Colonel Thompson, George
Crowder, R. B. Miles, P. W. Thornely, ThomasD'Eyncourt, C. T. Milligan, Robert Wakley, Thomas
Duncan, George Milnes, R. M. Walmsley, Sir J.
Ellis, John Moffatt, George Walter, J.
Evans, John Morris, David West, F. R.
Evans, William Mundy, William Westhead4J. B.
Ewart, William Norreys, Sir D. Willcox, Brodie
Fergus, John O'Flaherty, Anthony Williams, John
Foley, John 11, Paget, Lord A.
Williams, W.
Forster, M. Palmerston, Vl3. Wylii, James
Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G.
Freestun, Colonel Peel, Sir Robert
-Leach, Charles Perfect, Robert
Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel M.
Granger, T. C. Pilkingten, JameS

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

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

Blair, Stephen
Blandford, Marquis
Booker, T. W.
Bowles, Admiral
Boyle, Colonel
Bramston, T. W.
Bridges, Sir B.
Bright, John
Brisco,

Brockfehurst, Johu
Brooke, Lord

BentinCk, Lord H.
Beresford, William
Bernard, Viscount
Best, Johh _

Bruce, Lord E.
Nruce, C. L. C.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B.
Sunbury, W.
Burghley, Lord
Burrell, Sir C.

Cabbelf, B. B.

Campbell, W. F.
Campbell, Sir A.
Carew, W. H. Pole
Cayley, E. S.
Chandos, Marquis
Chaplin, W. J.
Chichester, Lord J.
Childers, J. W.
Cholmeley, Sir M.
Christopher, It. A.
Christy, Samuel
Clive, It. 11.

Cobden, Richard
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Collins, Thomas
Corry, Henry

Cotton, W. 11.
Currie; 11.
Davies, D. A.
Dawson, T. V.

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

Disraeli, B.

Divctt, Edward
Dod, J. W.

Drummond, Home
Duckworth, Sir J.
Duff, G. S.
Duff, James
Duncombe, A.'
Duncombe, 0.

Duncombe, W. E.
Dtuidas, Sir David
Dunne, Colonel
Da Pre, C. G.
East, Sir J. B.

Edw-ards, henry

TELLERS.
Heywood, James
Hume, J.

MAJORITY-NOES, 221.

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Egerton, Sir P. - Manners, Lord J.
Emlyn, Viscount Marshall, W.
Estcourt, J. B. B. Martin, John
Euston, Earl Ma.sterman, John
Evelyn, W. J. Maunsell, T. P.
Farrer, James Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
FeHowes, E. Molesworth,sir W
Ferguson, Sir B. Moody, C. A.
Filmer, Sir E. Morgan' 0.
Floyer, John Naas, Lord
Forbes, William Napier, Joseph
Fordyce. A. D. Neeld, John
Forester, G. C. Newport, Viscount
FAY, R W. L. Nool. 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, Bowel Reid, General
Hale, R. B. Repton, G. W.
Raiford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard
Hallyburton, Lord Romilly, Sir John
Hamilton, G. A. Russell, F. C.
Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord
Hardinge, C. S. Shelburne, Earl of
Ilastie, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel
Heathcote, Sir G. J. Smith, Vernon
Heneage, G. H. W. Smith, M. Tucker
Ileneage, Edward Somerton, Viscount
Henley, J. W. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Herbert, Henry A. Spooner, Richard
Herries, J.:C. Stafford, Augustus
Hildyard, It. C. Stanfield, W. R.
Hildyard, T. B. Stanton, W. H.
Rill, Lord E. Strickland, Sir G.
Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, H.
Hogg, Sir J. W. Stuart, J. •
Hope, Henry T. Start, 11. G.
Hope, Sir J. Talbot, C. R.
Hotham, 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.
Jolllffe, Sir W. G. Tyrell, Sir J.
Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H.
Knox, W. 5, Vesey, Thomas
Labouchere, Henry Villiers, Viscount
Langton, W. H. Vivian, J. E.
Lascelles, E Vyse, R. 11.
Lawley, B. R. Walpole, Spencer
Legh, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Lennard, 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, 11. W.
Loveden, Pryso Yorke, E. T.
Lowther, Colonel
Lowther, Henry TELLERS.
Lygon, General Bateson, Thomas
Mahon, Viscount Lennox, Lord H. G.
Manners, Lord C.

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 Rickford, 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 Hon. 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; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour,
Equerry in Waiting to his Royal 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 lion. Mrs. Massey.
Lady Gertrude Acheson, by her mother, the' Countess of
Gosford.
Tho lion. Mrs. Airey, by the Dowager Viscountess Gloat-
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.
Mu. 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 Harewood.
Mrs. Beaumont, by the Dowager Countess of Glasgow.
Bliss Florence Beamont, by her mother, Mrs. Beamont.
Lady Berners, by the Marchioness of Cholmondele Countess of
Miss Marianne A. Bishop, by the Dowager

Carnwath.
Miss Bolton, by Lady de Ros.
Miss Ellen Bolton, biy Lady de Ross.
Mrr. Cavendish Boyle,
Miss Bramston, by her
of Northumberland.
bmyoVthiesrc,"l4e.s sB Dr In
sgtaornv. o n
Mrs. Browne, by the Duchess
by her mother, Mrs. P. Brune.
and miss Charlotte Burgoyne, by
Miss Browne, by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Miss Beatrice P. Brune,
Miss Caroline Burgoyne ail
Viscountess Hardinge.
Mrs. Gustavus Burnaby by Mrs. Villebois.
Miss Mary Burnaby, b 'her mother, Mrs. G. Burnaby.
ury.
Mrs. Hume Burnley, byy theb CountAesslfroefaArlaalgmeets.b
Lady Adelaide Cadogan, Lady
Lady. Cholmondeley.
y Calthorpebbarvethrz
01Sflatrhcelspionaredssanoeflles,
by the Countess
Mrs. Frederick
of Malmesbnry.
Mrs. James Campbell, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath.
Miss-Ellinor'Campbell, by Lady Arthur Lennox.
Lady Carew, by the Countess of Morley.
Mrs. 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 Cladde, by Lady Clark.
Mrs. Connolly, tide Princesse de Ruffano, by the Countess of
Camperdown.
Lady Crompton, by Lady Traro.
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.
Miss Sholta Scott Douglas, by her aunt, the Countess Dow-
ager of Glasgow.
Miss 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. Praed.
Miss Charlotte Farr, by Mrs. Fraser Baddeley•
Miss Finch, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
Mrs. William Franks, by the Countess of Effingham.
Mrs. Douglas Galion, by Lady Harriet Clive.
Donna Emelia de Gayangos, by Madame Comyns
Mrs. Geary, on her marriage, by the Countess of Wilton.w
Miss Gill, by the Marchioness of Ely.
Miss Sarah Anne Gore, by her mother, Lady Westphal.
Mrs. George Gowan, by her mother, Mrs. George Stratton.
Miss Ann Grant, by Lady Mary Christopher.
Taylor.
The Lady Charlotte Granville, by the Ducahtsesosnof Atholl.
Mrs. Elliot Grasett, by Lady Charlotte W
The Lady Greenock, on her marriage, by the Countess Cath-
cart.
Lad, M. VYner.
Mrs. John Greenwood, on her marriage, by
A ZU tus Lo tus.
Miss Greville, by her sister, Lady --ouuaess, DouglasSheffi.
The Countess of Guilford, by the C a or_sl
/Ism H
Miss Fanny Belford, by her mother,
dv Georgians Cholmeley.
the March
The Marchioness of Hastings,
by bY —a •
ionos
s of Hastings.
The Lad Edith Bastin ti
The Lady Bertharr Hasngs by ,
the Marchioness of Hastings.
y
Miss Maa Hawes, by
herine
Alerchioneiss of Douro.
gs" other, Mrs. Hawes.
h
Mrs. Hay (of Hopes), -Y
Miss Hay, by her mother, th
ham /lay.