The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-02 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

FOSSIL REMAINS.
The f Vowing is a cody of a Memorial presented to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, recommending the pur•
chase, by the Trustees of the British Museum, of the
two collections of Fossil Remains belonging to Mr. Mar
sell and Mr. Hawkins, as ordered by the House of Cour
mons on the 6th ult.

To the Right llon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The memorial of your petitioners humbly showeth,
That your petitioners have heard with great concern that
a recent offer for sale to the British Museum, by Mr'
Mansell and Mr. Hawkins, of two valuable collections,
illustrating the geology of an important portion of England,
has been declined in consequence of the deficiency of the
revenue for the present year.
That many of your petitioners who are conversant with
the subject have examined these collections, and consider
them not only to be of peculiar value as demonstrating tbei
subterraneous structure of this country, but also of genera
interest to the scientific world, as throwing new and im-
port ant lights on many branches of researc that are nod'
conducted with unexampled activity in all countries, the
the purpose of illustrating the physical history of t
globe, and applying such knowledge also to the useful pa'
poses of life.
That with a view to the advancement of such objects, s°'
cieties and museums have been established in nearly all the
large provincial towns of this kingdom, and still more or,
tensive museums provided at the national expense by a'
the Governments of the civilised world. And as your Pe;
titioners would consider it to be conducive to the honour au'
scientific reputation of England if these collections were
placed in the British Museum, so it would I.e, in their
opinion, both detrimental to science and injurious to the
honour of the nation if they were allowed to be broken uP
and dispersed by public sale, or purchased by any foreigu
Government.
That the getting together of these collections has resulted
from a concurrence of such ral e op:ortunities and extra'
ordinary qualifications in the indiv:duals by whom theli
have been made, that if the occasion which now offers
securing to the nation the fruits of such rare coincidenceo
be not made use of it must be lost for ev(r.

And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
(Signed)
Wm. BUCKLAND, Profe;sor of Geology, Oxon.
A. SEDGWICK, Woodward:an Professor, Cambridge.
JOHN PHILLIPS, Professor of Geology, in King's C''
lege, London.
W. WHEWELL, Pres. G.S.
ROD. MURCHISON, Vice President Geological Society.
CHARLES LYELL, Vice President Geological Society.
CHARLES STOKES, F.R.S., F.G.S., and L.S.
WILLIAM J. HAMILTON, Sec. Geological Society•
EDWARD NORWICH, President of the Linn. Soc. F.
of
RICHARD OWEN, Hunterian Professor Royal College
Surgeons, London.
WILLIAM CLIFT, Conservator of the Museum, ditto.
CHARLES BARRAGE.

J. BosTocK, 1\1.D., F.R.S., and F.G.S.
P. M. RooKT, M.D., F.G.S.
JOHN TAYLOR, F.R.S.,c F.L.S., F.G.S., 'Treasurer to till
British Association.
NORTHAINIFFON, F.G.S.
CITAAILEs DARWIN, Sec. of Geological Society.
W. 'l'. BRODERIP, PALS., F.G.S., F.L.S.. &c.

110 C
PATENT TIIEATRE MACHINERY.—We of
two
often experienced the annoyance resu!ting from the present atlapt3".ence
theatrical machinery, and yet it never struck us that the inconveol_ool
was capable of a remedy. Very frequently when in a most sentiro".4 A
—we had almost said tear-like mood, during the representatioll
good tragedy, have we involuntarily burst into a fit of laughter ni,ve
nessiog the vain endeavours of some unfortunate scene.sh,fter to 'ea 3
us from our distress by a fresh glimpse of sunshine, and the stets jolt,
distant lake among the hips. Well, what we never dreamt Was of
the compass of posQihilty, Mr. Macdonald Stephenson, a llerobectiott
the Institution of Civil Engineers, has acce.mplished, by the colostr°,olD
of theatrical machinery capable of being shitted without noise, au" tie
less than ono-third of the manual labour at present employed. 1° tea
original outlay the saving is about 71 per cent in favour of the iolProt iO
machinery; so that all managers and lessees have a direct inte:e..s coC
consulting for the convenience of the public But will inapro "c,'"o3,
stop here ? We cannot for a moment think so. The shifting ciloulti
chinery to be perfect should be as quick as lightning ; and why
any improvement once begun stop short of perfection ?
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HINTS TO TIIE CHA RITABLE.—The 0.0t-' of,
the title of a most meritorious litt'e volume, published by and wtio
Boone, addressed by the Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne to those rt 01
take an ac tive interest in village economy; being intended as a 0-
manual of rules for the. proper regulation of private charity. It 0
sists of a series of familiar letters on the Coal Fund—the Wife's 50 Cot
—the Penny Club—the Loan Fund—and the Children's Endosv°l-rit,
Society; all conceived in a truly Christian and philanthropic 54.1:01i,
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BIRTHS. srj
On the 2bth ult., in Waurn-square, the 'wife of E-
avi
Lloyd, Esq., of a son. Ater'
On the 31st ult., Mrs. S. H. Pulley, of liornsey, of a c1au,004(.•
On the 30th ult., at Streatham, the lady of Richard Rave"
of a daughter.

MARRIED. O'
At Ilfracombe, Devon, on the 30th u't., Richard Uniac k
tW Ist.
Esq., Captain in the 81st Regiment, to Judith, daughter f
Thomas Benson, Esq., of Cockermouth, Cumberland.

DIED. , ri Ell
In the West Indies, in the 27th ear of his age, Jolin."`",-,' 3'of
late of St. Petersburgh. He, in ycompany with Ott e*, ',tor
the sloop " Careb," met with his untimely end iv the tr. '" etaths vessel off the Island of St. Croix. His amiable qualttlei.,., 1
bined wit% str:ctly how u -able ar.d upright conduct, renders I,l'ir'e se
irreparable to hi. 4 :o..nily, and deeply regretted by all who ''''
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quatrited with him.
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I lOn the 27th ul'. at To id-head Lyndhurst, Harriet I leu7
of G. Sturge m, Esti , of Siuflam)inn-buildings.
Ort the Zils*: rlt , a No. .% o,d,'Mr. W. Gr;raley, " - *
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