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and be thought the course sought to be pursued by the
Hon. Member, namely, to read a Bill a second time, by
consent, and take the discussion in Committee, would
be exceedingly inconvenient, and interfere with the
business of the House.
[At this moment Mr. Brotherton entered from the side
gallery, and, amid loud laughter, was repeatedly called
on. The lion. Member was rising, when,]
Mr. SPOONER said, that seeing the feeling of the
House opposed to the fui they progress of the Bill that
evening, he should postpone the second reading till
Monday, the 26th inst.
EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed..
The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve
o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of commong•)

THURSDAY, APRIL 15.
NOTICES GIVEN AT HIE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 6.
Viscount Castlereagh discharged ; Mr. Vi. B. Wrightson
selected, and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group No. 21.
Mr. Gregory discharged; Mr. Fellowes selected, and added
to the Committee.

Select Committee on Group No. 28.
Mr. Aglionby discharged; Mr. T. D. Adamd selected, and
appointed Chairman of the Committee.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings qf the House of Covanonr.)

THURSDAY, Arm, 15.
SHIP THETIS.

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Motion made, and Question put,~" That a Select Com-
mittee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances relative
to the recovery of Trea.ure and Public Stores sunk in her
Majesty's late Frigate Thetis, off Cape Frio, in 1830." The
House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 32.
Adderley, C. B. Douglas, J. S. Newdegatc, C. N.
Battle, Walter Duncan, George Nicholl, John
Bankes, George Ellis, Wynn Palmer, G.
Barnard, E. G. Floycr, John Plutnridge, Captain
Bentinck, Lord G. Frewen, C. H.
Bereslord, Major Gladstone, J. N.
Borthwick, Peter Goring, C.
Cabbell, B. B. Hotharn, Lord
Chaplin, W. J. Hume, Joseph
Collett, W. R. Marjoribanks, S.
Collett, John Mundy, E. M.
Disraeli, B. liluntz, GF. rwvTST
nPeo,
Walley,
8 el
be;
aerem,
et
rueTypri;
x.ch,. Thomas Bvt.e.
Captainsu i
t. .
.

MAJORITY—NOES, 52.
Arundel, Earl of Gibson, Thomas M. Rich, Henry
Baring, F. T. Graham, Sir James Russell, Lord J.
Bellew, R. M. Greene, Thomas Rutherford, I.
Berkeley, Captain Grey, Sir G. Scrope, G. P.
Blackstone, W. S. Grosvenor. Lord R. Shell, R. L.
Bouverie, E. P. Hatton. Captain Somerville, Sir W.
Brotherton, Joseph Hawes. Benj. Stuart, Lord J.
Buller, Charles Henley. J. W. Thornely, T.
Dyne', G. S. Hindley, C. Troubridge, Sir E.
Chichester, Lord J. Labouchere, Henry Turner, Edmund
Clive, Vise. Langston, J. IL Ward, H. G.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Maitland, Thomas Williams, W.
Cowper, W. F. Mangles, R. "D. Wood, Colonel T.
Dalmeny, Lord Monahan, J. H. Wyse, Thomas
Dundas, Admiral Morpeth, Viscount
Dundas, Sir David Mostyn, E. H.
Ebrington, Viscount Ord, W.
Escott, Bickham Parker, John
French, F. Plumptre, J. P.

TELLaRs.
Tuthell, R.
It aule, loz

ARMY SERVICEBILL.

Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Ques-
p
tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a third time:"—
tAhme eennddmoefntthperQoputetdi,,,nto
tioeavadedoutthethweowrdosrd„"uon this daynow,” and at
six months :"—Question put, " That the word 4 now' stand
part of the Question." The House divided
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MAJORITY—AYES, 91.
Aldam. William Gore, Robert O'Connell, M. J.
Anson, Colonel Greene, Thomas Ogle, S. c,
Arundel, Earl of Grey, Sir G. Ord, William
Milne, Walter Grosvenor, Lord R. Paget, Colonel
Bannerman, A. Hanmer, Sir John Perfect, Robert
Baring, F. T. Hatton, Captain T. Philipps, Sir R.
Barnard, Edward G. Hawes, Benjamin Pinney, William
Berkeley, Captain Heneage, G. H. W. Ponsonby, U. F.
Bodkin, J. J. Heneage, E. Pulaford, Robert
Bowring, Dr.
CharlesjesePh Hobhouse, Sir J. Rawdon, Colonel
Rich, Henry
Buller,
Brown,tr o ther titn.,
Russell, Lord John
Jervis, Sir John Rutherfurd, A.
Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Seynaer, Henry Her
Holland,llwie: J oßseolbthert
Callaghan, D. Lambton, H. Seymour, Lord
Cayley, E. S. Langston, J. H. Shell. R. L.
Chaplin, W. J. Loch, James Sheridan, R. B.
Clive, Viscount Macaulay, T. B. Somerville, Sir W.
Collett, John M'Carthy, Alexander Stuart, Lord J.
Cowper, W. F. IWDonnell, J. M. Trollope, Sir J.
Dalmeny, Lord Mainwaring, T. Thortiely, T.
Dalrymple, Captain Maitland, T. Ward, IL G.
Dawson, T. V. Mangles, R. D. Watson, Henry
Dickinson, F. H. Marjoribanks, S. Wawn, J T.
Dundas, Admiral Manic, Fox Willi:sins, W.
Dundas, David Mitchell, T. A. Wyse, Thomas
Easthope, Sir J. Moffatt, George Yorke, Henry R.
Ebriugton, Lord Moaahan, J. 11.
Escott, Bickham Morpeth, Viscount
Ewart, William Morris, David
Forster, Mathew Mostyn, E.
Gibson, T. M. Muni.; G. F.

TILL/P.S.
Turtlell, Ileary
Parker, John

MINORITY—NOES, 42. •
Allix, J. P. Douglas, Sir C. E. Manners, Lord C.
Archdall, Captain East, J. B. Newdegate, N.
Arkwright, George Fitzroy, Lord C. Parke, C. W.
Bankes, George Floyer, John Prime, Richard
Bsntinck, Lord G. Gooch, E. S. Reid, Colonel
Beresford, Major Gordon, Hon. Capt. Sihthorp, CoTone!
Berkeley. Craven Goring, Char:es Stuart, Henry
liroadley, Henry Halsey, T. P. Thompson, Aldorman
Burroughes, H. Henley, J. W. Vyse, H.
Chandos, Marquis of Hotham, Lord Wodehouse, Edmund
Chichester, Lord J. Hudson, George NVood, Colonel T.
Christopher, It. Ingestre, Viscount Worcester, Marquis
Collett, W. It. Lindsay, Colonel TELLEIS.
Cripps, William Lowther, Hon. Col. Douglas, Sir 11.
Disraeli, D. Lygon, General Boldero, 11. G.

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM.
The Q teen held a Drawing Room (the second this
season), yesterday, in St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal
Suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock,
escorted by a party of the Household Troops. Her Ma-
jesty and his loyal Highness were received at St. James's
Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lo:d Chamberlain, and
the Master of the Horse.
Tee Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite in at-
tendance were—the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess
of Sutherland; the Ladies of the Bed Chamber, the
Countess of Mount Klizecumbe (in waiting),
the Mar-
chioness of 1).,ur0, the Countess of Gainsborough, the
Countess of Charlemont, and the Countess of Dysart;
the Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Kerr (in waiting), Hon.
Miss Cavendish (in waiting)Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon.
Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Stanley, and
the Hon. Miss Dawson ; The Women of the Bed Cham-
ber, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Mrs. Anson. Hon.
o
Mrs. G. Campbell, Lady Gardiner, Viscountess F, rbes,
and Lady Theresa Digby;her Majesty's Privy the Lord in Waiting, Lord
Byron ; the Keeper of
Purse,
Mr. George Edward Anson ; the Lord in Waiting to
Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox ; the Private Sec-.
retary to Prince Albert, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps ; the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drum-
mond ; the Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, Cap-
tain Francis Seymour ; the Equerry in Waitingo, Mprajnilicre
General Wemyss ; the Equerry in Waiting t
Albert, Captain the Hon. A. Gordon ; the Pages of
Honour, Messrs. Gordon and Forbes.
The Queen wore a very splendid costume. Her Ma-
jesty's train was of blue ribbed silk, trimmed with point
lace. The petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with
point lace and diamonds.
• Her Majesty's headdress was composed of feathers,
and a wreath of roses studded with diamonds,Her Majesty
Court, having entered the Throne-room, great officers of State and the ladle.; and gentlemen of the
t
and Prince Albert, attended by the
the diplomatic
corps were introduced, when the following presentations
her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Pi ince
Albert took place.
By Prince Callimaki, Ottoman Minister-o.4nan Bey,
MonaieurJohrab,First Attacle to the Imperial Legation.
By Senor Mora, Mexican Minister—General Jove
Maria Mendoza, attached to the Mexican Legation, and
late Charge d'Affaite,; Mr. JO:6 J. de Lizardi, attached
to the Mexican Legation.
The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by M.
Van de Weyer, the Beigian Minister, and Madame Van
do Weyer; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister,
and the Baroness de Moncorvo; Baron de Brunnow,
Russian Minister, and the Baron de Nicolay, Secretary
of Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan
Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation;
Baron de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister; Madame Mar-
ques Lisboa, the Lady of the Brazilian Minister; Count
de Reventlow, the Danish Minister; Prince Callimaki,
the Ottoman Porte Minister, and Princess Callimaki;
Mrs: Bancroft, wife of the American Minister, and Mr.
John R. Brodhead, Chergb J'Albdrosofihe United States'
valier do Tacon, First '
of-Anierica; Senor lett:iris the Spanish Minister,thiChe
Secretary, and the Chevalier
de Padrorena, Secretary of Legation de S. M. Catho-
lique ; Senor Jose Maria Luis Mura, Mexican Minister;
Baron de Beust, Saxon Minister, and the Baroness
Bengt; Count de Jarnac, French Chargé d'Affaires, and
Countess de Jarnac; Baron de Rehausen, Count Adrien
de Revel, Sardinian Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Stratenus,
Netherlands Chargé d' Affaires,- Baron Koller, First
E rPrincipal Secretary of
Embassy; Y; the Viscountess
State for Foreign Affairs; and Colonel Cornwall, her
Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies.
Secretary
Palmerston,
wifet he Austrian
ofher
Majesty's
The general circle was attended by the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the
Lord Justice General of Scotland;
the Captain of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-At IDS ; the Marquis
of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Treasurer of
the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Vice• Chan-.
cellor of England; Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the
Yeomen Guard; Mr. R Ormsby Gore, Groom in Wait
ing to her Majesty; Mr. M. Wyatt, Standard Bearer of
the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir George
Houlton, Ensign of the Yeomen Guard; Captain Lord
James Murray, Scots Fusilier Guards, Equerry to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; Rev. John Ryle
Wood, Chaplain to her Majesty Queen
Adelaide; Re-v.
J. Vane, the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting;
Colonel Smith, Silver Stick in Waiting; Honourable
Spencer Lyttelton, Marshal of the Ceremonies; 51r. Jas.
Bunco Curling, Adjutant of the IL,. Corps of Gentle-
men at Arms;' Captain Kincaid, Exon in Waiting; Sir
Benjamin Smith, C S.; Sir Noel Harris, Groom of the
Privy Chamber in waiting; Colonel Master, Gentleman
Usher of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Captain the
Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Gentleman Usher to
i
her Majesty in waiting; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gen-
tleman Usher to I Ma.or the Queen; General Godwin,
Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness the Prince
Albert; Colonel H. Bentiack (Coldstream Guards), Field
Officer in Waiting.
k number of presentations took place.

The Queen and Prince Alb. rt, attended by the Royal
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing
Room.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was pre-
vented by a severe cold from attending the Drawing

Room.
Their Excellencies the Count and Countess Dietrich-
stein, th© Countess lieveutlow, and Mr. Bancroft were