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merit, could cf course if they thought proper refer to
this matter.
Dr. BOWRING remarked that a return of this kind
had heretofore been invariably granted.
The Earl of LINCOLN, as a member of the Commit-
tee, said he was not quite sure whether this very return
was not one he had himself moved for in the aggregate
for the information of the Committee.

Motion withdrawn.
Mr. MACGREGOR then moved for a return of the
salaries and duties of each person in the office of the
Comptroller of the Exchequer, specifyinc, the average,
attendance of each person, including the Comptroller, to
the duties ci that office: similar return, including the
Master, for the establishment of the department of the
Mint: and, for the establishment of the Paymaster of the
Forces, including the Paymaster.
Mr. PARKER said that all the information required
by the Hon. Member would come before the Committee
on the miscellaneous estimates.
After a few worth from Mr. MACGREGOR, the
motion was by leave withdrawn.
SLAVE-TRADE.

Mr. HUTT moved that the Committee on the slave-
trade do consist of seventeen members, and that Admiral
Bowles and Mr. Barkly be added to the said Committee.
—Agreed to.
SEAMEN FOR THE NAVY.
Captain HARRIS moved for a Select Committee to
inquire into the supply of seamen from the commercial
marine to her Majesty's fleet, and into the eff,ct of the
Registry and Navigation Acts on that supply. If the
Committee were granted, he should be able to prove that
the navy had been supplied with petty officers and able
seamen mainly by the apprenticeship system in the mer-
chant service, while it was notorious that a great por-
tion of the boys enlisted in the navy deser;ed shortly
after their being entered.
Lord INGESTRIE seconded the motion.
Mr. LABOUCHERE opposed the motion, on the
ground that the question had already been disposed of
by an Admiralty Commission of Inquiry.
Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the
debate.

After a few words from Sir G. GREY.
Mr. BROTHERTON withdrew his motion, and the
main question was negatived without a division.
PORT OF NEWCASTLE.

Mr. WAWN moved for a copy of a memorial and ap-
pendices from South Shields to the Vice-Chairman of
Customs; also,. copy of agreement entered into by the
deputations from Newcastle, South Shields, and North
Shields, with the names thereto Laffixed, and presented
to the Vice-Chairmen of Customs; also, copy of the
Vice-Chairman's report thereupon to the Board of Cus-
toms; and, further, copy of statement whereby it has
been made to appear that a saving will be effected by a
sub-division of the port of Newcastle (in addition to
papers presented 4th May last en this subject).
Mr. PARKER agreed to the production of the whole
of the papers, with the exception of the report of the
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Customs, which was
not a public document, but a confidential communi-
cation. _ _

With this exception the returns were ordered•
The House adjourned at five minutes after One o'clock.

THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

During the last Easter recess, Mr. James Ballantine,
of George-street, Edinburgh, the contractor for supply-
ing the stained glass windows for the new House of
Lords, has added two windows to the two previously
erected, one by himself, and the other by Mr. Hardman,
of Birmingham. The manner in which the three win-
dows erected by Mr. Ballantine have been executed
reflects great credit on that gentleman. The sparkling
brilliancy of the colouring which is exhibited through-
out the whole of them has been produced by an inven-
tion of his own, by which he has been enabled to lighten
the dull uniformity produced by masses of strong colour-
ing; a process which has never been on any former
occasion applied to glass, bat which gives it that studded
and gem-like appearance, for which the ancient glass has
been so much and justly esteemed. For the information
and gratification of our readers we give the following
synopsis of the arrangement of the figures contained in
each window :—ln the upper compartment of the window
nearest the Throne (this window is executed by Mr.
Hardman, Birmingham,) are the figures of William the
Conqueror, Matilda of Flanders, William Rufus, and
Henry the First ; and in the lower compartment, Ma-
tilda, Queen of Henry the First, the Empress Matilda,
Stephen, and Matilda of Boulogne.
In the second window (the first of those executed by
Mr. Ballantine), in the upper compartment are the
figures of Henry the Second, Eleanor of Guienne,
Richard the First and Berengaria of Navarre; and in the
lower compartment, King John, Isabella of Augouleme,
Henry the Third, and Eleanor of Provence.
In the third window from the Throne, in the upper
compartment, are the figures of Edward the First, Elea-
nor of Castile, Edward the Second, and Isabella; and in
the lower compartment Edward the Third, Phillippa of
Hainan% the Black Prince, and Joan of Kent.

In the fourth window, in the upper compartment,
Richard the Second, Anne, Henry the Fourth, an.l Mary
Bohun; and in the lower compartment, are the figures
of Henry the Fifth, Catherine, Henry the Sixth, and
Margaret of Anjou. W e understand that Mr. Ballantine
has several of the other windows in a great state of for-
wardness, and that they will be erected when an oppor-
tunity is afforded by a short recess of the House. We
venture to predict, that if Mr. Ballantine is as successful
in the eight windows he has yet to furnish for the House
of Lords, as he has been in the three he has already
erected, his name will be handed down to posterity as a
valuable contributor to the most splendid building of
the 19th century, i❑ England.