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however, support the third reading, believing that if the
13111 were iejected an encouragement wt,uld be given
to britPry, as this was a case which tegairedinves-
tigation.

Mr. FRE WEN said, I,oking at the present constitu-
tion of the House, he would wirbdraw his amendment.
Mr. BANKES stated his objections to the Bill, which
he considered would give power to a private body to con-
duct in as inquisitorial manner an it quirt' which ought
to be referred to a higher judicial power. One of
his great objections to the Bill was that
it could not possibly pass in another place;
but if it did it would first undergo a much stricter
scrutiny than it had received in this House. If a com-
mission of Members of the House were appointed instead
of a committee of barristers, their powers might be
continued to them after the termination of the session,
asd thus the witnesses who were now on the continent,
laughing at the House, and waiting till Parliament rose
before returning to this country, would find themselves
mistaken. He should move that the Bill be read a third
time this day six months.
Mr. HENLEY objected to the inquiry being con-
ducted with closed doors, but more especially to the
breaking down of the privilege now possessed by profes-
sional men, not to disclose any circumstance which might
betray their clients, who were noesprutected against any
subsequent proceedings by any provision in the Bill.
Ho merely made these suggestions esestthothtewHelovueseo,,caloscikt
was no use dividing the House, as
sittings were nothing more than a registry of the opi-
nions of the Government.
Mr. ELLICE said the provisions of the Bill had been
very carefully considered, aid suggested some altera-
tions to meet the objections of the Hon. Member.
Mr. J. STUART said he regretted that a purpose so
laudable as that intended by the Bill was so likely to
be defeated by the little attention which had been paid,
not merely to the provisions of the measure, but to the
ordinary rights and privileges of the subject. The in-
quisitorial powers with which the Commissioners were
is be invested amounted to a direct violation of the
rights of every person who came within the scope of the
Bill. The way in which it had been introduced and
carried through the house actually excluded an inde-
pendent Member from proposing any amendments.
Tnough there was no prospect of carrying the amend-
ment, he hoped his Lion. Friend would go to a division,
as it would show the country who the Members were
who voted for the passing of such a measure.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading 37
Against it ••• ••• ..• •••
Majority .
The Bill was then passed.
NEW BILLS.

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Mr. BOUVERIE obtained leave to bring in the fol-
lowing
cw.tinue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan

Societies.
To continue an Act for authorising the application of
Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads.
To continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from liability
to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade.
For further continuing certain Temporary Provisions
o ipcerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England.
The Bills were subsequently bruught in by the Hon.
Member, and read a first time.
The House then adjourned till Five o'clock.

The House resumed at F►ve o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions from va-
rious places in Scotland against the Public Houses
(Scotland) Bill.
Sir H. HALFORD presented a petition from Market
Harborough in favour of the Pharmaceuticsl Bill.

Mr. S. aRA W FORD presented a petition from a Dis-
senting body in Lancashire against the Regium Donum.
Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from the fish
curers of Orkney, against the Irish branding system.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented two petitions trom South-
wark and L ,tubeth in favour of the Pharmaceutical Bill.

similar prtyi''ns were presented from 'Aber places.
Mr. E. B. ROCtir; present« d a petition from Bally-
moneh, in the county of Cork, complaining of the plea-
sure and inequalities of the tithe rent charge.
COAST GUARD.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the First Lord
of the Admiralty, whether the following descriptions of
services are intended to count in completion of the six
years' command of rated ships afloat, proposed to be re •
quirt d for being ors the active list in the new scheme of
Navel retirement, viz.:-1. Service on the Coast Guard
under the Treasury; 2. As superintendents of hospitals
and victualling yards; 3. As superintendents of packet
service; 4. As commal.ders of ships in ordinary, not
being seagoing ships, though nominally in commission?
Sir F. BARING said the services of the coast guard
were never taken into consideration by the Admiralty,
but the others were.
BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mr. HUME wished to ask Sir George Grey whether
any arrangements have been made, or are making, for
carrying out the recommendations of the Royal Com-
mission as to the future management of the British
Museum by a small executive board.
Sir GEORGE GREY said no alteration had been
made in the management of the Museum, but certain
changes were under considerati,in, which, if carried into
effect, would confer great benefit upon the public.
Mr. HUME said ho was not satisfied with the answer,
and unless he saw some desire to carry out the recom-
meneation of the Commissioners he should oppose the
Museum grant.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.

Mr. FRESLIFIELD gave notice that on the third
reading of the Ecclei,iastic4l Titles Bill, he should pro-
post? a clause, alt ring the penalty and the course of pro-
ceeding in the event of a person having committed an
offence under the Bill.
MR. DISRAELI'S RESOLUTIONS.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wishtd to k❑ow whether it
was the mention of the Hun, Memcer for Buckingham.
shire to propose a motion which would hove the tflecl
of preen ingthe reped of the window-tax?

DISIZAELI said he understood the Honourab!e
Baronet to it quire the meaning of certain resolutions
hich he had laid on the table of the House, and which
if he hod au opp rtunity he intended to move on Monday
next. He begged to inform him, in answer to this in•
quiry, that he would endeavour on Monday, with the
utmost brevity he could command, to explain the nature
of those resolutions.---(A laugh.)
Lord J. RUSSEE L wished to know whether the Hoo.
Member intended to propose an amendment on the CUN•
tOMA Bill, and also on the Window Tax Bill?
Mr. liISRAELI replied that the Hon. Member for
Huutingdon had given notice of an instruction to the
Committee on Monday in regard to import duties, and
therefore it was not possible for him (Mr. Disraeli) to
move his resolutions except on the second financial mea-
sure of the Governmk lir. There would, accordingly, be
two amendments proposed.
REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL.

This Bill was read a first time o❑ the. motion of Sir G.
GREY, and ordered to be read a second tune to-morrow
fortnight.

DANISH CLAIMS.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Dlr. ROEBUCK, pursuant to notice, rose to call the
attention of the House to the subji ct of the Danish
claims, but in the then state of the atmosphere he pro-
miz,eci not to occupy much time.—(Hear, near.) These
claims he said were made by British merchants
in cons. quence of certain losses which they
sustained tf•rough the conduct of the Govern-
ment in 1807. The House was aware that about
that period Fiance had succeeded in succumbing Aus-
tria, Prussia, and Russia; and England being the only
country that stood upright at the time, was
desirous of striking a blow which should
in some way or other cripple the power
f Napoleon. In order to do that, :absolute secresy
was required in carr)ing out the necessary ope-
rations, and for that purpose means were taken
to prevent English merchants understanding what the
Government were about. Several English merchants,
therefore, were solicited to go to the Baltic, and upon
their receiving an assurance from the authorities that
everything was perfectly safe in that part of Europe,
many of them agreed to ataid large quantities of valuable
property to the Baltic. At this time England had a large
naval fuzee under her command, but it was then engaged
in the colonies. but it was almost immediately sent on a
sudden to the Baltic for the purpose of forming an ex-
pedition againt Denmark, and the consequence was, that
those merchants who had sent out their goods under the
assurance of these advisers of the Crown that nothing
was likt ly, or, indeed, could arise to disturb the peace
of the Baltic, lost all their property.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

CITY OF LUINDON HOSPITAL FOR
DISEASES OF THE CHES:I'.

On the site of the spot where once stood the house of
_Bishop Bonner, and in close contiguity to the handsome
d_r
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high, It is to be
in the Queen Anus tape, three stinks high, of
red brick
with stone facinge. There will be a campanile in the
centre, and altoge.her the structure will b. ar a striking
resemblance to Chelto,a hospital. At present it com.
prises no wings, but it is hoped that eventually these
inns be added, as it will enable its accommodation to be
extended to from 80 to 200 patients. It stands upon a
gravel foundation. The estimated cost is 10,4001., and
the period of completion about twelve mouths from the
present time.
In addition to the plan of the hospital, Mr. Joseph
Paxton exhibited a design fur a sanitarium, in which
the patients might take ex,rcise during both winter and
summer. By a precvss of artificial filtration, the purity
of the atmosphere is secured, and a novel end ingenious
plan is adopted fur securing an equable and pure tem-
perature. The outer air it admitted by tunnels to the
iet t centre of the building; it th. n ascends a shaft twelve
fe
et high, where it is heated and dispersed over the
building, some ..,
e or it again to re-appear, the remainder
to escape from the roof. This building it is proposed
to "1151"" of gigs, and to stock it with such rare

plants as are known to give out the greatest quantity
of cxl gen, Mr. l'extun's principle b that it is ne•
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His Roy
al Highness examined the plans with atten-
tion, and expressed his approbation of the design.
The Prince having, amidst universal plaudits, taken
his place upon the platform, where the stone was pre-
paring,
The Earl of CARLISLE addressed his Royal Highness
and the assemblage as follows:—May it please your
Royal Highness, knowing that the Divine blessing will
shortly be invoked upon this undertaking from more ap-
propriate lips, and fully aware of the value of your
Royal Highness's time, I will endeavour in the briefest
possible terms to state the nature of the work which we
are about to commence, and the motives which have
induced us to solicit the favour and honour of so august
a co•operation. We ask for it because it would ap-
pear that the diseases connected and comprehended
under the term of "diseases of the chest," may
amount to nearly one-third of the whole number of
deaths which annually occur in this metropolis, while at
the same time the accommodation provided for them in
its large hospitals only amounts to one-tenth of that be-
stowed upon other patients collectively. We ask for it
because your Royal Highness has exhibited a similar
condescension in laying the first atone of a sister instu-
tution, devoted to the same beneficent purposes, et the
opposite extremity of this immense metropolis ; and
though neither of them proposes to confine its benefits to
any limited district or class, yet the census which has
just been concluded, and the distance which some of us
have traversed this na-reing, would teach us how widely
different are the areas in which their respective contigui-
ties can be of any avail. We ask for it because, while we
admit that hospitals ought to give a preference of admis-
sion to those maladies which afford a prospect of cure,
rather than to those of a less hopeful character, we are en-
couraged to believe, in connexion with the ailments which
will be the sutject of treatment here, that very much may
be effected by precaution and a timely counteraction ;
and we cannot but remember that while fur their cure
or mitigation the wealthier members of the community
may resort to skies more genial and constant than our
own, the force and frequency of suffering is too apt to
be too lamentably increased by confined neighbour-
hoods, bylunhealthy homes, and by vitiated atmospheres,
in which at the very time when all the aids and appli-
ances that could be brought to bear upon the eases
would be most critical, only too many of the less opu-
lent classes of our countrymen would be condemned
otherwise to waste and languish. We ask for it, finally,
because we think that this building will be no inappro-
priate addition to a spot around which the edifices of
public worship and instruction have been multiplied in a
remarkable degree, mainly by the exertions of the Right
Rev. Diocesan, who is now happily present, and close to
which the liberality of the Legislature and the grace of
the Crown have set apart a large and pleasant space for
public recreation and enjoyment.—(Applause.) Suffer
me only to add, that while at the opposite end of the
town, in Hyde-park, the eyes and the minds of all are
now rivetted upon the memorable spectacle which
will ever be associated with the name of your
Royal Highness—(Cheers)—by your presence this
day and upon this occasion in Victoria-park you have
shown, Sir, that you have not forgotten that although a
large portion at least of the interior contents of the Great
Exhibition must shortly be dispersed and its lustres fade
away from our sight, the building of which you are
about to lay the first stone will, under the Almighty
olessing, accomplish its purpose as long as man shall
continue to suffer, and as long as God commands us to
pity and to relieve.—(Cheers.)
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LONDON then pro-
nounced a blessing, and his Royal Highness proceeded
to lay the stone in compliance with the terms of a pro.
gramme which had b, en prepared.
At the close of the ceremony his Royal Highness with-
drew as a salute was fired, and the bands played " God
save the Queen."
An elegant dejeriner, at which the Earl of Carlisle
presided, and at which short addresses were delivered by
the Bishop of Oxford, the Chevalier Bunsen, and others,
concluded this very gratifying ceremony.
Mr. Harker acted as master of the ceremonies, and we
believe bad the credit of the whole of the arrangements,
which were admirably carried out.

ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL FOR LUNATICS.
Last 'light, the centenary festival of this charity was
celebrated at the Loudon Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
when about 200 gentlemen, governors of the institu-
tion, and others interested in its prosperity, sat down
to dinner. The Right Honourable Charles Sh ff
Lefevre, M.P., the Speaker of the House of Commons,
presided; and on his right and left we noticed, among
others, the Right Honourable the Lord Overstune,
the president of the charity; Lord Erskine, Sir Norton
Knatchbull, Bart., Sir J. EL Maxwell, Bar'., Sir R. P.
Jodrell, Bart., Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. Booker,
M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., Mr. M. Portal, M.P.,
Major-General Caulfield, C. 8., Mr. Henry Kemble,
Mr. Richard Martineau, Mr. John Tidd Pratt, and Dr.
Alexander Sutherland.
On the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave the
usal loyal and constitutional toasts, which were enthu-
siastically responded to by the company.
The toast of " The Army and Navy was acknow-
ledged by Major-General CAULFIELD, on the part of
army, and by Sir J. H. MAXWELL, on behalf of the
-inter service.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the
evening. He said—Gentlemen, the toast to which I have
now the honour to direct your attention is one especially
connected with that hospital, the anniversary of which
we have now met to commemorate; and I am very happy,
occause I feel altogether unequal to do justice to the
subject, that I am spared the necessity of going at an
peat length into a statement of the various advantages
which have accrued to the public from the establish-
ment of this hospital from its earliest foundation to
the present time—(Hear, hear)—because we have be-
tore us a most able report, published under the autho-
rity of the physicians of the hospital, to which are ap-
p-tided must valuable statistical tables, drawn up with
the greatest care, and which afford the greatest encou-
ragement to those who have been disposed to be frienaly
to this institution to continue their benevolent exertions
on its behalf. We learn from that interesting document
that out of 19,029 patients who have been admitted to
the hospital from its opening on the 31st of July, 1751,
co December 31, 1850, 8,389 have been discharged
cured.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, there are cir-
cumstances and considerations which cannot be made ap-
pureed in such a report, and which must not be altoge-
her overlooked; fur although it tells you of cures that
have been effected, it does not tell you of the happiness
which it has diffused or of the misery which it has alleviated
among those families, some of whose members have un
,ortunately been visited with the must terrible of all
human maladies.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, we must rem, m-
oor that every case which has been enumerated in this
report comprises within itself not only the disease of the
individual, but the sorrows, and probably the despair, of
the afflicted family to which that patient belonged.—
(Hear, bear.) Regarded, therefore, in this point of view,
it is impossible to say what incalculable good has not
been produced by this hospital during the century of ita
existence; and whilst we gratefully acknowledge this
result, it is most gratifying to remember that so many
improvements have been introduced in the treatment
and management of the poor insane. That system of
coercion which too often, even under the ablest superin-
tendence, degenerated into the most cruel tyranny and
torture, has pass, d away. Compassionate tenderness
hes been substituted, and the poor lunatic has a greater
share of comforts afforded to him within your hospital
than it is his lot to enjoy at his own home. Whilst
these improvements are going on, if we look to the
proportion which the cures bear to the number of pa-
tients admitted to the hospital, nothing can be more sa-
tisfactory than the result. It appears that in the last
)ear 69 and a fraction, or nearly 70 percent. out of those
admitted, have been discharged cured.—(Hear.) Well,
gentlemen, I ask you—Are we to stop here? I know it
has been said by those who have a right to speck with
authority on this matter—by those for whose opinions I
entertain a very great respect—that this hospital, owing
to its unfavour able site and to the difficulty of affording
air and exercise to its patients, ought no longer to be
continued—that it is not worth while to improve it, and
that it (night to be removed without the walls of this
metropoltt But I ask you where are the funds to come
from to rebuild this hospital ?—(Hear, hear.) It appears
that it cost 50,0001. ages ago to build the present hospital,
and where is the source whence we may derive another
50,0001. to expend in the erection of a new one?—(Hear,
hear.) Will it not be a far wiser course to
endeavour to carry into the present hospital all those
improvements which science and experiet.ce have intro-
duced, and which must necessarily not only add to the
comfort of the inmates of the hospital, but very much
accelerate their cure? I do, therefore, must earnestly
hope that all those gentlemen whom I have now the
honour to address will most cordially exert themselves in
support of this humane undertaking, and that there will
be no want of zeal, no want of energy, and no want of
money on our part to make still more apparent that which
I shall now propose to ou as the toast of the evening—
" Prosperity to Sr. Luke's Hospital."—(Cheers.)
The toast was responded to with acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed, in terms of delicate
eulogium, " The Health of Lord Overstone, the Presi-
dent of the institution;" to which the Noble Lord replied
in an eloquent speech, setting forth the merits of the
charity, and the peculiar claim it had on the considera-
tion of the benevolent, as an asylum for those who had
been deprived of reason; and concluded by giving " The
Health of the Chairman," on whom he passed a well-
deserved compliment, which was drunk with the greatest
enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN made a suitable acknowledgment, and
proposed as a teeat. " The Members of the two Hunt es
cpeeerticye
of Parliament;" to which Lord ERSLINE and Mr.
THOMAS BARING, M.P., respectively responded.
Mr. MARTINEAU, in returning thanks on behalf of the
vice presioebts, and in allusion to a letter which re.
worthpat appeared poerwathrhei i n the columns of a morning contem-
purary, advocating the removal of St. Luke's Hoepital
tw),-uy:nd the limits of the rur tropolis, asked svhether it
e ale, tatli
eetr,it
st the
admittedh si t I
of 30,0001 or 40 000/ which it
win toowu would bt oe
curingm
involvedak e sixty
ti
sa-
crificeyn its removal? It there Was a. surplus benevolence on be-
et it
amount of good where the hospital was at
half of the insane, l
involving, as ssethleeecthioa:goef
directors of se
and ho saw no reasdeind,a
be
eclxercised elsewhere. The
been able to do a great
present lo-
cated,great amount of valuable
whatever to change its site,
music was performed in the
of the evening, under the direction of Mr. Land,
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property.—(Hear.)
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Mr. Etcttrsohn, Miss Witiatns,
avenads especially admired,
Mr. HenaMyisPshLilalitp&s:
and elicited frequent expressions of applause.
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