The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 18NS,

WEST-END ROUTE TO THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.

On Saturday the ceremony of opening the West-
end and Crystal Palace Railway to,ik place, in the
presence of the chairman and directors of the com-
pany, the leading men connected with the Crystal
Palace, the chairman and several of the directors of
the London and Brighton Railway, and many other
gentlemen. The northern terminus of the line abuts
—for the present, at least—upon the Thames, close
to the park at BaAersea, and in immediate conti-
guity to the magnificent new suspension bridge at
Chelsea, which is to 139 this mo ning opened to the
public ; so that from this day forward there will be
—what had been so long desiderated—a direct and
speedy mode cf communication between the dis-
trict of Belgravia and a great part of the western
suburbs of the metropolis and the Palace at Syden-
ham. That this new route will be of great advan-

tage to the Palace in a pecuniary point of view no
one can doubt, irrespective of its convenience to
the inhabitants of that large portion of London.
From the first moment of the conception of remov-
ing the Crystal Palace from Hyde-park to Syden-
ham, and establishing it there as a permanent ex-
hibition and place of recreation, it must have oc-
curred to every man of ordinary intelligence that
the means of access to it on all hands shou'd be
cheap, easy, and prompt. Up to this time it car-
not be said to have been the case, and the Palace
has, c msequently, had to contend with a radical
inconvenience which exerted a more lasting pressure
ill on the enterprise than the defalcations of Rob-
son, the gloomy period of the Crimean war, and
the rival exhibitions in Paris and at Manches-er,
all put together. To three-fourths, at least, of the
two and a half millions of inhabitants of the metro-
polis and its large population of visitors the difficulty
has hiihei to been not so much how to get to the Crys-
tal Palace as bow to reach the remote transpontme
locality from which the only railway communication
to it began. That once attained, access to the Palace
was ()illy a matter of 20 minutes ; but it was the
" middle passage," so to speak, by land or water,
from the west-end and all the suburban districts
to Landon-bridge, ia which annoyance was expe-
rienced, and which made the trip as formidable, in
point of time, as one of 30 or 40 mil--s by rail into
the country. Even now, after the Wes• -end line,
so called, has been opened, the populous dis rice of
which Chariug-cross is the centre is as remote from
Sydenhani, measuring distance by time, as ever it
was. The result of the change to the inhabitaut of

St. Marriu's-is-the-fields or Weetmiuster simply is
that he has now a choice of evils if be wishes to go
to the Crystal Palace. He can go by water from
Hungerford or Weetcninster, either to London or
Chelsea bridge, and thence be conveyed to the
paas he may elect.
don S tird ey r earl y mlts
lTahcee lineby rail,upen,
in length, ant after leaving the Palace passed
through the districts of N 'tweed, Balha.m-hill,
Streatham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, terminat-
ing on the edge of the Thames close to the entrance
to Battersea-park, where al extremely commodious
and well-lighted station has been erected at a cost
of about 30,0001., including all the necessary works
and adjuncts, but exclusive of the price of the land
' on which it is built. The railway company are also
erecting a steamboat pier, which is near comple-
tion, and in the immediate vicinity of the terminus
at Battersea. The country intersectsd by the new
line, though short in distance, is extremely intri-
cate, necessitating tunnels, embankments, deep
cuttings, and viaducts, some of them of the most,
formidable description. It has consequently been
one of the most costly in the kingdom, the expense
of its construction being estimates at between
600,0001. and 700,0001., or nearly 100,0001. a mile.
On leaving the Palace the line is carried through a
tunnel below the building iteelf, half a mile in
length, then, after passing through several deep
cuttings along a viaduct of 13 arches, built of
brick, with iron girders at Lower Norwood, and
again encounters a tunnel, a quaver of a mile
along, at Streatham. It runs panne! with the
South-Western Railway for some little dist-ince,
and then crossss it underneath. The engineering
works, of which these are the principal, are a 1
executed in the most substantial manner, an .I
and the line was surveyed and approved on Tues-
day last by Capt. Tyler, who then made the usual
inspection on the part of the Board of Trade in
the public interest. The whole line has been con-
structed under the personal superintendence of Mr.
Charles Watson, the principal agent of Me srs.
Peto, Brassey, and Betts, the contractors' a man
who has been practically concerned in half the great
railway and engineering enterprises in this country
during the last 30 or 40 years. The engineer was
Mr. G. P. Bidder.

Among the gentlemen present at the opening of
the line were Sir S. M. Peto, Sir Joseph Paxton,
M.P., Mr. B3ale, M.P., its chairman, Capt. Wal-
tar, Mr. Tite, M.P., Sir Cu-mck Roney, Mr. Schus-
ter, chairman of the London and Bdghtrn Rail-
way, Mr. Till, Mr. Farquhar, Mr. Ferguson, Mr.
Leach, Mr. F. Fuller, and Mr. Bidder. The com-
pany, in number about 200, aft -rwards dine] at the
Crystal Palace. It may be of pubic interest to
know that the new line to the Crystal Palace will
also be u=ed from its terminus at Bittersea as a
branch of the main line from London to B 1 ighten,
which it joins at the Upper Norwoo 1 station.

THE NEW INDIA BILL.

,Y OF STATE.
MOIL.

of The Secretary of State, or
sis msalbe, s.

HOW CILOSBN.

Nominated by the Crown.
The nine nominees must
bs persons not actively
engaged in any profes-
sion, or in trade or com-
merce.

Elected by a constituency
of about 5,000, composed
of every person who has
borne the commission of
her Majesty or the Go-
vernment of India for ten
years, and residing in this
country ; every man who
has been in the civil ser-
vice of her Majesty in
India, or in the civil ser-
vice of the Government of
India for ten years; every
person who is a registered
proprietor to the a ount
of 2,00,'1. of capital stock
in Indian railways or in
any other public work in
that country ; all those
who are proprietors of at
least 1,000/. in the public
stock of the East Inlia
Company, but exercising
,in this case only one vote.

10
11
12
13

Ten years' service (Civil,
Legal, Military, or Naval)
in India, or fifteen years'
residence.

IThe qualikation neces-
sary for the last five mem-
bers will be this :--The
persons chosen musteither
14 have been engaged in cora-
-15 marce with In aiaor in the
I V exportation of m anufac-
-17 tared articles to that
18 country for the space of at
least five years, or they
mast have resided in
India for the space of at
Lleast teu years.
Each Councillor to have 1,01
naval and military patronage.

Elected by the Parlia-
mentary electors of the
cities of London, Lirar-
poool, Manchester, Glas-
gow, and B4lfast.,

10/. a-year, and his share of

- -
FALSE NEWS AND SEDITIOUS EXPRESSIONS. —The
Cour tarp alc of Grenoble has jn,t c nfirmed a judg-
ment of the Tribunal of Valence, which sentenced a man,
named 1/""aux, to two months' i ..:pri-en7nent for pub-
liihing fal ,e news and making use of seditious Pxpreielone.
The words attributed to him were, "that the working
men at Lyons were in want e.f ioread, and that many were
throwini, themselves into the Rhone in despair ; that
they would do well to arm themselve, and procure food
by force, and that in such a c..se he would place
himself at their head," On the same day tne court
condemned to two months' impriionment a min
muned Msreier,la pardoned politic I prisoner, for utier-•
ing threats against the C ,nomissary of Police of Mon-
telimart. Oa entering that functionary's office the
prisoner cried out "that tho government wanted mere
human flesh and additional vicdnie ; tbat be was ready to
suffer for his opinions ; and that if he was to be arrested,
they bad better not send married men to take him, as they
would be sacrificed." The court al.. confirmed a eentence
of five years' imprisonm,-nt and I,ooofr. fine pronounced
by the Tribueal of Gap on a man named JeFedviere, s
liberated convict, for spreading a report in December
last, in the commune of Veyoes (Haves Alp-s), that
Paris was in a state of siege, and that the black fl ig was
floating on the edifices of Lyone.
[A DVEIITISFUENT.] —Rapid Recovery.—Holloway's
Pills and Ointment.---About twelve months since Mr.
Holmes, Weodside, Hen-for:1o, was seized by a serious
proetrwing weakness, six months afterwards an erup-
tion took plans in his leg. He immediately placed him-
self under the treatment of the roost eminent men in
Liverpool and Manchester, lout, to use his own word,
" gradually got worse, and was prevented following any
employment during the whole time." He returned to
Hersforth, a friend there induced him to try the effect
of Holloway's medicines. IL purchased them, followed
the instructions, and was cured in a few weeks. EL
wishes Mr. Hollings, druggist, to make his case known.
—Sold by a'l medicine venders throughout the world,
and at Prof S3r Holloway's Establishment, 214
S rani, Lord,.n.

THE NEW GOVERNMENT OP INDIA BILL.

(From the Daily A' cm.)

In common wiVi every one wlio has given any
real attention to the great subject of the future ge-
vernmeet of Judie, we felt tila7 the great cl:fference
between the India Bill of Lord Peltnerston's Go-
vernment and that of the Derby-Disraeli Adminis-
tration must reside in the constitution of the
Council which is to take the place of the Court of
Directors of the East India Company. We knew
that a large number of the majority who vc:eed for
the introduction of the former were prepare' b
oppose that portion of the bill which contempleted
the establishment of a Council composed of eight
members, the whole to be nominated by the Crown.
This project was altogether so objectionable that
only men who, forese-ing the vast amount of pa-
t onage which would thus be thrown, directly or in-
directly, into the hands of the Minister of the day,
believed that they would profit by the change, were
willing to support the measure. The bl was so
pa'enr, so notorious, that it was certain that the
w Government No/mild hit it. And they have hit
it. The bill which on Faiday night they obtained
leave to bring in, after an exposition which was not
followed by anything that can be called a debate,
outwardly recognises the principle for which we
have so earnestly contended. It recognises the ne-
cessity, for purpeses both of practical utility and in-
dependent action, of an enlarged Ceuncil, nomi-
nated in. part at least by a popular canstituency
Whether the constituency or constituencies cent am-
plated in the new bill are suited to the purpose, is a
question which we do not prof ose to discie,s in this
article. We are thankful, at least, for the r ct3i:ni-
tion of a sound principle—a principle which is the
v,ry life of the present Government of the East
India Company. Next to the perpetuation of t at
Government, that which we still believe is the best
calcul ited, or might with some very tines ential
m adific ttions be made so, to promote he pr• sperity
of our Indian Empire, is the establishment of a
Government the constitution of weich nearly
resembles that which it shall supersede.
But is is not alone in the composition of the
Council of Irelia—in the character of the DI is ap-
pointed to that Council, and in the m •de of th -ir
appointment—that the desired security fer goad
goverumeut is to be found. The best Council in
the world must b inefficient if it pes,:esaes no
power either of ied-pendeut or of practically in-
fluential action. We corifa'se that we have been
unable to derive fr •m Mr. Disraeli's statement any
'very clear conception of the duties and the powers
of the Coun di of India. But as far as we are able
to interpret certain parts of his sperch, which on
this p tint is remarkably obscure, it appears to us,
that whilst the duties aro said b be so onerous as
to require the undivided time and attention of the
Couneillers, th-- po-.vers ere of that dubi toss m.sty
character which is descr:be 1, in other effasions be-
sides the address of t heChancellor of r he Exchequer,
by that very convenient word "metal." " To esta
blish," said Mr. Disraeli, on Friday evening, "a
British Minister with uriresttictcd auth n y, sub-
ject to the in, ral control of a body of men, who by
their special know:edge, their inclepend•-mce, their
experience, distinctou, and public merits are in-
v,ested with an authority which can cent•ol ev-ri a
despotic Minister, and which no mere Act of Par-
-1 ament can confer on them is, I admit, no 0.-dinaey
difficule y." That Vie shoelal have some
power to c ,ntrol a de.reeic Minister is thus ad-
t-d. to be one of the in yin objects of the b:11.
But we can, at present, perceive no guiiraiitees for
the practical attaitarn.mt of this obj-ct. It is pro,
table teat this essential point has not yet received
the consideration which its importance atemarids.
There is, fortunately, still abundance of time to
bestow upon it the attention it wet it 4.
The Directors of the Eist Endia, Cnnpany, al-
though the President of the Board of Centr,.l has
" unrestricted authority" to set aside neatly all
their acts (the recall of a Governor-General being
one of the excepted cases), have still much real
power. Toe Court of Directors exerci-es this
power, because it initiates all the ordinary business
of the Home Government of India. Except iii
matters of peace, of war, the negotiat on of certain
treaties, dec., which belong to the Secret Depaat-

ment, the instructions sent out to the Indian G ,-
veriiment4 emanate from the Court of Directors of
the East India Company. Practicady-, all the busiueis
_ _ .

of Indi in ad.anui>t!ation, which devolves upon she
Home Government., is performed by the C.Jurt. Tue
Board of Control may alter the Court's despatches,

or substitute its owt► ; but, prActically, tho powe,
of the Board is exercised, in esFeutial points, only
in a few except oral- cases. There is really, there-
fore, some vital action in the present direc orial
body. Now, if the new Council i=. really to have any

1 fe in it, this power of initiation roust be vistel in.
ir. The President may alter, may reject, may sub-
Alute his own de-patches for those of the Council
(the Council of course having the right of rears dit.g
their grouticli c,f diff-rents), but if the 18 gentl-men
who are to be nominated or elected to the office ot
Indian CouiLidors ale really to constitute an ad-
ministrative agency, it must, be their p r t. in;
tiate the ordilia.y business of Vie Howe Gov,Tn-
ment of Indi.t, not merely to pit in jodgme t upon
the acts of the President without the poser to can-
-Jel or t am,,,,d them. If this much of authority
be not entrusted to the Council, the n'.‘w system, a
few months ufter it itiauguratott, will drift into a
pure despotism. There ought also to be sta' utory
(Lys for the assembling of the whole Comic" ;
whereas, according to Mr. Disraeli's exp ,sition, it
is only to me-t when sumnioned by the Minister,
or upon a requisition of six inenbers.

We imam; tho emphatically insist upon this
point. It is one which, in spite of its imp.trtinee,
doe= rot seem to have received the con.id,ra.ion
whiehit m ,rigs from the framers of either of the bills
now before Parliament,. But of what use is a c
however well it may ba c imposed, however sohnd
the principl- upon which it is constituted, if for all
purpos-s of practical utility it is to be l!ttle more
than a name ? Of .v hat us-, is all this knowledge.
all tit s experEence, :ill this high char-Lc er, all this
independence, if these quiliiica-ions are devoted
only to the emb-llishm-nt of a consultative body
which may or may riot be coni,tl e I, according to
the c ipr ice of the Minister of Vie day ? The richly
end awed Councillor., of whise esptc!al recominet-
datious for high office we heard so much on Friday
night, will, if we not t tke heed, subsid-, into mere
precis-writers ; and the Council itself will soon, in
the emihai ic language of t:,e Palinerstonian jour-
nals as appl'ed to the India Bill of the late Govern,
ment, "sink iwo contempt an i sunsido into
desuetude." Such a Council as Lord Palmeiston
sought to establish was worthy of no better fate.
But the principle recognised in the present measure
is so much more w.trthy of public cmfidence that
we must earnestly implore the two Houses of Par-
liament to see that its salutary action is not mat red
by any inadvertence on the p irt of t le. framers of
the bill—we will not say by any owl iiiigitess on
their part to give fair play and full scope to the
principle which they have enui:cia,ed, and which
we are not disinclined to give them full credit for
a desire to carry lout with all sincerity of purpose.

(Prom the Morning Herald.)
Opponents of the Goviirannent, both in and out of
Parliament, are reduced to direful extremities. Real
and pet featly justifiable grounds of complaint are
altogether wanting. The home as well as the foreign
policy of the new Cabinet gives general satisfac-
tion ; public business is transacted without tedi-
ous delays and in the most creditable manner,
and the popularity of those in authority increases
day by day. The na'iou at large hail the change
that has occurred with enthusiasm, and are pre-
pared, should an appeal be made to them, to afford
Ministers that constitutional support of which men
in their position stand in need. The occupation of
cavillers and discontented critics is gone. Opposi-
tion is, however, a necessity of their political exist-
ence, and of course they must murmur and find
fault so long as a Conservative Administration is in
power. If actual grievances are nut to be found,
they can fall back upon the imagination. Although,
incapable of governing, and unable either to con-
ceive or carry out a bold, spirite,J, and patriotic
policy, they surely can assail the occupants of office,
and endeavour to persuade the public that they are
not a whit better than themselves. Such is the
line of argument that these poll icians have recently
taken up, and, what is more remarkable still, it is
propounded by Earl Granville, in the House ef
Lords, and in the columns of our truth-defiant con-
temporary, the Globe, and those of other Opposition
journals. Neither the ex-Minister nor the Wh.g
organ can soar above the shallow, to quoque style,
"Oh, if we committed certain blunders a short
time since you are actually doingthe same thing now,
and this, therefore, affords our justification." Upon
such foundations do,these advocates raise their de-
fence of a long career of error and imbecility, and by.
Bach artifices seek to escape from the retribution they
so richly deserve. For raanyyears the arguments em-
ployed by the evening organ of the Opposition have
been of this weak and humiliating character, and we
are boitncl to receive the best that it can offer in a
charitable spirit. The case, however, with those
who have been Cabinc;Minister3 is not exactly !he
same,-and it is a matter of gaper .1 surprise that
Lord Granville should have condescended to ear-
ploy, in the upper branch of the British Legis..
lature, weapons ill suited to the statesman.
Lord Ellentiorough has been singled out as the
peenliai object of attack. The bitterness and ran-
cour which marked the method of assault in the
House of Lords are only equalled by the vulgarity
of language employed by the noble earl's assailants
of the press. 'The latter we consider unworthy of
any lengthened notice. People never resort to
abuse when they have arguments at hand ; .and We
do not desire a better proof of the PresicLnt tf tLe
Board of Con4ul'e fitness tor the important dace

which he holds, or of the success with which he is
disc :arging his dittie,, tilan may be firing in ihe
f,ct that he is attack, d in the true Bill ng
fitslvon. We leave hrawl7ng a 1 vitu r lea of
this kind to the usual geardiaus f the pu pace,
and turn to Lord Grauvilho's equally unjustitiabl,,
though perhaps more -polished, onslaught. The
tone and manner of the speaker showed at once
that he meant mischief. Without propr notice
the ex-President of the Ginned desired to' ask
a qit,s' ion. The answer was freely given ;
but neither question nor reply aff,rded hint th-
oppOriunity which he sought. Lord Ellen-
borough's reproof of the late Cali et had heeti
called forth by their reftual to fa: nish the East India
Company with softie informaion for which th,y
asked, and Lord Granville fancied that be had hit
upon a case in. point against the present Admini-
stration, because tlAs President of the Board of
Control had not conferred with the Ea-tt India di-
rectors quite so oft-D. as (Earl Granville) deemed
proper. This absurd charge, garnished with cer-
tain insinuations abut events the over sanguine
ex-President of the C.)tincil imagined to have
taken place in the time of the late Sir 8,,-)bert Peel,
for m-d the material of this terrible onslau4 ht.
Probably a more exti alrdinary scene was never
witnes,ed within the walls of either hou.e, and E'rl
Grey at once seized the opportunity, and censured
the tactics pursued by rnemhers of the Opposition

in terms which they will not readily forget. The
Premier with a grace and good humour that do him
infinite 'credit, took a poi ti n of the blame to him-
self, although everybody pre ent could see plainly
enough upon whose shoulders the lash fell. Lord
Derby might smile and speak pleasantly, the re-
proof touched h mlighilv, for the noble earl made
such an exhibition of himself ; but Lord Graiiv'lla
cer airily did not feel comfortable, if we are tojud.,;e
from his looks. In fact, like all disappoint-id men,
the leader of the Opposition. was ill at ease. The
blow which he had aimed at Ministers reco led
upon himself, arid, instead of damaging Zia oppa-
nent,.he actually ruined his own cau.e.
An eulogiuin upon the Earl of El lenborough is un-
necessary ; in his public services both tiers and in
Imlia may the bast testimony to his extraordinary
meritsbi found. Of many excellent aop intment.,
tian t iat of Lord Eleuborouga to t' ,e Presidency
Of the Board of C ntrol is decidedly one of th,"
best. From the moment that the mutiny, broke
out- in India his name was upon t-veryb dy s
A determined opponent of jobs and favouritism of
every kind and degree L )rd Ellenborough has
always distinguished himself as an administrative
reformer. At a perilous crisis Lord Elenberoogh
restored our supremacy, then rudely assailed ii.
India, and converted despondency and failure into
confidence an .I. success. Again, a, this juncture,
the appearance of this able statesman at the head
of our East India direction is hailed with general
satisfaction ; and the bill its troduced into the House
of Commons and read a first time on Friday, con-
tains further evidence of his ability and discritunia-
t on, Lard . Ellenborough's populaiity and his
statesmanlike qualities are as goli ant wormw, of to
his opponents and deti actors. Itidiscrtmiliate
censure and vulgar abuse will not, however, con-
vince and whilst our opponents are constrained to
mike use of such weapons their condition must be
truly deplorable.

ARTISTS' GENERAL IMNEVOLENT
.INSTIr IT tioN.

The forty-third anniversary of this iiciety was
held on Saturday at Ihe Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street, Lord Elcho, M. P., in the chair ; sup-
ported by the H .n. Etitelhert Anson ; Wm. Stirling,
E M.P. ; J iin. Scolt Russell, Esq. ; Rupert
Potter, ; T i-rt Taylor, Esq. ; John Dillon,
; GeJrge C7.ristie, Esq.. ; Sir C.taries L. Ea,st-
lake, P.R.A. ;D. Roberts, sq., R.A. ; Richard
Red 2rave R. A. ; Alfred Elmore, Esq., R.A. ;
E. W. do ;ke, Esq., A.R.A. ; J. 0. it trsley,
A.R.A. ; C. A. Cockerel', R.A. ; Augustus Egg,
; F. R. Pickersgill, A. R.A. ; R. J. Lam?,
A. R. A.; B. Weeks, A.R. A. ; W. Boxall, A. R. A. ;
Frederick Taylor Esq , President of the Society of
Water Colon's; J. Philip, A.R.A., Ar,c.
Ab Jut 120 of the friends and supporters of the
institution sat down splend.d dinner, which
was served with chiracteristic liberality by Messrs.
Elkington and Co.
...This institution was founded in. 1814, for the
relief of dist re se•l and meritorious artists, whether
subscribers to its fuads or not, " who: e walks have
been genPrally known and esteemed by the public,
as well as of their widows and orphans," merit an
distress constituting the clauns to 178 Itenevolence.
The - oasts,of " Maissty the Qty7ea, the P, o-
tee r,sB of tie Institutsou ;" "His 11,yal High.;ess
the Prince Con-ort, the Patron of the Insti. u ion ;"
" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the
rest of the Royal Family ;" and ttie " Army sod
Navy," having been severally drunk with great
enthusiasm,

Tie OHAIRMA.N. proceeded to give the tout of
the eventug—" Prosperity to the Ariiste'll et al
Benevoletit Institution, and, in doing, so, said a
story wa4 to d of a celebrated divine whoa, upon
the oetasioe of preaching a charity sermon,
quoted the text. "Re that giveth to the poor,
beideth to the Lord," and quaintly concluded his
discourse by saving, "If you like she security,
down with the dust." (Hear,• and a laugh.) Now,
feeling Ips own inability to do justice to the me rite
of the institution involved it, the toast which he
had the honour to propose, he remaaked that its
value was told in i-s ti la, and that they would act.
in a spirit of , rue benevolence if they contributed
largely to its funds and thus promote its prosperity.
(Hear, hear.) They must not expect him, on that
oecasio»', to di'aie upon art, or to give teem a lec-
ture on the fine arts ; to do so would bs great pre-
somptii:n seeing that he was surrounded say get*, le-
men, and wiles° works were the admira i et of the
world. (Hear, hear.) He must, however, be al-
lowed to say, that never, from the time of Sir
Joshua Reynolds, did Vie arts starlet higher—never
were they more widely spre-ad, or deep,r suited in
the estimation of society, than they w, re at that
moment. (Hear, hear.) He- was enabled to say
having beau a juror ou the fine arts, in a re-
cent exhibition. never Wes there a time when there
were so many fine arts exAbitions as at the pros-nt
time. They had an exhibition of the Fr each school
and another of tee German school, but they had
not, as yet, one of
.tte Italian school; and he be-
lieved, from the specimens he hed lately seen in
Italy, it would be a loeg time befori they had one.
Moreover, art was spread throughout the land ;
and everything, even a teapot minus its spout,
and peril Lps its lialidle—(a laugh)—if it had tilt.
s ightest semblance of art—would fetch a,most ex-
traordinary price. (Hear, hear.) As a member
rf the House of Committee he knew how well tier_
body was prepared to promote art amongst the
people. It was but the other day that his f, iend on
his left (So. E. Eastlake) sent in a bill for 14,0001.
for new purchases, ehieh was immediately en-
dorsed, not withstairding twat some 10,0001. was
annually voted fur :the purpose, arid furthermore
over 70,0001. per Annum was expended in support
of schools of design throughout the country. It
could nut, therefore, be slid that the House of
Commons was indifferent to the clams °fait. Now
let him speak of the claims of the instiJ utir n which
they were met to support. As it would. be danger-
ous to carry out the principle of supporting every
institution professing to be established for t, ie pro-
motion of art, lust it might tend to its deteriora-
tion, so would it be dangerous to foster the idea
that every professing artist could come to this so-
ciety for relief, as they would thereby encourage
p rions to take up the profession who were totally
unqualified for it. In this society the applicants
for relief must not only be recommended by two
parties, one of whom must personally vouch for
the position of the applicant, but a specimen of
the works of the artist, or whose family, sought
for relief must he produced to the committee. He
was happy to say that the funds of the institution
' were most economically managed, and during the
last year no less than 1,0201, had l.elee disbursed in
the relief of applicants, some of whom received as-
sistance from tee society for the 34th time, it being
one of the fundamental principles of this society
that all applicants should annually come before
the committee -for the coutinuance of relief, the
committee having only power to give temporary re-
lid upon each applic 4tioe. (Hear.) Th• noble lord
concluded by proposing the toast of the evening,
and by making a warm appeal to those who desiaed
to encourage the pursuit of the fine arts to subscribe
liberally to the funds of an institution wihich effected
muc' good. (Cheers.)
Sir C FAsTr proposed "The health of the
. eetts
noble Chairm,n," which was drunk with great cor-
diality, and the noble lord briefly acknowledged the
compliment which had been pa d him.
Mr. STIRLING, M.P., gave "Sir Charles Eastlake
and the .Royal Academy," and Sir Cites. Eastlake
responded in graceful terms.
Several other toasts were given, and the enter-
tainmeet gave universal satisfactiort.
We cannot omit to mention the musical arrange-
ments, whcli were under the direction of Mr.
Lockey, assisted by Miss Banks, Miss Eyles, Mr.
Winn, and Mr. J. L. • Hatton. We regret our
limiied.space precludes us from patieularieing two
or three very cheice subjects which were given.
Mr. Spencer was the toastmaster, and acquitted
himself in a very deditable manner.

PRESENTATION TO THE VICAR (F i:"T. PANCRAS 0)
HIS BUST.— O. Thursday, the 25th instant, a beaut fully
,xecuted but by Behnes was pre seated to the Rev. 'l'.
Dale, as a token of regard from many of his parishioners
arid friend*. It was previously exhioited at Mr. Sew'.
ong's, in Gordon-'reet, who has rioted as secretary to
the subsrriber, to car.h of whom a lithegraphed per rait
by Mr. Vinter, executed by Day and Son (1 perfect and
animated likeness), was presented.