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London, England, 1832-02-07 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1832

BRIGHTON, FEB. 6.

After divine service, yesterday, his Majesty, accompanied by
Lady Sophia Sidney, left the Palace in a carriage and four, pro-
ceeded along the Marine-parade to Kemp-town, from thence to
Brunswick terrace, and back to the Palace.

The Hon Miss C. Boyle (Maid of Honour to the Queen) ar-
rived from London last evening at the Palace.

The following persons had the honour of dining last evening
with their Majesties :—Prince George of Cambridge, the Prin-
cess Augusta, the Princess Louise of Saxe Weimar, Baron
Ompteda, Earl and Countess of Errol, Sir Wathen Waller,
Lady Kennedy Erskine, Hon. Captain Powlet, Mad. d'Este,
Lord Ashbrooke, Miss Wynyard, Hon. Miss C. Boyle, Sir An.
drew Barnard, Lady Mary Fox, Sir Philip and Lady Sophia
Sidney, Sir Herbert Taylor, Colonel Sir James Reynett, Mr.
Shifther, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, and the Rev. Mr. Wood.
The weather continues exceedingly fine. Yesterday the drives
and promenades were numerously visited by the haut ton.
The Marquis of Bristol, and Lords Arthur and George
Harvey, paid their respects to their Majesties yesterday at the
Palace.

Lord Sandon arrived from London on Saturday evening.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's remain.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Lord Acheson, in Grosvenor street, from Ireland; Lord Gray,
at his seat, Twickenham, from Bath ; Lord Suffield, at Vernon
House, Park-place, from his seat, Gunton Hall, near Aylesharn,
Norfolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Gambier, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley_
square, from a tour; Lord Wallace, at the St. George's Hotel,
Albemarle-street, from Scotland; Major King, in Brook street,
from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, in Harley-street,
from their seat in Wales ; Captain Malcolm, at the Royal Hotel,
Jermyn-street, from Bristol ; J. Perkins, Esq., -at ditto, from
Dublin ; Martin Stapylton, Esq., and Mrs. Stapylton, at Mar-
shall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; W. Stebbing Sadler,
Msg., and W. Elwes, at ditto ; Rev. Hugh Smith, Mrs. Smith,
and family, at ditto ; J. Langton, Esq., at ditto ; Penryn Wil-
liams, Esq., at ditto; Hon. W. M. Noel, at ditto; Rev. E. Thur.
low, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Howlett, at the Hyde-park Hotel,
Hyde-park-place, from Bath; Newson, Esq., at ditto, from
Suffolk ; Archdeacon Probyn and J. Jones, Esq., at ditto, from
the Manor House, Longhope; S. Gambier, Esq., at ditto, from
Kent ; Captain Richardson, at ditto ; W. Hooker, Esq., at ditto.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FERZUARY 6.

In consequence of the absence of the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack
at Fire o'clock.

Lord GEORGE CAVENDISM, and others from the Com-
mons, brought up a Private Bill, which was read a first
time.

Mr. Tomlins, from the Treasury, presented returns of
the imports and exports in the trade to India.
Mr. Spicer, from the Chelsea Hospital, presented
papers relative to the unclaimed prize-money.

The Emliezz'ement Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Courts of Session (Scotland) Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to he committed to-morrow.

Lord AUCKLAND was requested by the Noble Earl
at the head of his Majesty's Treasury to state, that he was
detained fi oni attending the House to-night by duties of a
high cad important nature. He hoped that it would cause
no inconvenience to the House. He would be in his place
to answer any questions to-morrow.
The Earl of ABERDEEN had intended to ask some
questions respecting the Belgian treaty, but in consequence
of the Noble Earl not being present be would defer them
till to-morrow.

Viiieouut STRANGFORD had a petition to pre‘enti
but he would reserve it till some of his Majesty'sMinistere
were present.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 6.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the Liver-
pool cattle sale+men, praying to be incorporated.
Lord SANDON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
extend and enlarge the powers of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway Act, and for enabling the Company to make
a branch railway.

Mr. BURTON presented a petition from the hankers,
merchants, &c., of the town and neighbourhood of Be-
verley, against the General Registry Bill.
Mr. HANDLEY presented a similar petition from the
freeholders, &c., of Newark-upon-Trent.
Mr. STRICKLAND presented a petition from cer-
tain of the inhabitants of the town of Rippon, in
the West Riding of the county of York, upon
the subject of the Reform Bill. The petitioners
stated that in consequence of the overwhelming influence
and great property of Ms. Lawrence in that borough, it
had hitherto been what was called a close borough; and
he (Mr. Strickland) stated these facts with the less regret,
because there was not one word in the petition disre-
spectful to that amiable lady. It stated that if the pre-
sent boundaries of Rippon be hereafter its boundaries,
it would still he a dose or rotten borough in the posses-
sio❑ of Mrs. Lawrence, and the petitioners prayed that the
adjoining boroughs of Pentyhrielge, Boroughbridge, and
Ripley, be added to Rippon. They also stated, that in
consequence of the liberality of Mrs. Lawrence in
presenting the Mayor with an annual gift of two
hundred pounds, it would be unfit to make
that officer i❑ future the returning officer ; that the
Corporation of Rippon was a self-elected body, which
caused a denial of justice to a great portion of the inha-
bitants, and they prayed the House to take into consider-
ation the state of the Magistracy in all self elected Cor-
porations.—(Hear, hear.)—The petition was ordered to
be printed.

The Hort. MEm men next presented a petition, numerously
and respectably signed by the inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood of Wakefield, against the General Registry
Bill. The petitioners conceived that the expence of
taking copies of deeds would present a great obstacle to
the transfer of small portions of land ; and they were
of opinion that the present mode of registry in the West
Riding of Yorkshire possessed all the advantages, and at
much less expense, than were promised by the establish-
ment of a Metropolitan Registry Office...
The petition was read and ordered to be printed.
The HON. MEMBER then adverted to a petition which
he held in his hand from a person named John Smithson,
of Leeds. The petitioner stated that he was well
aware he could not be permitted by the rules of the
House to advert to what had taken place in Parliament,
but he complained that he had seen a statement in the
public papers, in which the Hon. Member for Preston was
reported to have said that the petitioner had been guilty
of the atrocity of roasting the Bible.—(Cries of " Order,
order.")
Mr. SPEAKER interrupted the Honourable Mem-
ber, by stating that he must be perfectly aware, that
the correction of any thing that appeared in the
public papers out of the House could not properly be the
subject of a petition to the House.
Mr. STRICKLAND said that, bowing to the decision
of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he would beg leave to with.
draw the petition.

Mr. SPEAKER—It is not presented yet.—(A laugh.)
Mr. STRICKLAND said he would not press it.
Mr. BLAMIRE presented a petition from Workington
against the Registry Bill ; also two other petitions of a
similar nature from parishes in Cumberland.
Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from the
Corporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh, praying that fa-
cility might be given to the study of anatomy.
Mr. O'CONNELL would take that opportunity of
mentioning a few facts to the House connected with the
subject of anatomy, which had been detailed to him. It
might be incredible to the House, but he had been assured that
it was the fact that a person in Ireland had actually received
no less a sum than 361. for three bodies exported rum
Ireland into England. So large a sum, the Hon. Member
considered, held out the greatest possible inducements to
murder. He was clearly of opinion that sonic mode must
be adopted, and that immediately, to give greater facility to
the students at medical schools. If the law of the country
continued to deprive the medical student of those facilities
which were necessary to the prosecution of his studies, the
result would be that the science would be given up in this
country, as students would go to France, where every faci-
lity was given to so important a branch of the education
of a medical man.

Mr. HUN I' believed that the sum a hich had been
stated by the Hon. Member for Kerry was the average
price which bad been given for subjects for some time
past. He understood that the College of Surgeons, in
Dublin, had lectured for some time on artificial
by subjects,
prepared
andar hadtificial
met with universal approbation. It was extraordi-
nary, as the study of anatomy was carried on with
such success in Paris, with artificial subjects, it
could not be pursued in this country with equal benefit.
For himself, he understood that the student after practising
upon the artificial subject might, by dissections on two or
three real subjects, acquire as good a knowledge of ana-
tomy as if he had had the dissection of forry real ones. The
first surgeons in London had examined and expressed their
approbation of the artificial subjects. He considered the Bill
introduced by the Hon. Member fur Bridport calculated
to do every thing to promote science, but nothing for the
security of the public.
Mr. CRAMPTON hid no hesitation in saying that the
information which the Hon. Member for Preston had re-
ceived fromhu=,linwas perfectly inaccurate. Unless some
such Bill as that introduced by the Hon. Member for
Bridport became the Irw of the land, there would be no
security for the life of any human being.
Mr. SHELL was sure that tnere was not a single sur-
geon in Dublin who would agree in the necessity of ana-
tomy being dispensed with.
Mr. ROBINSON observed that there was a great dif-
ference of opinion among tnedical men with respect to the
merits of the Bill introduced by the Hon. Member for
Bridport. He did not mean to say that he was opposed
to that Bill, but he implored the House to give its most
serious attention to the subject before it came to any posi-
tive enactment on the subject.
Sir R. INGLIS thought no time should be lost in
giving facilities to the students of anatomy. He did not
agree altogether with the Bill of the Honourable
Member for Bridport, he bad his own views on the sub-
ject, but he was quite sure some interference on the part
of the Legislature was absolutely necessary.
Mr. WARBURTON concurred with the Hon. Member
for Preston, when he stated that artificial bodies would in
a great measure lessen the necessity for disecting real
bodies, but the former did not by any means supersede
the latter.—(Hear.) The very authorities which be (Mr.
Hunt) had quoted, showed the absurdity of the in-
formation he had received. Such was the case with
the opinion of Sir Astley Cooper, as given in the printed
report; and even when Dr. Basset had made the very
finished model that had been referred to, the Medical Board