The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

GREENWICH HOSPITAL.

Sir C. NAPIER said that as Lucy Evans had a
motion for the appointment of a commission, consisting of
civilians and military and naval officers, which was to be
brought:forward that evening ; he thought it would be more
convenient if his motion for a commission to inquire into
the management of Greenwich Hospital was postponed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
hoped the hon. and gallant member would postpone his
motion, and that course, he assured him, would be for his
(Sir C. Napier's) interest and the convenience of the house.
Sir C. NAPIER consented to postpone his motion.
THE DISTURBANCES ON BOARD HER
MAJESTY'S SHIPS.

Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary to the Admiralty,
relative to certain disturbances alleged to have taken place
recently on board her Majesty's ships Liffey, Caesar, and

Lord C. PAGET said that the Admiralty were desirous
of giving, full information on this subject, and he had re-
ceived reports from the officers commanding the vessels
in question, from which it appeared that though some dis-
content was expressed in consequence of the sailors not
obtaining leave to go on shore, there was no ground for
any apprehension, as order was now restored. The noble
lord read the reports in confirmation of this statement.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

reply to an HON. MEMBER,

Lord C. PAGET declined 'giving the name of the
commander of the vessel in question, on board of
which it was stated that flogging had been resorted
to in an impropor manner. The gentleman in ques
tion was an old and meritorious officer, and it would
be most unfair to parade his name before the public.
If they desired to maintain the efficiency of the naval ser-
vice, they must also maintain its discipline, and therefore
flogging could not at present be abolished. No doubt, how-
ever, it would eventually die a natural death, and it would
not be wise to strangle it.
Mr. WILLIAMS said that the name of the officer alluded
to was Captain Bazely, who denied that his conduct was
open to censure.
After some further conversation, the subject dropped.
SUPPLY.

The house then went into committee of supply.
On the vote of £93,924, for the department of science
and art,
Mr. CONINGHAM moved that the vote for the
National Gallery of £15,985 be reduced by £650, charged
as travelling expenses.
After a few remarks by hon. members as to the removal
of the site of the National Gallery to Kensington Gore,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
whatever rumours might be current on the subject, no step
had been taken for the removal of the site of the National
Gallery, and the Government had given no grounds for
these rumours. He thought nothing would be effected by
striking the item out of the estimates unless they ap-
pointed a commission to inquire into the subject.
Mr. BLACKBURN moved that the grant for the main-
tenance of Kensington Gore be discontinued, and he re-
marked that there was no part of their fiscal 'system that
required to be more carefully watched than the votes
relating to such subjects.
Lord HADDO, on the vote for salaries in schools of art,
moved that the payment for undraped models be disal-
lowed. He strongly deprecated the practice of using these
models, as being injurious to public morality.
Mr. LOWE said there was no vote for undraped
models.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted
that the discussion would not be pursued on the ground of
public morality.
Mr. ADDERLEY considered the models wer indispens-
able to the complete study of art.
Mr. SPOONER advocated the withdrawal of the grant
to the Manchester School. _ _ _ _

Sir J. PAXTON bore his testimony to the admirable
manner in which the Kensington-gore Museum was con-
ducted, and he contended that the institution had been the
means of improving the taste of the working classes. The
estimate for the purposes of science was at first only
£49,070; it had at present risen to £93,000, and he thought
£200,000 could be profitably expended in this department.
After some discussion the motions were withdrawn, and
the vote was agreed to.
On the vote of £169,468 for Irish National Schools,
Mr. MAGUIRE called attention to the so-called improved
scale of pay for teachers of national schools. The national
schools in Ireland were conferring great benefit on the juve-
nile population of Ireland, numbers of whom were acquir-
ing through their medium the rudiments of education. He
strongly objected to the relaxation of the rule by which secu-
lar and religious teaching were kept separate, and it had
already the effect of shaking in a considerable degree the con-
fidence of the Irish hierarchy and clergy in the system. He
maintained that some applications for grants to schools had
been refused to certain Roman Catholic localities on sec-
tarian or, at all events. very frivolous grounds. The hon.
member then adverted to the subject of his motion, and
cited the statement of competent authorities to show that
the present payment of the teachers of the national schools
in Ireland was quite inadequate, and that its insufficiency
was working very injuriously. 5,000 teachers were trained
in these schools, but in consequence of emigration and
other cause 2,000 of the teachers in these schools at present
were untrained. The original payment to these teachers
Was £27 a-year, and the increase amounted only to £4, £2, or
£1 a-year.
Mr. GEORGE admitted tHhaet
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etthtehcaltaisns
p teihse
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nna
alluded to was inadequate.
the conspiracy detected in the county of Kerry a large
number of that class were implicated. He considered that
circumstance showed, that the duty of nationalcanoinamnus
was very inefficiently performed, notwithstanding that it
Etef fldhdencer ai
menr e
t e
instruct bea ctlhaes s
cost the country no less than £22,600 a-yea A
sum of £15,400 annually was expetnhdaetdtohn thre
valisLinLEDubeeliind.
ble delicacy. He thoughtepresent subject
ansdiritmrs sta.
i. it was very
was one 0
well-conducted
juvenileo population
anneedewsseay
of Ireland. He also considered that h
should be provided for these teacher ouse. accommodation
at present compelled to reside long s, some of whom were
schools ; and he thought the resident
a distance from the
might do much to remedy this d gentry of the country
Lord FERMOY defended defect.
charge of being disloyal the school teachers from the
that class had been concerned merely
because a few members of
He agreed with hon. ru in the Phoenix conspiracy.
school teachers in Irelandmembers that the payment of the
impolitic. In his opinionwas insufficient, and therefore
existed in this con the denominational system, as it
advocate I the country, was inapplicable to Ireland, and he
i fnffSt
cfhOoeoarnfAtmsloi
reconstruction of
the present system, and the
appointment of a board, with a ministers of education at its
head, to whom should be confided not only primary and
colle • pate, but also intermediate, education.
Mr. GROGAN agreed with hon. members that the sti•
pends of the Ir4h schoolmasters should be increased.
Mr. LABOUCHERE also concurred as to the propriety
of an adequate income being provided for those engaged in

This was a petition for costs of resisting several suits by
the trustees in administering four charities to the corpora-
tion of Reading under the will of the late John Kendrick.
The petitioners claimed-Ist, costs in relation to a peti-
tion filed by the Attorney-General in 1838 ; 2d, costs of an ap-
peal presented by the Governor of Christ's-hospital ; 3d, costs
in relation to the partition of the estate ; and 4th, costs of the
present petition. The testator by his will established four
separate and distinct charities in the 'town of Reading, and.
appointed the corporation trustees and administrators
thereof; first, a stock fund of £7,60 ; second, a loan fund
of £xsoo; third, a church fund of £250 for the purchase of
land of the annual value of £lO for religious purposes ; and
fourth, £lOO to pay small annuities to poor old maiden
ladies resident seven years in that place.
In 1838 the Attorney-General filed an information under
Sir Samuel Romilly's Act for the administration of the
charity.

Christ's Hospital claimed and obtained the first Charity
for want of administration, and the trustees incurred con-
siderable expense in upholding the other charities which
they now claimed.

His Honour considered they were not entitled tothe ex-
penses incurred in supporting the first charity given to
Christ's Hospital. That the trustees were entitled to all
reasonable costs, charges, and expenses incurred in support-
ing the second charity. And quod ad ultra allow other
costs to be spoken to on a future day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(711IS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A TRADESMAN.—Mr.
James M'Donald, carrying en business at 50, Edgeware-
road, as a linendraper, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Robert Henry Barron, manager to Mr. Widnell, draper,
&c., of 162, Regent-street.

From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that at
seven on Saturday evening the defendant went into the
shop of Mr. Widnell and asked if he was in. He was told
he was not, when he became abusive, said they were " a
set of swindlers," and on being requested to leave refused
to do so, and caused a great disturbance, several ladies being
in the shop at the time; and while he (complainant) had

his back turned towards him struck him a blow on the back
of his head, and afterwards gave him two other blows, and
while in custody, threatened the cashier, Mr. Widnell's
brother

Albert Charles Widnell said the defendant came in and

asked for his brother, and refused to leave when requested.
Some ladies came in, andhe called them a parcel of thieves,
and struck the complainant twice.

Some questions being put to the last witness by Mr.
Long, he varied very ;nue4 in his statement, stating that he
did not see the blows given, only the complainant in an
attitude of defence.

The defendant said he went to the shop to see Mr. Wid-
nell respecting a dishonoured bill accepted by him (Mr.
Widnell), and which was due on Friday, and while walking
down the shop the complainant used very revolting lan-
guage, and he (defendant) suddenly found himself on the
floor, and on recovering found complainant standing over
him in a fighting attitude.

Mr. Powell (from the office of Mr. Lewis, of Great
:arlborougb.-street) for the complainant, said the bill was
3t paid by legal advice.

Mr. Long said, the complainant's witness had contra-
dicted himself, and his evidence was Worth nothing. He
placed credit on what the defendant had said, and should
discharge him.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN SCOTLAND.

A report by the Registrar of Friendly Societies
in Scotland has been presented pursuant to the Act
18th and 19th Vic., cap. 63, and printed by order of
Parliament. In the course of this report the writer,
in the true antiquarian spirit of old Jonathan Old-
buck, notices the existence of " burial clubs" among
our Roman conquerors, and shows how much the
law of Scotland is founded on, and how largely its
principles are derived from the Roman law. He
refers to a work of Mr. Kenrick, on "Roman Se-

pulchral Inscriptions," bearing on the subject of
burial clubs. Mr. Kenrick says :—" As I have not
seen the existence of burial clubs among the Romans
noticed in any work en Roman antiquities, I will
give some extracts from a monument referred to. It
was found at Lanuvium, a town of ancient fame for
the worship of Juno Sospita, about 19 miles from
Rome, on the Via Appia. The inhabitants of this
town appear, out of flattery towards the Emperor
Hadrian, in whose reign the marble was erected, to
have formed themse'Nes into a college for paying
divine honours to Diana and Antinous ; a singular
combination, which shows at once the degraded
condition of the people, and the heartless formality
of the established religion which could be prosti-
tuted to such a purpose. The privilege of forming
a college, or, as we should say, a body corporate,
was most sparingly conceded, and most jealously
restricted under the Emperors, who dreaded all
secret associations as nurseries of treason. With this
primary object of forming a college of the Cultores
Diana et Antinoi, they combined that of a burial
club, not forgetting the festivities which formed so
important a part of all acts of religion among the
Romans. To prevent disputes, the laws of the asso-
ciation were inscribed on marble, and probably set
gupooidn
wine
etewmapsletoofbethpertewseondted amphoraeittioest.heAelnnbb
a new ofo
member, the sum of 100 sesterces (about 15s. was t
be paid as entry money, and five asses (litte more
than subscription.
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an
Theirmeet-
ings
once a
month. If any one omitted payment for (so many)
months (the marble is here mutilated) no
claimit
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willeoul. I
d ben
casemade,of the d
eventheoatuh of oneghhehadwdhiorechtaedd
(pli i2dss.his)
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su lfaurnl ye
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130 e
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esnessetse,re eouts
of which, however, 50 were to be set apart for dis-
tribution at the crethation of the body. The fune-
ral was to be a walking one. If any one died more
than 20 miles from Lanuvium, and his death was
announced, three delegates from the college were to
repair to the place where he had died, to perform
his funeral, and render an account of it to the peo-
ple. Fraud was to be punished by a fourfold fine.
Twenty sesterces each were' to be allowed to the
mgh
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logatoei
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delegates f r
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certificateperformed
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to
perssoe
seven Roman einntidwzens, on the production of which
the usual sum for the expenses was to be granted'
Jf a member of the college had left a will,
only those named in it could claim
er
he died intestate, the quinquennales
any-
thing.
were to direct how the funeral should
or magistrates of the municipium, and the people
gn
If
ally,
take place. If any member of the college in the
condition of a slave should die, and his body,
through the unjust conduct of his master or mis-
tress, should not be given up for burial, his funeral
should be celebrated by his bust being carried in
procession. No funeral of a suicide was to take
place. There are many other rules tending to pre-
serve order and promote good fellowship, but these
are all which relate to the burial club." This curious
document is an additional proof how much ancient
life resembled modern life, when we obtain a view
of it, as it were, intus donzique, through the medium
of its monuments.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, July 26.—Wind this day at Wen, S., light
pleasant breeze and fine clear weather.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISTI TELEGRA.PL)
GRAVESEND, Monday morning.
Calm ; tide, first hour's ebb ; fine.
Arrived, July 2,s—Cuba Packet, from Havaimah
Johanna, from St. John's, Newfoundland; Flccha, from
Ghent; Dolphin, from Antwerp.
DEJ.L, Monday Morning.

Wind S.S.E., light.

iassad.—Enima; from Trinidad; Flight, from Key
West—both for London ; Periagno, from London, for Car-
diff; Manuel Monti, from Hartleopool, for Valparaiso.
Anchored—Pioneer, from London for Port Natal; Syd-
ney. Jones, of Caraarvon, from North, for West.
Passed in t0w.,.-Prince Rupert, from Barbadoas, for
London,