The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-18 00:00:00

BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

Lord DUNCANNON moved the order of the day for
tl.e House resolving itself into Committee o❑ the Laud
Revenue Bill.

Mr. CRESSET PELHAM said, that by giving his vote
for this Bill, he would be giving an opportunity for an
expenditure of the public money, the extent and taste of
which he might afterwards have reason to condemn. He
thought it would be more satisfactory to leave this building
as it was, until some ulterior measure might be adopted.
He did not allude to the pulling down of it, but to the
finishing of it in a less expensive manner.
Mr. HUNIE wished to know, whether the sum of
75,0001., which the House was now called upon to vote
for this building, would be sufficient for its final compl.•-
tion, and if not, whether the Commissioners would be at
liberty to advance a sufficient sum for that purpose. The
Howe should know whether this sum would finally corn-
to the building.
Lord DUNCANNON said that, according to the esti-
mate which bad been laid before the House, this sum would
be sufficient to complete the Palace.

Mr. HUME would like to know upon what authority
the pledge of the :Noble 1..,rd was given. They had on a
former occasion a pledge given to them on this subject by
a Chancellor of the Exchequer, which turned out to be
worth nothing. Before this sum was voted and the Bill
was passed, the public should be satisfied on this point.
Lord DUNCANNON said that he could only answer
the question according to the estimate which had been
prepared on the subject. According to the plan and esti.
mate which had been laid before the Committee, he could
assure the House that no further sum wodd be demanded
from the public fur this purpose.
Mr. HUME wished to know whether the completion
of the building had been contracted fur, so that the public
night rest satisfied that this sum would be sufficient.
Lord DUNCANNON replied that it had been con-
tmeted for as far as it was possible to do so.

Mr. BRISCOE said he had serious doubts whether the
Ruin of 75,000/. would be sufficient to complete this
building. Indeed, if be had not heard what bad fallen
from the Noble Lord, be should say that it would he im-
possible, according to the estimates that had been made out
to complete it with such a sum. Mr. Blore, the architect,
in the letter which he addressed to the Committee on the
subject, had stated that a considerable sum would be re-
quired to complete this Palace, and render it habitable as a
royal residence. The public should be satisfied on that point.
Lord DUNCANNON remarked, that Mr. Blore had
cede two reports,—the first, as to the estimates necessary
to complete this building, and to fit it up as a Royal resi-
dence; the second, as to the amount which would be re-
quired to complete it as a Pal ice for the State. Mr. Blore
distinctly stated, that 75,000/. would be a sufficient sum
for the latter purpose, without including extras.
Mr. HUNT was convinced that the sum mentioned
would not be sufficient.
Lord ALTHORP said that this was the estimate of
the architect of the building. Mr. Blore was that archi-
tect ; and frcm what he knew of him, he believed that
the building would be completed for the amount given in
the estimate. Undoubtedly the fixtures and furniture were
not included, but there was an immensity of
furniture
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already in stole which would be devoted to that purpose.
the
ose.
It was quite true that the Crown lands were under
made
controul of Parliament, and no difference could o
between that and the other public property.
The Order of the Day was then read, and the House
Went into Committee, when the Bill was gone through,
and with some verbal amendments agreed to.

The House then resurned.—Reportto-mloLrLro.w.
CHARITIES' ESTATES
u BILL.
This Bill also was considered I Committee, and agreed
to.—Report to-morrow.
ANATOMY BILL
this
Mr. WARBURTON, in moving the second reading of
Bill, said that he should not feel it neces.ary to detain
of which
the House at this eta e upon a Bill, the principle
had been recognised gand acted upon by a former House of
Commons.
INGLIS thought that something more was
due to the House than the brief announcement of the Hon.
Gentleman, as there were several objections to the prin-
ciple of this Bill, which required to
be obviated before it
could have his assent. There was, however, an
improve-
ment in the present Bill, as compared with that heretofore
introduced, which placed poverty upon a level with mur-
der, by making dissection a punishment awarded to both.
That was taken away by the present Bill, but still poverty
ought not to subject its unhappy victim to the knife of the
anatomist. Prisoners also who died in gaol ought not to
be made *objects, without the consent of their relatives.
Mr. C. PELHAM considered the present Bill to he
surrounded by serious difficulties. On the one hand it
could not he overlooked, that the present high price of
subjects operated as a bounty on unlawful means of ob-
taining them ; and on the other, by confining the opera-
tion of the B:11, in a great degree, to the poorer classes, it
must tend to perpetuate their existing prejudices against a
practice, which the usage of devoting the bodies of mur-
derers only for the purpose of dissection had invested with
the mast ignominious associations.
Mr. HUME would give the Bill his moat cordial sup-
port, as one eminently calculated to remove the serious
law placed in the way of the
difficulties which the existing
prosecution of me lical science.
Mr. PERCEVAL had strong objectioca to the Bill, and

would much prefer a temporary measure for suspending
all dissections whatever for two years. Such a measure
would do more to put an end to the monstrous practice of
" Burking" than any he was acquainted with ; and in the
mean time they might inquire into tile safest and most
efficient means of furthering the prosecution of anatomical
science. There existed sufficient anatomical knowledge
to meet the contingencies for two years ; the dissection of
animals would suffice to " keep up" the manual dexterity
of the present race of surgeons.
Mr. POLLOCK was sure the House could not for a
moment sanction the proposition of the Hon. Member,
as its inevitable effect would be most prejudicial to the
lives and physical well-being of the sick poor of the com-
inunity.—(llear.) At present surgeons were civilly and
criminally respon►ible for the intelligent exercise of their
professional duties, and yet with strange inconsistency
the law prohibited the only means in their power for
qualifying themsel►es to duly discharge those duties.—

(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUNT was of opinion that the Bill would operate
as a bounty on " Burking," and illegal traffic in human
bodies. _ .

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL entirely subscribed to
what had just fallen from his Hon. and Learned Friend
(Mr. Pollock), that the very law which held surgeons
civilly and criminally responsible for the exercise of their
duties, justified—nay, demanded—a measure like the pre-
sent. Such a Bill must necessarily operate as a check of
the practice of " Burking ;" for it being admitted on all
hands that the high price of subjects was the chief source
of that infamous practice, it followed that every measure
which tended to lower the price or premium must so far
check the practice.—(Hear.)
Mr. WARBURTON would, in Committee, endeavour
to meet the objections of Hon. Members to the details of
the Bill. He would then merely state, that it differed
from that of last session, in containing clauses which pro-
hibited the dissection of a body in case the sick person
himself or the nearest relations objected. As to the ob-
jection that the Bill would operate chiefly with reference
to the bodies of the poor, all he would say was, that the
poor more than the rich were interested in every measure
which tended to facilitate the improvement of medical
science; for the rich would command the comparative
few which under a restricted system would be enabled to
acquire, most likely abroad, a due portion of professional
knowledge, while the poor have no other medical advise' s
than those furnished by the existing most defective system.
The SPEAKER then put the question that this Bill be
read a second time—

On which Mr. HUNT cried " No," and claimed a divi-
sion. The gallery was accordingly cleared and the House
was counted out.

It appeared th it the Member for Preston was without a
supporter, 32 Members being in favour of the motion.
Adjourned at a Quarter-past Nine.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, J.N. 5, 1832.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Hyatt Harvey, of
Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, J. 7.
'The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Henry Aberdein,
of Honiton, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel William Turner,
of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife.
Fifeshire Militia.—R. F. N. B. Mowbray, Esq. to be Captain
Oct. ;E. Renwick, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Nov. A
Wilkie, Gent. to be Ensign, Oct. 3.

Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. W. Melville, Esq. to be Major, vice Wemyss, resigned ;
Lieut. Sir D. Erskine, Bart. to be Captain, vice Melvile, pro-
moted ; J. Wemyss, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Sir D. Erskine,
promoted, Nov. 17; J. Stenhouse, M.D. to be Surgeon, Dec. (1
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant at the County of Montgo-

mere.
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
D. Pugh, Esq., to be Major ; H. D. Proctor, Esq., to be Cap..
tain ; P. B. Williames, Esq., to be ditto ; J. D. Corrie, Esq., to be
ditto ; R. M. B. Maurice, Esq. to be ditto ; E. Williams, Gent. to
be Lieutenant ; T. Beck, Gent. to be ditto ; D. Hamer, Gent, to
be ditto, Jan. 13 ; E. Conroy, Gent. to be ditto, Sept. 16 ; J. B.
Williames, jun. Gent., to be Cornet ; E. Stephens, Gent., to be
ditto ; J. R. Jones, Gent. to be ditto, Jan. 13 ; R. Williams,
Gent. to be ditto, Sept. 16; R. J. Davies, Clerk to be Chap-
lain, Jan. 13; M. L Jones, Gent. to be Surgeon, March 21.