The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-03 00:00:00

SUPPLY

On the motion of Mr. BRAND, the house then resolved
itself into a Committee of Supply—Mr. Massey in the chair
—when the adjourned debate on the vote of £40,000 for the
improvement ottlui Kafir tribes was resumed.
Mr. CONINGHAM said that as this vote was; under-
stood, to be reduced next year, he would withdraw his op-
position to it on this occasion.
The vote was then agreed to, as was the vote of £69,215
to defray the expenses of the Treasury chest.
On the vote of £30,000 for the Submarine Telegyaph
Companies being proposed,
Mr. AYRTON asked the position of the Government if
the company did not proceed with the Red Sea line ?
Mr. LAING replied that the position was the same as
the Government guarantees to the other lines.
The vote was then agreed to, as was also £12,000 for the
Niger Expedition, £7,949 for the Zambesi Expedition,
£4,700 for the inspectors of corn returns, £1,946 for the
registrar of joint stock companies, awl £11,850 for revis-
ing barristers.
On the vote of £3,332 to defray the expenses of the po-
lice at Aldershott being put,
Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to this item. It was
monstrous that such a sum should be required to keep a
body of soldiers in order.
Mr. LAING urged that the police were necessary to
keep, not the soldiers, but camp followers in order.
The vote was then agreed to, as was a sum of £3,000 for
the inspector of burial grounds.
On the vote of £2,000 for the National Portrait, Gallery,
Mr. SPOONER denounced the vote and expressed his
determination to take the sense of the committee against it.
Mr. AYRTON was of opinion that the proposed vote
was a lavish and useless expenditure of the public money.
Lord PALMERSTON reminded the committee that this
was a question which had already been fully discussed, and
that this was not a vote for the advancement of art, but for
the formation of a gallery of portraits, which served to illus-
trate the history of the country. He could not but think
that this was a highly interesting subject to the country,
and that it was maintained at a comparatively trifling ex-
pense.
Mr. CONINGHAM objected to the vote, and contended
that the collection might be brought under the machinery
of the National Gallery.
Mr. STIRLING supported the vote, which was opposed
by Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR.
After a conversation, participated in by Sir J.V. Shelley,
Mr. Augustus Smith, Mr. Blackburn, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Briscoe, and Mr. W.
Williams, the committee divided, when there appeared—
For the vote .
Against it 35

Majority
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote for a sum of £2,050 for the boundary survey of Ire-
land was agreed to, as also were the following :—L2,140 for
the collection of agricultural and emigration statistics in
Ireland ; £23,000 for the new courts and offices at the Four
Courts, Dublin; £1,300 for Pitcairn's Island, and £11,440
for the General Register Office, Edinburgh.
On the vote of £2,000 for the purehase of Sir [George
Hayter's picture of the opening of the First Reformed Par-
liament, •
Mr. SPOONER objected, and asked if it had been pur-
chased, and by whom.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if it
had been paid for, it had been so by the late Chancellor of
the Exchequer ; the present Government had nothing to do
with it.
Mr. SPOONER objected to the vote.
Col. FRENCH said the picture had been purchased on
a vote of thctlate House of Commons, and he therefore did
not blame any Government. He should support the vote.
A desultory conversation ensued, which terminated in a
division, when the numbers appeared—
For the vote
Against it ............................ 8. 2
vote
The CHAIRMAN, amidst laughter, gave his casting vot ,
and declared the Ayes to have it.
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On the vote of £9,988 for constructing and preparing
rooms for the Turner an
Sheepshanks Gallery at of these
Galleries to Kensington.
Mr. CONINGHANI objected to the removal
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Mr. AYRTON concurred, and urged that the Galleries
should be kept at Burlington House instead of being sent
to an inconvenient distance in the extreme west of London.
He condemned this proceeding as an intrigue, which
operated against the labouring classes and visitors to the
metropolis.
Lord PALMERSTON intimated that final arrangements
had not been made, and the present proposition was only
conditional.
Lord J. MANNERS was understood to support the
temporary arrangement now proposed.
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rooms in Trafalgar-Square by sufferance, and they ought to
be told to provide themselves a place elsewhere for next

ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(This Day.)

The Bury Election Committee, this morning, decided
that Mr. Peel was duly elected.

POLICE' INTELLIGENCE.-(71118 DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A MEDICAL STUDENT IN FEMALE ATTIRE.—Horace
Jones, a medical student, residing at 29, High-street,
Islington, was charged before Mr. Beadon with being
dressed in female attire in Coventry-street, supposed for an
unlawful purpose, and being drunk.
The defendant's peculiar appearance in the dock caused
considerable merriment in the court, particularly so when
he raised a portion of the veil with which his face was
covered.

Ephraim Lord, 328 A, said he saw the defendant at two
that morning in Coventry-street, dressed as he then ap-
peared in female attire, with a large crowd of persons fol-
lowing hiM, and as he was causing a large number of per-
sons to collect and a great disturbance he took him into
custody. He was intoxicated at the time.

Defendant said when the constable stopped him he was
on his way home. _ _ _ . . .

Mr. Beadon asked the defendant what business he had
in the street in that attire, which was so likely to create a
disturbance.

Fined 40s. or a month's imprisonment.

The defendant, who seemed ill at ease while the case was
being heard, then left the dock, first lowering his veil.

STREET NEWS Boys.—Thomas Collins, one of a num-
.ber of boys who sell iaewspapers in the Regent Circus was
charged with annoying- persons by running after them, and
thrusting newspapers in their faces.

A constable proved the case, and said there was an in-
habitant of the circus in attendance who complained that,
owing to the annoyance of the boys pelting one another
they could not carry on business.
Mr. Beadon cautioned him, and said if any boy was
brought there again and the case proved he would fine him
40s.—Discharged.