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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, MO.

me personally to know that whatever little differences of
opinion there may have been between us, there has sab-
2,.isted no p:rsonal hesiility on either side. lam confi-
dent ;here has been none on mine.—(Hear, hear.) I
have never been one of those who attributed unworthy
rnotiv.ts for a ctairse of conduct which I deeply lament.
I believe that in that step which reduced me to
the painful necessity of diffs•ring from Sir Hobert
Peel's Administration—l believe that in that step
he was actuated by a sincere and conscientious
desire to attain that which he thought was for the
country's good; and mistaken as I think he was in that
view, I am confident that on that occasion, as on all
other occasions, that was the leading principle of his
public life. I believe that to the promotion of what he
considered to be the welfare and interest of the country
he was prepared to make every sacrifice—(Hear)—and
that indeed in some cases he did make sacrifices so ex-
tensive that I hardly know whether that great and para-
mount object of his country's good was suffi _dent to ex-
act such sacrifices from any public man. But this is not
the Vale to speak of differences or disagreements. A
great man, a great statesrea,,. has passed away from
among us by a sudden and inscrutable dispensation of
Providence. He has left in the other House—he has left
among his compeers—he has left in his country, a great
void. 'We are deprive lof the services of a great, a
powerful, and a laborious intellect f his unflinching
diligence—his unsparing application of all his best
talents—of his strength, his health, and all his great.,
powers, to the service of his country. This, my Lords,
is a moment at which all political considerations must
cease, and at which the most solemn feelings must im-
press themselves on your Lordshipe'minde of the vanity
of all human hopes and of all human ambition—of the
imtability of those things on which the destinies of na-
tions depend, and at which it is not unfitting to remem-
ber that we are in the hands of one who "rules the des-
tinies of men forever and ever."—(Hear, hear.) lam
sure that in these views I shall be joined by every mem-
ber of your Lordships' House—l am sure that I shall
be joined in them by the country at large—l am sure
that I shall be joined in them by universal Europe.
I believe that we all participate in a feeling
of deep regret for the sudden bereavement
which his family has sustained, and the great
loss which has been inflicted on this country
by the sudden removal of one who in private life was
universally admitted to have been strictly irreproachable
and possessed of every virtue; and to whom, whatever
may have been the differences of our political views, no
man will deny the praise of having been an able, Heal-
ous, and a conscientious servant of his country.—(r.)
Lord BROUGHAM said—l hopel may be permitted,
with my Noble Friend who last addressed your Lord-
ships, to linger for a moment on a point on which no
difference of opinion can prevail among us. It was my
fortune during the last 40 years to have been very gene-
rally opposed to the late Sir Robert Peel on those great
questions which agitated this country throughout that
period; and I have live I to acknowledge cheerfully
and conscientiously to acknowledge, the splendid merits
of that eminent individual, and to be convinced that even
on those points on which we most widely differed he
acted from the purest and most consci mtious motives.
In the last stage of his public life, chequered
as it was, and chequered as I told your Lordships
that it would be, by events of a kind most painful to an
amiable, a generous, and an honourable mind, when,
from purely public-spirited views, he adopted acouree dis-
pleasing to those with whom he bad so long been con-
nected, I said, and I now repeat it, that he had only to
turn from the storm without to the sunshine of an ap-
proving conscience within. Whether he was right, or
whether he was wrong, upon that occasion, lam sure
that the course which he followed was that which he
believed the interests of his country demanded, while, in
pursuing that course, he made sacrifices compared with
which all the other sacrifices I have ever known to have
been made by a public min to a sense of duty sink into
absolute nothingness.—(Hear, hear.) He is now gone
to reap the just rewards of his merits and his patriotism;
and I believe we may not inappropriately apply to him
the words of the great Roman orator:—
" Oraninus, qui tatriam conserverint, adjuverint,
euxerint, certum ease in ccelo definitum locum, übi beati
men sempiterno frauntur, nihil est claim principi
Deo, qui omnem hunt mundum reget, Trod q tidem in
terris fiat, acceptius, eoncilia, ccetusqae hominum,
jure sociati, gum eivitetes appellantur: harem rectore; et
conservatores hint profecti, hue revertuntur."
The Noble and Learned Lord was then about to address
the House on the subject of the proposed exhibition in
Hyde-park, when
The Doke of WELLINGTON, with eyes suffused
with tears, and a voice tremulous with emotion, pro •
ceeded to address their Lordships to the following effect:
—My Lords, I rise to express the satisfaction with
which I heard the language just used both by those
who had throughout the whole of their political lives
been opposed to the late Sir Robert Peel, and by
those who had acted with him until within a recent
period. Your Lordships have borne your testi-
mony tol the high longnh
aranter
of the late
con-
nected with him in ,public life, and in conducting her
op r a
was b le
Robert andh(At
Peel.
Majesty's councils ; and I had also the honour of en-
joying his private friendship. My Lords, during the
whole course of my acquaintance with him, I never
knew a man animated by a more earnest love of truth, a
stronger sense of justice, or a more invariable desire to
promote the public service.—(liear, hear.) In the
whole course of my communications with him I have
never known an instance in which he did not show the
strongest attachment to truth ; and I never, in the
whole course of my transactions with him, saw th•
smallest reason to suspect that he stated anything
that was not consistent with the fact. I could not
allow this opportunity to pass by without thus stating
what I believe to have been the most character-
istic feature in his character, and without expressing
my satisfaction at hearing the sentiments uttered by
Noble Lords around me, anl at finding the impression
made on your Lordships by the announcement of this
!oss.—(Hear, hear.)
The Duke of CLEVELAND said he happened to
have entered the University of Oxford a few months
after the late Sir R. Peel. He had ever since had the
advantage of enjoying his friendship, and he had enter-
tained the most extreme regard for the Right lion.
Baronet, while he looked upon him as one of the greatest
ornaments of this country, and as one of the most emi-
nent and successful of our statesmen.
THE PROPOSED EXHIBITION- OF WORKS OF
INDUSTRY IN HYDE-PARK.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a gen-
tleman of the name of Eiger, an architect, complaining
of the great depreciation of property which had taken
place in the neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, in conse-
quence of the proposal to hold in the adjoining portion
,f Hyde-park the exhibition of the works of industry of
all nations in the year 1851. The Noble and Learned
Lord also read a letter from Mr. Justice Cresswell,
stating the great annoyance to which the adoption of
that proposal would expose the residents in that dis-
trict.
Lord BROUGHAM then rose and said, he had re-
ceived remonstrances couched iu the strongest language
against that proposal from 80 most respectable persons
raiding at Knightsbridge. The private individuals re-
siding in that neighbourhood had constructed, at their
own expense, Richmond Gate, a very beautiful structure;
and that gate would he ore of the principal means of
access to the exhibition. He had never met any person
hholdihgandutiletensitaantdedasatemaiosmhmenetaitn
atex ptrheessaitntgemthpet
who was not connected with the board or with the corn-
w
newswtas now about being made to destroy public pro-
perty,,hhleo
—(Laughter)—what
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pvrwimodhs
right,
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mission
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and to invade and infringe upon the sacred rights
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ter)—but en:
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right had those persons who were going to build, what
ter)—but what he might designate an Egyptian Pyramid
awwtuoteghudhal dot-
so? They would cut up the roads in the neighbour-
make it impossible for the inhabitants to reside com-
tenably under the shelter of their own roofa
alany hundreds of tbousauds of tons of materials were
to be drawn about there ; and they were told that no
less than 400 large carts would be employed daily, and
ter some portions of the day 100 of these would be en-
tering the gates at the rate of one every minute and a
half. The inhabitants called upon their Lordships to
protect them from these nuisances. And all this was to
take place in addition to the ordinary traffic. The erec-
tiou of an immense steam-engine, too, was a matter of
course. But that, they were told, would consume its own
4moke. It would be very soon found, he feared, as in a
great many similar instances, that its own smoke would
he only partly consume 1. But what would be the
consequences of having such countless congregations of
multitudes of suspicious characters, to the Belgrave, the
Kensington, and the surrounding districts. lie looked
et that part of the question with serious alarm. The
Government was responsible for the public peace. He
was told that in a financial point of view there were
great difficulties. He would ask whether it was intended
to let the speculators rely on their own resources, or
whether a grant of public money was to be given to
aid them ? He had no doubt the public money would,
in the end, be required for that purpose. When a great
cuilding of that kind had been erected in France, in the
Champs Elyt 6 is, it had notcost more than about 18,0001.,
while that which is now proposed to build here would
cost four times that sum. Instead of bein conostructed
of lath and plaster, as that was, this was be built
of brick and morter, and was to be, moreover, sur-
mounted with a great cupola or dome, which, he would
venture to say, would cost ten times more than might
be calculated. He spoke in an assembly of builders,—
(Clear, and laughter.) Their Lordships must all of
them have been, at some time or other, engaged in
building operations, and could appreciate the expenses
attendant upon such, especially if there was much super-
intendence on their parts going on during the building.
He had on one occasion built a house, and a Noble
Friend of his having asked how much it cost, and having
been told, expressed his astonishment that it should
have cost so little. He had said that from the time it
was commenced until he went to hang up his hat in it
(to use a common phrase) hal never gone near it.—
—(Laughter.) " Ob," sai he
d his friend, "that must have
been the reason that it cost so little, for had you
visited it, you might have been making little alterations
here and there that would have made it more expen-
sive." So it would be in the present instance.
The expenses of that building, he considered, would be
enormous. He would ask whether the superintendents
of police had been examined as to the consequences of
collecting together such vast masses of persons as were
likely to be drawn there from various causes and motives.
They were told that there were no less than from 70,000
to 80.000 persons in this metropolis without any visible
means of subsistence; and if were added to these the
vast numbers of persons unemployed, the vast numbers
of idlers from London. Westminster, Surrey, as far
down as Deplord and Greenwich, and all to be attracted
to Hyde-park to see Lords and ladies, and royalties, and
remarkable personages; and supposing all these indi-
vidual* collected round the great building in Hyde-park,

it would be no small police force that would be necessary Lord CAMPBELL said he rose to state why he sup-
-1 keep order in such a c:oed. But that was not all, ported the m etion, and why ho should vote for it if
for they faun 1 that already prep....rations were making pressed to a division. He should have been better pleas/ 1
for vast crowds coming up from the country- from if the Noble and Learned L ,rd had at once moved an
all the largo and small towns. It would re- address to the Throne, praying that the site in Hy& -
quire no less than an addition of 1,000 or 2,000 to the park tnig'4 not receive the sanction of the Crown. Bat
present p Aloe force of the metropolis to meet that con- the motion of the Noble and Learned Lord was to refer
tingency. Supposing only 1,000 additional men were the petitions on the table to a Select Committee. He
brought into the force, that would be an expense of did not blame either the Government or the Commis-
-50,000/ ; and if 2,000 it would be 100,0001. Had those sioners. He blamed no one fur what hld been hitherto
expenses been taken into account ?So far as the done, but he should blame them if—after the matter had
crowds which were in London at the time of the corona- been so fully discussed, and the lamentable consequences
Lion, they were all disposed in various places, and how- pointed out which must arise—they persisted in not
ever large, the matter was only the event of a single abandoning Hyde-park as a site for the proposA exhi-
morning ; but here was a case which would spread over bition. Such an exhibition, embracing, as it would,
a series of some months. Several fide ranges of houses specimens of the industry of all nations, was, he ad-
of the neighbourhood were now to be sold in conse- matte 1, most laudable, and would confer the highest
quence of this exhibition and its results, while many of honour on the illustrious individual who had prop* ed
those who occupied others either wholly or in part it.—(Rear) The Government .had done nothing more
were giving notice of removal to some other locality. than their duty in causing a Commission to be ieeted.
Was it just, he would ask, that the inhabitants of this He did not blame the Commissioners; but he thought
neighbourhood, including as it did so extensive and re- they might have anticipated a little sooner the lament-
spectable a district, should be subjected to this annoy- able consequences that would arise from carryi ig out the
aece and inconvenience, not for a couple of days, but for plan they had proposed. It was evident from their re-
many months? From May to November that great, that port, that they were not aware of the mischief that
gigantic, that unbearable nuisance was to go on. The would fellow if the site of the exhibition was to be in
next question which arose, was as to the right to do Hyde-park They did not appear to have considered
what was proposed. No doubt, strictly speaking, the the injury that would be done to the inhabit ants of the
property of the parks was vested in the Crown, or rather ceighbeurhood by Hyde-park being chosen as the sit •of
in the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for the the exhibition, for they stated it was always intended as
Crown. But he considered that since an arrangement a means of recreation and enjoyment for her M ijesty's
had been made on that subject, no Sovereign, or no subjects. Did they suppose that the bivouacs, and the
board, bad any right to assert an exclusive property in monstrous machines moving to and fro with building
them. When George 11. asked Sir Robert Walpole materials, would conduce to the recreation and
what might be the expense of enclosing some of the enjoyment of the people? The Noble Lord who
parks, that independent Minister had replied that it had just sat down said that brick and mortar
would not cost much—that it would only coat a crown; would not probably be used; but could an immense
and so the notion had not been attempted to be carried structure, such as that proposed, with a dome much
out. It had been said, however, that the proposed larger than St. Paul's, be erected in Hyde-park without
buildings were to be but temporary. But that was taking a great deal of traffic and annoyance to the neighbours?
away the rights of the public for a certain time. It Could such a structure be built-without depriving the
might be, indeed, that they intended only to erect a tern- public of enjoyment and recreation in Hyde-park for a
porary building; but it might afterwards be thought a long period of time? He believed that the shortest
pretty structure to look at, and they might not wish to period for which the public would be so deprived of the
pull it down. But, speaking on behalf of the public, he free use of Hyde-park would be two years.—(Hear.)
would say—" To take my close from me for eighteen Seven months were to be allowed for the removal of the
months or two years, to build upon it; and to cut do wn materials, and that would bring the time down to June,
nine of my best trees—it is an injury to me to take them 1852, before the ground was completely cleared. Ac •
from me." He was then talking of a right of usage of cording to the specifications the structure was to be of a
which the public could not be deprived. But there was kind solid as the walls of Nineveh, and were they to be-
another question which they had to consider. lie had Here that in seven months it would be wholly removed?
presented a petition that evening to their Lordships, He could not help thinking that it would have been far
which stated that what was about to be done was illegal. better to have selected a site where the structure might
It might be said that that was only a petition. But he have remained and been useful for other purposes
would ask them whose name was at the head of it? (Hear, hear.) In fact the whole neighbourhood would
Why, that of no less a person than Mr. Justice Cress- be sufferers by Hyde-park being fixed upon. He had
well. He had heard that that matter was likely to be received a letter from a gentleman residing in Chesham-
made the subject of an injunction in the Court of Chan- place, a near neighbour of the Prime Minister, in which
eery, and that before many hours some steps would be he stated that he had occupied his present house
taken in it. It had been said that it would be illegal- to for twelve yearn, and that he had been chiefly induced
erect permanent buildings in Hyde.park, but that tem- to do so by Its proximity to Hyde-park. He stated
porary ones might be erected without an Act of Perlis- that if the proposed structure was erected it would be
went. He confessed he did not understand how such impossible for his wife and children to frequent the park.
a conclusion as that could be arrived at. He spoke of His (Lord Campbell's) belief was that it would be impos-
the proposed building as a nuisance. And the pulling of sible for females or children to frequent Hyde park or
it down, supposing that it was pulled down, would also Kensington-gardens fur at least two years. He would
contribute to increase the nuisance and inconvenience to not give any opinion as to the legality of the proceed-
such an extent as no one who had not been in the ings which had been adopted, because he might be
vicinity of a great brick and mortar building in process called on in his judicial capacity to pronounce respecting
of removal could form any conception of. So far as the them. He would, however, suggest to the Commissioners
subject of cartage was concerned that might be discussed to consult once m ore the law officers of the Crown be-
in the Committee for which he intended to move, if he fore they proceeded farther. By the 10th George IV.,
obtained it. He had then stated all that he thought it c. 50, s. 25, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
was necessary for him to mention to their Lordships in were prohibited from granting any lease of any portion
calling their attention to that subject. He was not un- of Hyde- park, either at a peppercorn rent or otherwise.
favourable to the proposed exhibition, he thought much The object of the prohibition was, that the public might
good might result from it. He agreed with the Commis- not be deprived of the beaefit of air, recreation, and
sioners when they said it would be a pity to give it up exercise. The proposed exhibition would more e ffectu-
after having so far committed themselves. He should ally debar the public their enjoymeats than any lease
be sorry that the exhibition should not go on, but if it which might have been granted of the park for
were to go on as proposed in Hyde-park, he would be grazing purposes. He regarded the present scheme
prepared to accept the alternative, however much be as in direct violation of the provisions of the Act.
might regret it, of not having it at all sooner than it It was not for him to anticipate the effect of the in-
should take place there. He had then, in conclusion, junction which was to be applied for. But even if there
only to move that the petition which he had presented, were no objection in point of law, there were other
signed by Mr. Justice Cresswell and others, should be reasons why Hyde-park should not be chosen for the
referred to a Select Committee of their Lordships. exhibition. With regard to Reeenths-park, a covenant
Earl GRANVILLE said, although it was obvious prevented the erection of buildings, but had not the pre-
there were other Noble Lords present more competent scriptive right of the public to the enjoyment of Hyde-
to reply to the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord park a force (gull to any covenant?—(Hear, hear.) A
who had just addressed the House than he was, yet as few years ago it was proposed to erect a church in
he was connected both with the Government and the Hyde-park, but the feeling was so strong against it that
Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1831, he trusted he the design was abandoned. Ile believed that a better
would be permitted to make some observations in reply site might without difficulty have been found. He should
to the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord.—(hear.) be sorry if the exhibition was abandoned, but it was bet-
And first, with respect to the part which the Govern- ter that expectations should be disappointed, than that
moat had taken in reference to that exhibition. He could the rights of individuals should suffer or the public be
only find three acts in which they had come forward. deprived of what they had a right to enjoy. lie did
That exhibition had been suggested four or five months not think they should lower themselves in the opinion of
before the end of the last year by the Society of Arts; foreign nations if, finding the scheme had been somewhat
and an application had been made to the Govern- inconsiderately brought forward, they did not persevere
ment to assist it by engaging the confidence of with it when they found public opinion against it, as
the people of this country, and giving such pledges depriving them of rights which they had long enjoyed.
as they could rely on. The Government accordingly After a few words from Lord BROUGII AM, who
had recommended the appointment of a Royal Commis• said he would not press his motion to a division,
sion, and had undertaken to pay the trifling expenses Lord REDESDALE expressed his regret that the site
attendant on the formation of such a Commission. should have been chosen in Hyde-park.
Tne members of that Commission had been selected from Atter a few remarks from the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl
among persons distinguised in art and science, and in Fitz william, and Lord Brougham,
order that the project might be considered national and The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said, although he
not political, from among men of all parties. With that did not concur in the selection of the site, he believed
view Vie Noble Lord the Prime Minister, the Noble Lord it would be convenient in two respects; it was flanked
opposite, the leader of the Opposition, the lamented Sir by the bar a :ke on one side, and the river on the other.
R. Peel—to whose memory a tribute had just been paid The vicinity of the barracks would be useful in the case
by their Lordships—as well as other leading personages, of a riot, and the river in the event of a fire.
bad been appointed :to that Commission. And here he The motion was then withdrawn.
might be permitted to say that he believed the last public METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL.
duty which the late Sir R. Peel performed was to attend Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Wool-
a meeting of the Commission on Saturday last, only a wich against the Metropolitan Interments Bill, and a
few hours before the melancholy accident which led to similar petition from certain undertakers, praying to be
his death. He felt somewhat encouraged in the state- heard a'tainst the Bill.
went he was about to make, when he recollected he was The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
acting very much on the plan which that late lamented the Metropolitan Sanitary Association in favour of the
gentleman had laid down. He thought the Commis- Bill.
sioners were not to be blamed, inasmuch as the objections The Earl of CARLISLE then moved that the Bill be
to Hyde-park as a site had all been recently started, and committed.
as the 10th George IV., cap. 50, permitted the erection L ,rd BROUGHAM moved as an amendment that
of temporary buildings in that park. As to cutting the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, and that the
down certain tress, more importance had been attached petition which had been presented be referred to the
to it, in his opinion, than it deserved.—(Elear.) The Committee.
plan hal been drawn up so as to avoid the necessity of The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII supported the
injuring a great number of trees. A difficulty had been amendment, thinking the Bill could be more conveni-
found with regard to a small clump of young trees and ently considered up stairs, inasmuch as it touched
one old one. On the matter being referred to his Noble matters deeply affecting the feelings of individuals.
Friend at the head of the Woods and Forests, he psi- Considering the late period of the session, however, he
tively refused to give up the old tree, but consented to should strongly object to the hearing of any evidence on
the removal of the clump of smaller ones.—(Hear.) He the subject-
should now allude to the charges against the Royal Lord REDESDALE and the Bishop of LONDON thought
Commissioners. Some Noble Lords objected from diffe- a Select Committee preferable, provided it did not delay
rent motives to the exhibition itself. To such objections the passing of the measure.
it was not necessary for him to made any answer. The Lord BROUGHAM disclaimed any such intention,
Noble and Learned Lord opposite had to-night admitted and
for the third time that he approved of the exhibition.— The Earl of CARLISLE then assented to the amend-
(" Hear," from Lord Brougham.) But as the Noble went, and the Bill was referred to a Select Committee
Lord had from the beginning refused to subscribe to- accordingly.
wards the expense of carrying it out, he doubted whether BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL.
the Noble and Learned Lord had a locus stendi in the Lord LY r TLETON moved the second reading of this
matter of the building.—( Hear, hear.) Hyde-park had Bill, the object of which is to make benefices in plurality
been given out as the site of the exhibition so far back more contiguous. He was of opinion that they should
as July last.—(Hear, hear.) As soon as the site was touch each other at some point, anal that the churches
fixed on it was announced through the newspapers to should not be more than two miles apart. There was a
the public, and through the Foreign-office to other proviso in the Bill relative to benefices not exceeding
countries. A very ingenious gentleman, a member of 1001. in value. Now he proposed that in the case of a
the local committee of Westminster, objected to Hyde- living under 1001. being contiguous to another, however
park, and proposed the Regent's-park; but in April large, they might go together.
last a requisition was signed by about 600 persons, for a The Bishop of LONDON acquiesced in the general
meeting at Chelsea on the subject, and among other principle of the Bill, but considered certain ameadments
names was that of the Hon. W. Campbell, MP. That necessary.
meeting was called to promote the purpose of the ex- The Bishop of SALISBURY expressed his concur-
hibition, and the requisitionists stated that they con- rence in the measure, which had been introduced into
sidered it would be of great advantage to the metropolis, the House of Commons by a private Member, without
more especially to the west end of it.—(Hear.) Rather any communication with the members of the ecclesiastical
more than two months ago the Noble and Learned Lord body, or any concert with the Government. He should like
himself had on three occasions introduced the subject to to seethe holding of pluralities limited to the greatest pos -
their Lordships, and though the debate was one which, sibla extent consistent with the proper performance of
no doubt, was extensively read, still no objection was the clerical functions. The existing law was no doubt
made. Indeed, he was not aware that any one had sup- capable of some limitation, for, nevertheless, he could
ported the Noble and Learned Lord in his objection to not say that it had been inoperative.—(Rear.) He held
Hyde-park, either in that House or at any public meet- in his hand a return showing the manlier in which bone-
ing. The Commissioners had no desire to oppose them- fices in plurality had been reatric•ed since the passing of
selves to any reasonable feeling, and, anxious to ewer- the Ist Victoria, in 1838. At that, time the number of
tain if they could get out of the difficulty, referred the non-resident incumbents was 4,307, of whom 1,184, who
matter to the building committee. After much consi- were not actually resident in the benefices, were never-
deration, they reported that the plans could not be theless performing the duties of their own cures. At
adapted to any other site with any possibility of the the close of 1848 the number of non-resident incumbents
building being completed within the specified time, and had been reduced from 4,307 to 3,094, showing a dimi-
that change of site would be tantamount t > an aban-, nution of upwards of 1,200. In 1838 there were only
doninent of the exhibition for another year.—(Hear.) If 5,859 resident incumbents, but in 1848 the number
anything was calculated to produce further delay, it was had advanced to 7,779, showing an increase of nearly
the reference of this question at this period to a Select 2,000. In 1838 the while number of incumbents cluing
Committee of that House. The chief objection of the their own duty was 7,043, whilst in 1848 the num-
Noble and Learned Lord rested on the inconvenience ber was 8,893, being an increase of nearly 1,9,)0.
which would be caused to the inhabitants in the neigh- In 1838 the residents houses amounted to 7,364,
bourhood of Hyde-park; but the entire road was to be but in 1848 the number was 7,917, showing nearly
kept open as usual, and the Commissioner of Woods and 600 additional houses. In 1838 the curates of non-resi-
Forests had under his consideratien a suggestion which, dent incumbents amounted to 3,078, but in 1848 the
if carried out, would lessen any inconvenience the inha- number was only 1,908 under any circumstances; whilst
bitants might be subjected to. With regard to the the curates of resident incumbents had increased from
traffic that would be caused by 'the conveying of build- 1,725 in 1838 to 2,998 in 1848, being an increase of more
ing materials, ho believed it would not equal three than 1,200. He considered this a satisfactory proof that
weeks' traffic on any of the roads in the neighbourhood the existing law was gradually coming into effectual
of any of the principal railroad stations in London. operation.—(Hear.)
Some unnecessary alarm had been excited among the After a few words from Earl POWIS,
inhabitants of Knightsbridge by the specifications which The Bill was read a second time.
had been made on this point. The first paragraph of The Earl of CHICHESTER moved the second read-
the report would show that the building was'to be of a ing of the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill. The Bill
temporary character, and that the materials were to be was to provide a check on juvenile delinquency, and at
sold. The size of the building, and the dome in partie the same time to afford expeditious and economical pun-
cuter, had excited alarm; but if he might be allowed nishment to juvenile offenders.
to repeat a bad pun, he might say that the doom of that The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
dome had been pronouuced.—(Laughter.) For his own be committed on Thursday next.
part, as a Commissioner, be should object to the use of Their Lordships then adjourned.
brick and mortar in the structure. Something had been
said as to the immense concourse of people which woult
be drawn together in Hyde-park, and as to the necessity
of a great increase of the police force. He did not think
that a less police force would be necessary if the exhibition
was to take place on some common out of town. But the
number of police that would be required had been ex-
aggerated. He believed, at the agricultural exhibition
that took place annually, and at which many thousands
assembled, 100 special constables and nine regular
policemen were all that were found necessary to
preserve order and peace. It was a reflexion upon
our artisans who were saving money to enable them to
come to the exhibition, to suppose that they were per-
sons likely to create disorder and tumult.—(Hear, hear.)
During Whit Monday last no fewer than 30,000 persons
bad gone through the British Museum without any-
thing occurring to require the interference of the
police.—(Hear, hear.) He believed it would be a great
disappointment to the working classes of this country
if the exhibition was postponed or abandoned. Having
sent to foreign countries inviting them to appoint com-
missions to further the objects of the exhibition it would
be almost a national disgrace if we were now to disap
point them. Not wishing to interfere by unnecessary
delay in carrying out the exhibition, he implored the
House not to refer the matter to a Select Committee.
After a few words from Lord 13BOUGHAD1 and Earl
Gary on a point of order, .

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, JULY 4.—At a Congregation holden this
day th i following degrees were conferred:—
HONORARY, M.A.—Hon. Julian Henry Charles
Fane, Trinity College (fourth son of the Earl of West-
moreland).
M.A.—C. P. Miles, Caius College; J. P. Dykes, T. H.
Lister, and W. M. Wray, Catharine Hall; W. P. Snell,
Downing College.
Mr. Shilleto, of Trinity College, was appointed De-
puty Proctor, in the absence of the Senior Proctor,
Mr. Middleton; and Mr. Hedley, of Trinity College,
Deputy Proctor, in the absence of the Junior Proctor,
Mr. Marsh.

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