The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

ANATOMY ACT.

Mr. BORTHWICK rose to bring forward his motion
for a Committee of Inquiry into the operation of the
Anatomy Act, and into the allegations contained in the
petition of Mr. Roberts, presented on the 25th of
March last. He should spare the time of the
House and the sensibilities of the Right Honourable
the Secretary of State, by abstaining from having the
petition read at,the table; and he should only recur to
such portions of those allegations as -he considered
the House were called on by public principle to notice.
The question was whether the Bill which the Hon. Gen-
tleman had brought before the House, and which was
now the law of the land, had effected those great objects
at which it aimed, or whether it was required, as the
numerous petitions laid on the table of the House showed,
to be remodelled, for the purpose of really carrying out
those objects ? He was of opinion that the Bill required
careful remodelling. Its principle was to prevent the
traffic in dead bodies, but there was nothing in it to pre-
vent the traffic in parts of dead bodies, and according to
the statements in the petitions, there were numerous
instances in which that traffic was still followed. He
believed that the Right Honourable Gentleman would
state that such an allegation was not capable of
proof. If such were the case, there was the
greater reason for granting the Committee, in order
to set the matter at rest. Had he been in the House in
1832 he should have paused a long time before he con-
sented to the passing of the Bill. He thought that the
Bill created even greater evils than those which it was
intended to remedy. The law was entitled to the ut-
most consideration of the House, because it affected the
interests of the humblest portion of her Majesty's subjects.
It was calculated that about 600 bodies were now annually
used for dissection in the different schools ; but if the
antiseptic process discovered by Mr. Roberts were intro-
duced, 200 bodies would be sufficient. If he got the
Committee he asked for, he would be able to prove that
Mr. Roberts had been grossly ill used. Mr. Roberts
had received certificates from ten of the most eminent
professors of surgery, approving of his plan.
An HoN. MEMBER hero moved that the House be
counted, and there only being 31 Members present, the
House adjourned at Half-past Five till this day.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals.-Childe Harold, Willis, from Bombay, off
Penzance, sailed Jan. 16, Malabar Coast, 27, Cape, March
12; John Christian, Withycombe, from China, at Li-
verpool, sailed Jan. 10, St. Helena, March 19; Mary
Louisa, Miller, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Dec.
13, St. Helena, March 4.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.-Maid
of Mona, March 4, from Algoa Bay; Velox, Adams,
March 5, from St. Helena - Louisa, M`Donald, from
Angra Pequina; Erigone, &pt. Roy, March 6, from
Manilla ; United Kingdom, and Grecian, from Liver-
pool ; Sir Charles Napier, Wright, March 7, from Cal-
cutta and Mauritius; Emeline, Claridge, from the Cro-
zets ; Ruby, Dangerfield, from China ; British Isles,
Graham, March 9, from Manilla ; Bowes of Streatlam,
Fleming, from Java; Diven Glendoror, Godden, March
10, from Bengal and Madras ; John Gray, Auld March
11, from Singapore.
Departures from Table Bay.-Thelaire, Feb. 29, to
Nantes; Solway, March 1, to London; Charlotte, 3d, to
Bristol; Ann, Pryce, to London; Constant, to Nantes;
Phenomena 6th, to Rotterdam; Woodlark, to London;
Ilindostan, 7th, to Bombay; Hindostan, 7th, to London;
Brazilia, Bth, to Rotterdam.
Arrival in Algoa Bay.-Grindley, Feb.2s, from Bengal.
Arrivals at St. Helena.-John Jardine and Sisters,
March 27, from West Coast of Africa; Georgians, from
Shields; St. George, from Java; Lerwick, from West
Coast of Africa; Ruby, 28th, from China and Cape;
p; Jem Crow, from Algoa Bay;
Mary Taylor,
Mauritius; Tyrer, from Singapore.
Port Philip;
Departures from St. Helena.-Pomona, March 26, to
Ascension; Frederick, Huth, 26th, to
Rajah,fr 1n
from ti
Arrival at Madeira.-Oriental, Wilson, May 1, from
London, and sailed 3d to Bombay.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH'.-Dorothen Wilhelmina,
bound to Trieste, 14th ult., lat. 19 S., lon. 37 W., by the
Ariadne, Mattheson, arrived off Dungeness. Bytown,
Charleston to Liverpool, 13th inst., lat. 50, lon. 9, by
the John Mitchell, arrived at Cork. New Holland, of
Portsmouth, from Newport, 26th ult., lat 39, lon. 11 ;
Medora of Hull, 11th inst., lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Till,
arrived at Falmouth. Ellen, Jamaica to London, lat.
38, lon. 48 ; Freeman, from Bremen, sth inst., lat 45,
lon. 36 •, Athens, of Portsmouth, 7th inst., lat. 48, lon.
32, by the Catherine, arrived in the Clyde. Hindostan,
Lamb, March 24, lat. 17 S., lon. 4 ; Eliza Ann of Salem,
4th ult., lat. 3 S., lon. 19 W. ; Wave, 9th, lat. 2 N., lon.
22 W. ; Solway, same day ; Ohio, 22d, lat. 34, lon. 36 ;
Merino, 12th inst., lat. 46, lon. 11 ; Tally-ho, same day,
by the Childe Harold, off Penzance. Gazelle, Mauritius
:o Leith, March 26, lat. 9 S., lon. 13 W. ;_ Buzalee, Ba-
tavia to Rotterdam, 23d ult., lat. 31 N., lon. 26 W. ;
Reward, Port Phillip to London, 2d inst., lat. 41 N., lon.
28 W. ; Princess Victoria, St. Andrew's to Liverpool,
15th, lat. 50, lon. 9 ; Delhi, China to New York, lat. 35,
lon. 20, by the John Christian, arrived at Liverpool.
Thomas Martin, from Barbadoes, 7th inst., lat. 47, lon.
12, by the Castor, off Fanleugh.