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and that there were many other cases of a similar description
which could be brought against them.
Mr. RAWLINSON said that he could do nothing in the ab-
sence of the clergyman ; in the event of his attending he
would, perhaps, be able to interfere.
Q UEEN-SQ UA RE.
FRAUDS ON TRADESMEN BY A SERVANT.—Tuesday Re-
becca Larkman, a servant girl, was finally examined before
Mr. Bond, charged with defrauding a great number of trades-
men. _ _

Prisoner lived fora short time in the service of Mn'. Coward,
of Sloane-street, but, in consequence of repeated acts of dis-
honesty, was discharged about the end of June last, since
which period she bas been to the shops of the various trades-
men who were in the habit of supplying the family, and ob-
tained goods to a considerable amount in the name of her
former mistress.

Benjamin Adams, shopman to Mr. Gregory. an iron-
monger, in Sloane-street, proved that the prisoner obtained
goods on two occasions by representing that she had been
sent by Mrs. Coward, her mistress. On the first of these,
she asked for a set of fire-irons and other trifling articles,
value 1/. 95., which were supplied to, her in haste, as she
said that they were waiting for them with the gig, in order
to take them to the country house. In a few days after-
wards she was supplied with a valuable tea-urn and a bed-
room candlestick, which the shopman offered to send home,
but she insisted upon taking them herself, observing " that
if she did not, her mistress would consider her lazy."
Mr. J. H. Keats, of 142, Sloane-street, said the prisoner
came on the 30th of September to his shop, and said that as
it was the birth-day of one of Mrs. Coward's daughters, that
lady (her mistress) was desirous of presenting her with a
handsome Bible and Prayer-book in a case. The books were
supplied, and on prisoner's return in a quarter of an hour fur
similar books in different coloured binding, these were also
given to her.
Mrs. Coward having asserted that she had never given the
prisoner any authority to obtain the above, or any other
articles, the prisoner was fully committed for trial on both
charges.

north of the line, which was not only of individual import-
ance to his client, but of greet benefit to the public, as it
would afford a means of access to upwards of eighty acres of
land in the occupation of many individuals who otherwise
would have been shut out from it, in consequence of the
old approaches being cut off by the intended line of railway.
He (the solicitor) had now only to say that he abandoned
the charge against the Company on the part of his client,
and he thought it necessary to come forward and state this
publicly, as they had been suing for a penalty as well as
damage.
Mr. CLIVE said he was glad the matter was satisfactorily
arranged, and remarked that the case was illustrative of the
utility of the clause under which proceedings had been taken.
ANOTHER CHARGE OF TRESPASS AGAINST THE RICHMOND
RAILWAY COMPANY.—Soon after the last case had been dis-
posed of, Mr. Wright, an attorney, with his client, Mr. Beckett,
made application to Mr. Clive for a summons against the
promoters of the Richmond Railway Company, under circum-
stances similar to those in the preceding case.
Mr. Wright stated that his client, Mr. Beckett, who is a
saddler, living in the High-street, Wandsworth, was the
owner of half an acre of land, adjoining that in the occupa-
tion of Mr. Atkins, and on Monday, the 6th inst., the Com-
pany entered upon and took possession of it, without having
come to any terms, or obtained the consent of the owner.
The piece of land they had taken was about 108 yards in
length, and 40 in breadth, and a portion of it formed part of
a rope-walk. Since the company had had possession forty
willow trees had been felled.

Mr. CLIVE asked if the owner or his solicitor had applied
to the Company for a settlement? Mr. Wright answered in
the affirmative. They had asked 205/., and the Company
had offered 501. as compensation, which his client of course
refused to take.

➢lr. CLIVE—Have you applied to them since the com-
plainant in the last case took his summons out ? Mr.
Wright—No, I have not, Sir.
Mr. CLIVE—I should think it very probable that if you
were to see them now they would come to terms, as in the
previous case. Perhaps you had better see the secretary be-
fore the summons is issued.

Mr. Wright said the terms offered by the company were
so low, that he despaired of coming to any amicable arrange-
ment, and would, therefore, with the magistrate's permission,
take a summons out.

Mr. CLIVE—Very well, then you may take out a sum.
mons.

The solicitor then assessed his damages at 201., and a sum-
mons was ordered to be issued against the promoters of the
Richmond Railway.
SOUTHIVARK.

Richard Hodnott and &Anions Lyons, two members of
the swell mob, commonly called " noblers," were brought
before Mr. Traill, charged with assaulting Robert Elsworthy
and Richard Dolby, in the Bridge-house public-house, Bo-
rough-road, and stealing from the latter a gold union-pin
and a silver watch.

Dolby said that he was a City policeman, and on the pre-
vious evening went to the Surrey theatre with his friend.
About a quarter past one o'clock this morning, as they were
leaving the theatre, they went into the above public-house,
and called for a pia of halt-and-half. While there, Hodnott
asked his friend Elsworthy, whether he knew any person
in the "City Detective Force," at the same time Lyons sud-
denly struck him a severe blow in the mouth, and snatched
the ends of his stock from his neck, on which was fixed a
gold union pin. At the same time he lost his watch, but he
could not swear who was the party that took it, as he had not
recovered from the blow. Lyons made his escape, and
Hadnott ran out of the house, but was captured within a few
yards of the Borough-roAd School. After he was conveyed
to the station. house, they went in search of Lyons, and
found him in his lodgings. The ends of the stock and part
of the union-pin w: also found there.

E!sworthy said he was a clerk, and after they left the
theatre he accompanied Dolby into the above public• house.
While he was in conversation with Hodnott, Lyons struck
Dolby and snatched his stock, and as he was in the act of
assisting him, Hodnott struck him two blows on the face.
They had nothing more to drink than a pint of half-and-
half.

Brown, the landlord of the house, said that he saw the com-
plainants enter his house and call for a pint of half-and-half,
and two glasses of spirits for some females they had with
them. The prisoners knowing the girls, were rather jealous,
and some words ensued, which turned to blows. He did not
see any robbery committed. In answer to Mr. Trail, witness
said that the prisoners frequented his house, but he did not
know what employment they followed.
The complainants denied being in company with any fe-
males, or calling for any liquor. All they had was a pint of
half-and-half.

A constable of the M division said that the house was fre-
quented by very bad characters, and that the prisoners were
well known as " noblers."

Mr.TuAILL said that it was case which ought to go before a
jury. He should, therefore, commit them for trial.

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THE EX PERINIENTAL SQUA DRON
The following have been forwarded to us as copies of Mr.
Corry's letter to the Surveyor of the Navy, and Sir S. Pym's
report of the performances of the several ships of the expeii-
mental squadron in the last trial cruise :
" Admiralty, Oct. 13, 1845.
" To THE SURVEYOR OF THE NAVY,—
. . „.

" Sir,—Herewith you will receive a copy of a letter from
Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, dated the 10th inst., report-
ing the return of the experimental squadron of line-ot-battle
ships to Plymouth, and the result of their trial.—By com-
mand of their Lordships, " H. CORRY,"
" St: Vincent, in Plymouth-sound, Oct. 10, 1845.
" ' Sir,—l have the honour to forward to you, for the in-
formation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the
diagrams of the trials of sailing of her Majesty's squadron
under my command, and other documents mentioned in the
enclosed schedule. In addition to which, a good trial was
commenced on the Ist inst. by the Queen, Canopus, Albion,
and Vanguard, in chase of the Daring, under all plain sail,
and part topmast and topgallant studding-sails; but the fog,
which came on three hours after, prevented angles being
taken to ascertain the exact result. The Queen, however,
gained on her.

"' You will be pleased to acquaint their Lordships that we
have had some splendid trials with as heavy a press of sail as
could well be carried. One beginning with close-reefed top-
sails and reefed courses, topgallant masts struck; the next
under treble-reefed topsails, and another under double-reefed
topsails; and all these against a heavy head sea.
"'ln the latter, on the ith inst., the day after the heaviest
gale, the Rodney beat the whole fleet.
" 'Nothing could be more easy in all the trials than the
Queen and Albion, who never appeared to strain anything;
indeed, all the squadron proved themselves such fine ships as
to be incapable of being eistressed by press of sail, except the
St. Vincent.

" Rein,* perfectly satisfied with the result of the trials,
that the Being
is the best ship, the Albion and Rodney next,
Canopus and Vanguard much alike, Trafalgar weatherly,
but slow; St. Vincent leewardly and crank ; and as the
weather appeared to set in fine, and not deeming that any
further trial would benefit the service, I therefore bore up on
the 9th inst. for this anchorage, which I reached with the
squadron under my command this day, at 7 15 P.M.
6" I beg to remark, for their Lordship's information, that
all the captains deserve the greatest credit for the seaman-
like manner in which they made sail, blowing in the way it
did, on the above mentioned occasion.--I have, &c.,
" S. PYM, Rear-Admiral.
" To the Right Hon. Henry T. L. Corry, M.P."

THE STANMEWPSTAFPETRICPREESAS.ND THE
A system of mean, petty, and vexatious extortion has
just been commenced by the Stamp-office authorities against
the newspaper press in Scotland. We had heard rumours
of this privately from some of our contemporaries, but
we were certainly not tirare of the extent to which
it was about to be carried. The conductors of the
financial department of the Citizen have just informed
us that we have been charged for the month of August
no fewer than twenty " duties" more than the actual number
of advertisements which have appeared in our columns
during the time specified. On calling at the Stamp-office
here for an explanation, our manager was informed that
the exactions of which he complained originated with
certain functionaries in Edinburgh, and that a system of in-
creased rigour had been commenced in the perusal of adver-
tisements and paragraphs with a view to the detection of
what are called "separate interests." In this way, adver-
tisements which formerly only paid a single duty. are
mulcted in two or three duties. For example, a teacher
announces at the foot of his advertisement that he has ac-
commodation for two or three boarders, this is charged an
additional duty ;—a steam-boat announcement contains,
perhaps, an allusion to an " excellent hotel," or to " an om-
nibus for conveying passengers," and in both the hotel and
the omnibus the lynx -eyed officials profess to descry "se-
parate interests," and lay claim to an additional eighteen-
pence far each ! But more than this, they have the impu-
dence to interfere with our duty as public chroniclers, and to
levy an unwarranted tax on paragraphs of ordinary news,
provided only it contain any intimation whereby they allege
private interests may be benefited. Critiques on pictures
exhibited at a publisher's gallery, announcements of
early fruit at any particular shop. and many other
matters which, in common with our contemporaries, we have
been accustomed to insert, merely as pieces of news, and as
likely to interest the reader, have been suddenly discovered
to be advertisements, end charged by the Stamp-office
officials accordingly ! Now; where is this interference to
stop? Notices of new books, of new music, of rapid loco-
motion by some particular conveyance, of surgical skill or
acts of humallity in cases of accident, of interesting and
useful inventions, of high and honourable' conduct on the
part of individuals—all may be set down on the same principle
as advertisements. Are we to write with the fear of the Stamp-
office continually before our eyes ? In many cases contracts
have been formed to insert advertisements for a lengthened
period at a fixed charge, and in which it is gross injustice to
mulct them suddenly and without warning in several duties.
We trust that the newspaper proprietors throughout the
willcountry unite together in remonstrating strongly and
firmly against the grievance in question, and in endeavouring
to check, at the outset, a system which, if persisted in, must
prove a source of continual annoyance, as well as of frequent
injustice, to the newspaper press.—Citizen.
[We can add our testimony to the account given by our
contemporary of the meanness of the Edinburgh Stamp-office
—a meanness which we believe to be illegal. We know for
certain that the London Stamp- office makes no such de-
mands upon the metropolitan journals; and the first time
that we are again exposed to the annoyance and grievance
complained of, we shall lay a case for the decision of the
Government.]—En. Glasgow Argus.

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.
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday
Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Fleece Tavern,
on the step, a
lanyindgupon opening it
street, Cheapside, on the body of a new-born tn4aleQueen,
which was found under very singular eircumstanceshild.
Sunday evening last, about seven o'clock, the servant of Mr.
thes c o v
house,e r e d ,
Alford, of No. 10, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, was opening
parcel,the str street-door,
idcoho rs,h
found it contained the dead body of a male infant. The cir-
cumstance caused a great excitement among the family, who
levhtoeonkshinetodi
called in the police, and the body was taken to the station-
house. A reward of 101. has been offered for the apprehen-
sion of the unnatural parents. Mr. May, of Bow-lane, surgeon,
said that he bad made a post mortenz examination of the body,
and he was of opinion that the deceased had been born alive.
There were marks of external vio:ence, arid the-deceased had
evidently died from excessive hemorrhage. The Coroner ob-
served that the case was enveloped in mystery, and probably
if the inquiry was adjourned, some additional evidence might
be obtained. The inquiry was adjourned accordingly.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 111 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.
!Oil per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25 44 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25 55, it follows that gold is 0.43 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of
gold is 432 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13 8i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The Lord Chancellor is expected to remain at
Turville-park until the 2d of the ensuing month, when the
Noble and Learned Lord will come to town to open the Court
Chancery on the following day. The • •
juniorbranches 9f
leis LardAhip's faillily are still at Brighton,. - ' " '

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES

IN TI
PRINCIPAL CITIES ANP TOWNS IN ENGLAND
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES or RAI VAYS:

a—t
b r i—d.g•e• : •.
lAA
rtie:rrodi
ace
teal:
nawne.d
;Forfar ....
J)itlo Half Shares ....
aagh, Colr., & Portrush
Bandon and Bantry
Belfast and Ballymena ..
Belfast and County Down
ItirkidaLLan.&Ches•Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss . at 7% dig.)
Ditto Half Shares
ilirminghm & Oxfrd.Junc.
Blckburn, and Preston..
Illekburn, Darwn,& Bolin
Bolton, W igail, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stainfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter......
Ditto New. • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester ..
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caletlon. & Dumbar.Junc
Calednitiati .• • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Extension
Oambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..
Ditto New Shares ....
Ditto Ilalf Shares •
Chester and Holyhead
Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
I ihurnet Valley . • • • • •...
('litheroe Junction
Clydesdale Junction .....
Cork, lilackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ....
Cork and Youghal
Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester..
Coinwall . • • • • • • • • •• • • • •
herby and Crewe . • • • • ..
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dias, lleccles, & Yarmoth
I )IrectMan.(lterningtou's)
Direct Northern • • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .•- • • • • • •
Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colme
Dublin and Drogheda....
Dublin and Galway . • • ••
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath .
Dundee and Perth
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2)
Eastern Counties . • • .. • •
Do. New
Do. Perp. spr Ct., No 1
Do. do. N 0.2
East Dercham & Norwich
East Union
Ditto Extension • . • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shit, es • • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Ellin b. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent• •
Edinburgh and Nerthern
Edinburgh and Peebles • •
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and 51ig0....
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Ellwood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow • •
Glasgow and Ayr. • • • ••
Do. Quarter Shares....
ilasgow and Greenock..
Ditto New. ••
Ditto Preference • •• • •
(I iasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
lisgw, Kilmarnck, &Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast tin.
Goole and Doncaster ••••
Grand Junction .•
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto New Quarters • •
Ditto Eighths ••• • •
grand Union -
Great Eastern & Western
Gt I iri nsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
I it tithni & Wstrn (Irlud)
Ditto Extension
Great Munster.. • • .• • • • •
Grt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England
1)0. New 401. Shares ••
Do. New 30/. Shares
I treat Western • • .. •• .•
Ditto Half Shares ...;
Ditto Fifths
tuilfrd, Farchm, & Ports.
Harwich •• • • • • • •
nil rsffil & Man. It. &Canl
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough • •
I lull and Selby • • • •
1/It to Quarter Shares
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Inverness and Elgin • • • •
Isle of Jersey • .
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray • • • •
Killarney Junctions • •
Lancaster and Carlisle • •
Lancaster and Preston
Leeds and Bradford • • • •
Ditto Extension
heels and Dewsbury.. • •
Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • •
Leed & W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares
Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn
London and Birmingham
Ditto Thirds •••• • • • •
])itto Quarters • • • • .
London and Illaekwall
lautn. Oxfd. & Chltnham.
London and Brighton.
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon •
Ditto New . • ••••• • • •
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt.
London and Greenwich .
Do. Pref. or Privilege • .
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares
1)0. New, 401. Shares
London and York . • • • • • •
Ditto ( ilawtry) . • • • • • •
London and Windsor..
ll:cootni,tilont.iSicarlrysb,u&ry, &
Coleraine
Lomtoislert y & Enniskilln
Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • • "
Lynn an 1 Dereham .• • • •
Manchester and Leeds • •
Ditto i half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto Sixteenths . • • • • •
Mattel's r and Birkenhead
Jfaneliester &Birminghm
r Dittoaw ht Coc It.
rine.
was
vQei rtuenalS:rlieajrir
Bury
5
nudist], Matti, & Matlk
Mail. Sl:cf. and Mid. June.
llaneltestr & Southamptn
Midland ...• • • • • • • • • " • •
DlMFifths • • • • • • • • • •
Di o New .••••• • • • • •
Do. Con. Rim. & Derby
Midln.i Gt 'Westrn (Irish)
o
ligo
Nweatie., Durham, & Lan.
NNI
eceul,n)Lee
New
it:: reewt eaDaliaddir:l
Ciiinegadrtt
sScgul
Newi.ort & AbergavennY
Newry al id Enniskillen • -
Newr•-tt and Sheffield . •
North 1-:'fish • • • • • • "
Ditto New Shares • •
Northc:.• and Eastern •
Do. ,c ip (iss..at_s dig

Do. t,loarter Shares
North Devon . ...... • •
North Kent • • • •• • • ' •
North Staffordshire • •
North Eastern.......
North Union (A)• • • • • •
Ditto (B)• •
North Wales Mineral• •

Ditto New Shares • •
Not th Western ••• • • •
North Wales •••• • • • •
Norwich and Brandon

Ditto New•- • • • • • • • • • •
Not., Belvoir, & trauthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Na wsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June
Oxford and Worcester ..
Oxford and Cambridge ..

'crtla and Inverness •• •

Portsmouth Direct • • • • •
Preston and Wyrc .... •
Ditto Half Shares •• •

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & dlr.
Preston & Wyre Eaten..
Richmond E-, W. End June
Rughy and Huntingdon...
Scottish Central • • .. • • • •
Scottish Midland • • • • • . • •
Shefli 'ld and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares..

Ditto ditto (No. 2)

Ditto ditto 3) • •
Sheffield and Lincoln....
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb.. Wor., & Crewe
Shrws ,Wolv., & Bir
Shrwsbry & Trot Val. Uu.
Shrws, I lerefd,& N. Wales
Siam Annan . • • • • • • • • • • • •
South Devon . • • • • • • • • • .
South Midland ......
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New (iss. 320 No. I
Do. (i55.331.65.8d.)., 2

Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3
Staines and Richmond ...
St a (fords ire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tears and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley .... • • • • • • • •
Do. and Holyhead June.
Vale of Neath • • •• • • • • .
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Conn.
Wexford and Carlow • • • •
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfil,Wxfd,Wiek& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford • .

Wakfid, Pentzirct, &Goo-1
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London.
. .

West Lancashire

Worcester and Tring....
WhlteNren and Furness
Do. New half Shares..

West Cornwall ... :
West Yorkshire
Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness
WILL, Somrst, & Wcymth
Wilts, SI nrat, & Southam
Yarinoutli and Norwich

...
Ditto New . ..........
York and Carlisle .......
York and North ➢lidland

Ditto Ils It Shares ....
Ditto S.•atbro' Branch
Ditto sclby . ,

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• EXETER, Ocr. 14.
Sr* ctc E KCHANGE.—The sales Ye°ll:
Porchestero p.—North Dino, der, To

I, and
giam,

and Exmouth (Daw's line), % p.—Ditto (Head's), 1 p.
Central Cornwall and Devon. 1,4 p.—Taw Vale Extensi(
% p.—Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Junction, IA p.
South Devon, 30—Eaqtern Counties, 25.

SHEFFIELD, Oar. 14.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Extension,
53/4—Derby and Gainsboroup,h, 2%—Goole and Doncaster,
74—Grimsby and Sheffield, 2614—Ditto, Quarter Shares,
6/. Bs.—Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 121. Its. Gd.
—Grand Union ( Nottingham to Lynn), 33/—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 73/,'4-Manchester, Midland,
and Great Grimsby, 02—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 63/4—
Wakefield and Harrogate, 51A—Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton, 3.

HUDDERSFIELD, Ocr. 14.
Sroci EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grand Union, 3/. 13s.
—Huddersfield and Manchester, 23—Waterford, Wexfoid,
and Valeutia, 3.

STATUES IN THE HOUSES OF

PARLIAMENT.

[Pra.entel to firth Houses of Parliament lw command of
hei:Maksty, and now printed.]
FOURTH REPORT OF THE CONIMISSIONERS ON

THE FINE ARTS.
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

We, the Commissioners appointed by your Majesty for the
purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken
of the mbuildinit of your Majesty's Palace at Westminster,
wherein your Majesty's Parliament is wont to assemble, for
the purpose of promoting and encouraging the fine arts in
your Majesty's United Kingd!pm, and in what manner an
object of so much importance might be most effectually pro-
moted, humbly report to your Majesty that we have at various
times taken into our consideration a letter, dated the 17th of
August, 1843, addressed to us by the Right Hon. Sir Robert
Peel, Bart., respecting public monuments in sculpture and
pailting to men distinguished for eminent literary, scientific,
and civil services, and we now beg to report our opinion on
the points which appeared first to require our attention.
Referring to the letter in question, we have humbly to state
to your Majesty, that, having consulted the architect, and
inspected the edifice in progress intended for the accommo-
dation of the Houses of Parliament, we are of opinion that
there are various portions of that edifice which could with
propriety and advantage be allotted to the reception of mo-
nument-•, such as those to which our attention has been
directed.

We have found in the course of our inquiry that many
situations for statues consist of niches only, which, in accord-
ance with the style of Gothic architecture adopted, are uni-
formly narrow, not exceeding two feet in width ; that there
are also situations were insulated statues might be fitly
placed; and we conceive that. with a view both to-conve-
nient inspection, and the expediency of affording opportuni-
ties for displaying the abilities of the artists, the last-named
situations are the most important..
We have also found that some situations, though not fit for
the display of statues, would be well adapted for the reception
of busts; and we are of opinion that busts might be consi-
dered among the means, before referred to, of doing honour
to eminent men.

With relrect to monuments in painting of the description
indicated, whether such monuments be unders!ood to refer
to portraits, or to other representations, we beg leave to post-
pone our report till the building shall be more advanced.
With regard to the particular classes of eminent men re-
ferred to in the said letter, we are not at present prepared to
express an opinion on the question, whether it would be ad-
visable that any distinct portions of the building should be
set apart for such classes.
We are now prepared to point out some portions of the
building which we conceive might, with propriety, be adorned
with insulated statues; but looking to the fact that, since
this Commission was appointed, certain changes have taken
place in the architect's design, involving alterations in the
extent available for decorations in sculpture as well as
painting, we do not think it expedient on this occasion to
enumerate all the localities which may possibly be adapted
for such statues.

Having thus explained with what views, and to what ex-
tent, we are at present prepared to report to your Majesty
on the subjects recommended to our consideration in the
letter before referred to, we have now to express our opinion
that six insulated marble statues might be conveniently
placed in St. Stephen's porch, and that sixteen such statues
might be conveniently placed in St. Stephen's Hall. We
are of opinion that it is not desirable that a corresponding
number of eminent names be now pointed out with a view
to the entire occupation of those places ; but we are at once
prepared to recommend that statues of Marlborough and
Nelson be placed in St. Stephen's porch ; and that statues
of Sehi' en Hampden, Lord Falkland, Lord Clarendon, Lord
Somers, Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Chatham, Lord Mans-
field, Burke, Fox, Pitt, and Grattan, be placed in St. Ste-
phen's Hall.
We have further to prop,se that t';e following three
artists, viz., William Calder Marshall, John Bell, and John
Henry Foley, whose works in the last exhibition in West-
minster Hall were considered by us to be entitled to special
commendation, be at once commissioned to prepare models
for three of the aforesaid statues, viz., the statues of
Hampden, Lord Falkland, and Lord Clarendon ; and that
the execution of such statues be allotted to the said artists
respectively, as we may hereafter decide.
We have further to propose that 2,000/. of public money be
granted on account towards the payment of such works ; and
we humbly request the sanction of your Majesty to our pre-
sent report.
(Signed) ALBERT
LYNDHURST COLBORNE
SUTHERLAND C. S. LEFEVRE
LANSDOWNE ROBERT PEEL
LINCOLN J. R G. GRAHAM
ABERDEEN T. B. MacatmAir
J. RUSSELL ROBERT HARRY INGLIS
PALMERST';N B. HAWES, JUN.
MELBOURNE HENRY HALLAM
MAHON SAMUEL RocERS
ASHBURTON THOMAS WYSE.
Whitehall, April 25, 1845.
APPENDIX.
No. 1.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE, WITH LIST OF DISTLNDUISHED PER-
SONS TO WHOSE MEMORY STATUES MIGHT BE ERECTED.

Your Committee appointed to " prepare a general list of
distinguished persons of the United Kingdom, to whose
memory statues might with propriety be erected in or ad-
joining the new Houses of Parliament, such list oeing unre-
stricted as to the number of such distinguished persons, and
as to the time in which they lived," have the honour to
submit two lists; the first (A), of names to which they
agreed unanimously; the second (B), of names on which
your Committee were not unanimous, but decided by greater
or smaller majorities.
The aggregate of these two lists consists of 121 names,
which may probably afford scope, not for indiscriminate adop-
tion, but rather for choice and selection on the part of the
Commission at large.
At the same' ime your Committee desire to express their
unanimous opinion, that the attempt to execute any great
number of these statues simultaneously would not be con
ducive to the interests of art.

(Signed)

MAHoN.
T. B. MACAULAY.
ROBERT HARRY INGLIS,
HENRY HALLAM.
SAMUEL ROGERS.
THOMAS `NYSE.
B. HAwEs, JUN.

London, March 11, 1845.
(A.)
Sir William Wallace Bacon
Sir Philip Sidney, Napier
Duke of Marlbo- Newton
Ru bert Bruce rough
Lord Clive Locke
Lord Burleigh Lord Heathfield Robert Boyle
John Hampden
Lord Howard of Caxton
Earl of Clarendon Effingham
Lord Somers Sir Francis Drake Watt
Earl of Chatham Admiral Blake Herschel
Edmund Burke Lord Rodney Cavendish
C. J. Fox Lord Howe
William Pitt Lord Duncan Inigo Jones
Lord St. Vincent Sir Christoph. Wren
Sir Thomas More Lord Nelson Hogarth
Sir Edward Coke Sir Joshua Reynolds
John Selden Sir Walter Raleigh Flaxman
Sir Matthew Hale Captain Cook
Earl of Mansfield
Lord Erskine

Alfred
Elizabeth

- John Howard
Sir Th. Gresham William Wilberforce

Venerable Bede Chaucer
Richard Hooker Spencer
Earl of Surrey
Shakspere
Milton
Addison
Richardson
Dr. Johnson
Cowper
Sir Walter Scott
March 6, 1845. Revised ' March 14, 1845.
(B )
Richard I. Coeur John Wickliffe Ben Jonson

Harvey
Jenner

de Lion
Edward I. John Knox ' John Bunyan
Edward 111. ' Cramer Dryden
The Black Prince Archbishop Usher Pope
Henry V. Abp. Leighton Swift
William 111. Jeremy Taylor Goldsmith
George 111. Chi'lingworth Burns
Barrow Sir Wm. Jones
- Bishop Butler
John Wesley Roberts,n
Cardinal Langton Hume
William of Wick- --
ham
Cardinal Wolsey Sir John Talbot
Earl of Strafford Sir John Chandos Fielding
Lord Falkland Marquis of Montrose
Sir Wm. Temple Cromwell
Lord RUF sell Monk
Sir Robt. Walpole General Wolfe Roger Bacon
Earl of Hardwicke Sir Eyre Coote Smeaton
Earl Camden Sir Ralph Aber• Brindley
Grattan cromby John Hanter
Warren Hastings Sir John Moore Adam Smith
Purcell
Speaker Onslow
Hawke

Garrick

March 6. 1845.—Revised March 14, 1845.
No. 2.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE RESPECTING SELECTION OF
PERSONS WHOSE EFFIGIES MIGHT BE PLACED IN THE

NICHES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

The selection of the statues for the eighteen niches in the
House of Lords, which has now been referred to your Com-
mittee, does not appear to them altogether so free and with
so wide a scope as the selection of the ninety-six figures on
painted glass, upon which they lately reported. In this
case the very narrow size of the niches, and their gothic
form, seem to limit the choice of the Commission to charac-
ters drawn from the feudal age, and, as usual, with effigies of
that period, presenting little or no variety of attitude.
On a careful consideration of the characters which might
be chosen, subject to this condition. your Committee have
become convinced that no scheme is preferable to that which
was first suggested to the Commission by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, namely, to fill the niches with the
effigies of the principal Barons who signed Magna Charta.
Your Committee subjoin a list of the names which they
would recommend for this purpose. They conceive that the
difference of character, as laymen or as prelates would
afford a picturesque variety of attire, and that the historical
analogy would be most suitably attained by placing side by
side in the same House of the Legislature, in windows or in
niches, the successive holders of sovereign power, and the
first founders of constitutional freedom.
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury.
• William, Bishop of London.
Almeric, Master of Knights Templars.
William, Earl of Salisbury.
William, Earl of Pembroke.
Waryn, Earl of Warren.
William, Earl of Arundel.
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent.
Richard, Earl of Clare.
William, Earl of Aumerle.
Geoffrey, Earl of Gloucester.
Sailer, Earl of Winchester.
Henry, Earl of Hereford.
Roger, Earl of Norfolk.
Robert Earl of Oxford.
Robert Fitzwalter.
Eustace de Vesci.
William de Mowbray.
(Sigurd) MAtioN.
T. B. MACAULAY.
R4,111`. HARRY INGLIS.
B. HAWES, JUN.
HENRY HALLAm.
SAMUEL ROGERS.
THOMAS WYSE.
Whitehall, May 15,1845.

No. 3.
LETrER FROM MR. HALL Ali.
24, Wilton-crescent, May 17, 1845.
My Oar cOmpliauce with the request of his loyal