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SUBJECA POR ANATOMICAL DISSIXTION.
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The House met at a quarter to five o'clock, when
the Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woelsitck.
After a few private Bills of no particular moment
had been disposed of,
The. Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose and said,
that seeing a Noble Lord (Dudley) in his. dace, be
would take' that opportunity of proposing to his
Majesty's Ministers a plan whereby the public
schools, of surgery might be abundantly and satis-
factofllyiiceemmodated with subjects for anatomical
experiment. The plan which he had the honour tc
propose, ,and which he could assure their Lordships
was the result of long and serious reflection, Aim-
sessedilie joint recommendations of-a beneficent hu-
manity, an unquestionably good taste, and a sound and
enlightened policy. It was to the following effect :
—As the Cabal of the Ultra Tories were now no
Lordships---would longer of service to the community ; as, moreover,
its members were many of them far advanced in
that particular period of life which Cicero defined as
the ne plus ultra of human wretchedness ; he
(the Marquis of Lansdowne)--deferring at tha
same time to the better judgment of their
Ps—would respectfully beg leave to propose
that an accurate Census of that Cabal be presented at
stated intervals to the House, kikorder that so fast
as each member died off, his laWmight he sold to
the parish hospitals, and the proceeds he devoted to
the endowment of a new anatomical Professorship at
that fountain head of enlightened policv,and-religious
toleration, the University of Oxford. (Hear, hear,
and loud cheers.) He confined his proposal to the
Ultra Tones, because as the members of that
Cabal invariably died, in what is called, good condi-
tion, they would do infinitely' greater credit to the
scalping-knife, that' if selected indiscriminately
from among the poorer and. less patriotic classes of
society. Should, however, the demand leseveobjects
exceed the supply, his Lordship in that;,would
suggest that the senior members of the CiliaT be put
to death from time to time, quietly, decorously, and
i.
thelloonrNtA‘th,
ftotroert
unworthy
with as little inconvenience as possible to their
nervous system. With respect to nbjection on
the part of the Ultra Tories to this arrauge-
~;;
uncut lie could not conceive it possible-. they could
start any ; indeed, when he came. seriously to re-
flect on their stern, unflinching patriotism—stheis
generous disregard of self in every instance where
, i nccures were concerned—their superioritylto vulgar
prejudice—and, above all, their deep-rooted, cordial,
and affectionate sympathy with the rising intalli-
ttence ss!;
of the people,—when he (die ValiMarquis)
reflected on these several characteristic traits of
Ultra Toryism, he really could not. conceive it pos-
sible that they would start even the shadow of an •
objection. He should not now detain the House
(which he was glad to find went with him) further
than to propose that a Committee—to be etdi,al Cis
Resurrection . Comtnitteehe fsrthsvitlisappeints,i, •
fur the express purpose of acting that the diifeteli,
public and private hospitals be periodically prsvideu
\with a sufficient and liberal abundance of Ultres
Tory subjects.—(Loud cheers.)
Lord KING begged leave to propose all'arnentl-
ment to the Noble Lord's motion. He had lathy
had the honour ofrininterview with Mr. Absrliello--,
who had assured him with all the courteous rope:silty
of mariner for which that eminent surgeontwas so
conspicuous, that. the best subjects .for dissectiOn '
were invariably those who were expressly despatched
for the purpose ; for . that the tendency of natural
death was to dry up and confound the distiiAczions
between . the muscular and nervous system, and
thereby neutralize. the most elaborate efforts of the
anatomist. Coineidingin this view of the question,
he (Lord 'King) should move by way of amend-
nient—and in doing so, he solemnly declared that
lie was influenced by no feelings of party spirit, or
private spleen—that a select few of the senior Ultra
Tories be instantly handed over alive to the hospitals,
and that the - very first subject for such- anatoinicais•
experiment be the venerable and. intelligent Earl of
Eldon.—(Loud' cheers.)
- - A NOBLE LORD, whose name we could not
learn, was happy:. in thii opportunity of paying his
tliblite of. respect to the venerable. Ex-chancellor, by
,cordially seconding the motion for his martyrdom.
Lord LIMERICK_ was. not partiehlar as to who •
should be-the first subject for experiment (providing
that it was not himself), but thought that the Eati
of Eldon could net in common decency oppose so
harmless an experiment. If, after having been duly
anatomized, he should think fit to disapprove the
operation, it would then surely be tinSs enough to say
so.—(Loud laughter.)
The Earl of ELDON here rose, evi'dently much
effected. He was grateful for the honour deny him
by the amendment of the Nobl:2 Lord (King),- but
felt serious doubts as to its propriety. It was on
rpitoibulifcogr roasunadpso,
ohrosavielrp,rit,haatte liireosilt,!,:rLc:iidi,tlblies
so..boj,tic.i•
must cheerfully sacrifice his interests (as he trustej
he had invariably shown) to the welfare of both
Church and State. But a far more illustrious statea-
titan than himself, the Marquisof Londonderry (-..hoc„
he was glad to see in his place) yet lived to adorn the
House by his presence and electrify it by his
eloquence, and so long as that was the case, so long
should he (Lord Eldon) refuse to accept the flatter-
lug precedency implied by the Noble Lord (King's)
amendment. He.should therefore propose that in-
stead of " Lord Eldon" the words " Lord London-
sleery" be substituted as the first subject for anatomi-
cal experiment.--(Loud and repeated cheers.)
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thanked the
Noble Earl for his considerate courtesy, but begged
to decline the honour in favour of his respected friend
tlie.Earl of Westinoreland.—(At this period of the
debate the Noble Marquis made a precipitate retreat
from the House, and has, since ' retired to the conti-
nent, apprehensive, as we have been given to under-
stand, of the result of so interesting a discussion.)
The Earl of WESTMORELAND felt himself
oppressed—subdued--Overwlielmed in shout by the
flattering civility of the Noble
,Lord (Londonderry),
and still more by the affable and gratifying eagerness
with which the House had accepted his proposal.—
(Repeated cheers.)—He could nut, bower, r, belp re-
flecting that a virtuous and venerable bud; yet ex-
isted; (here his Lordship glanced his eye tone arms the
Bench of Bishops),whose lives were one !wig, unsto tied
ylainlpe'llsin lrteatte theyi°ll N' V I
preparation for eternity,
theflee
funs'
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AtheerN2
Bench.)Bishopshoi srm'Tooi
gl‘fiNeh'ntin;nsa(otrC;r'titriedt ;:oontffisiNlteho: wayt Nicouo'onbifi
.ieoef andeithlte:REeffieee: rivrsieOP:ltill.
but he (Lord Weattnoreland) vonjured the House
povvNts, in reply, it was resolved that the Earl
of Eldon be. the first subject selected for anatomical
(experiment, and that he be forthwith despatched I,)
a conjoint and compulsory perusal of Lord London-
-1I rry's Narrative of the Peninsular War, Mr.
Hankes's Constitutional History of Rome, and Sic
Thomas Lethbridge's Orations on the Com
Question,
The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Seven
o'clock.

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resemble the lutaTs from the Praith Ncith which an LS CI:.
Cotemporary lJtely anMsed his readers.

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nredal which is antinul!y presorted by the Society of
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