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The vote was then agreed to, as were also 52,050/. for the
building of the British Museum ; 6,217/ for the Collections of
the British Museum ; and 1,500/. for defraying the expenses
of the National Gallery.

8,850/. was proposed for the Museum of Economic Geology
in Dublin.

Mr. HAMILTON congratulated the House upon the gen-
tleman who had been appointed to superintend this institution
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said he fully concurred in the ob.
servations of the Hon. Member opposite.
The vote was then agreed to.
5,839/. for the observations at the Cape of Good Hope and
Van Dieman's Land was next agreed to.
The House then resumed.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY'S BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
THE GAMES AND WAGERS BILL,
Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the licensed vic-
tuallers against this Bill.
The Bill was adjourned till Monday.
SLAVE TRADE (BRAZIL) BILL.
Sir R. PEEL said, that in 1836. Brazil entered into an
agreement with this country to declare that the slave-trade
should be abolished, and that all vessels detected in that trade
after that time and taken, should be declared guilty of an act
of piracy.
Mr. HUTT did not think that the means proposed by the
Bill were sufficient for the purposes for which it was intended.
After some discussion the Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Monday next.
The Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time.

The Land Revenue Act Amendment Bill was read a third
time and passed.
Tho report on the Bonded Corn Bill was ordered to be re-
ceived, after some objef•tions made by Mr. Hutt, in conse-
quence of the lateness of the hour, as he had been many nights
watching the Bill, which was neither a pleasant nor a healthful
occupation.
The report on the Excise Duties on Spirits (Channel
Islands) Bill was received.
The Drainage (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Merchant Seamen Bill was, after some discussion, read
a third time, and passed.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at half-past two o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,
FRIDAY, JULY 18.
SUPPLY.

Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed,
" That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro-
posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question,
in order to add the words " this House will, upon Wednesday, the
23d day of this instant July, resolve Itself into a Committee, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of an Address to her Majesty,
humbly requesting that she will be graciously pleased to take into
consideration the claims for further pecuniary recompense of the
Officers, Seamen, Soldiers, and Marines engaged in the operations
against the Chinese Empire, in the years 1840, 1841, and 1842," in-
stead thereof: --Question put, " That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 68.
Antrobus, Edmund Ewart, William Lockhart, William
Arkwright, George Fielden, John Mackenzie, T.
Baird, W. Fitzroy Henry Mackenzie, W. F.
Barkly, 11. Flower, Sir James 31‘Sei11, Duncan
Baring, W. B. Forman, T. S. Masterman, John
Benbow, John Forster, Matthew Mundy, E. M.
Bernard, Viscount Fremantle, Sir T. Nichol], John
Bottleld, Beriah Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Sir R.
Bowles, Admiral Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathan
Broadley, Henry Goulburn, Henry Pringle, Alexander
Tiruce, Lord E. Graham, Sir J. Itashleigh, W.
Buckley, Edmund Greene, Thomas Scott, Francis
Cardwell, Edward Grogan,
'Edward Smith, T. B. C.
Chute, W. L. W. Halford, Sir 11. Somerset, Lord G.
Clerk, Sir G. Hamilton, Lord C. Sutton, H. 3f.
Cockburn, Sir G. Henley, J. W. Tennent, J. E.
Collett, W. R. Herbert, Sidney Trench, Sir F. W.
Cony, Henry Hope, Charles Trevor, G. R.
Crawford, W. S. Howard, P. 11. Wellesley, Lord C.
Cripps, W. Hughes, W. B. Williams, William
Darner, Colonel Hutt, William
Darby, George Jermyn, Earl TELLERS.
Dickinson, F. H. Kemble, Henry Young, John
Douglas, Sir H. Lennox, Lord A. Baring, Henry