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Lord SANDON did not agree with the Hon. Gentleman t
that it was a job. He believed that it was an undertaking of
great public utility.
The vote was then agreed to.
762/. was then voted to defray the expenses in effecting im-
provements in the ambassador's house in Paris ; as also
13,000/. for the expenses cf the British embassy at Vienna and
Constantinople.
50,0001. for the expenses of steam communication to India
by the Red Sea.
16,000/. for the commission of volunteers in Canada.
On the vote of 150,0001. being proposed for the construction
of harbours of refuge,
Sir C. N API R said that, while approving of the general
application of the public money to such benefic►al purposes, he
objected to Dover being included in the ports thus improved;
it was a harbour that could never be used; the expense would
be thrown away.
Ad&ral DUNDAS said that if the Gallant Captain would
read the report of the Commissioners on the construction of
harbours of refuge. he would soon change his opinion as to
the incompetency of Dover. Among the Commissioners one
only, Sir W. Symonds, entertained a doubt of the efficacy of
that port, and even that Gallant t fficer did not propose to
omit it, but to couple Dungeness with it.
After a few words from Air. WILLIAMS, the vote was
agreed to.
On the sum of 1,9.001. being proposed for the purposes of
St. Margaret's Church,
Mr. P. BORTHWICK objected to the vote, on the ground
of its being a monstrous di.filurement to the neighbourhood.
The Georgian Gothic style introduced in its interior rendered
it a most glaring instance of bad taste, and he would rather see
it pulled down, and another erected in a more populous part of
the parish. Like Westminster Abbey, whose original architec-
tural beauties were being hidden behind the unseemly monu-
ments sprawling their monstrous shapes along, like to nothing
in heaven above or earth beneath, the Church was a deformity,
and the sooner it was removed the better.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that even
supposing the church was an eye-sore, it could not be taken
down and rebuilt in another place under a sum of 40,0001, and
the question was, whether the House was prepared to vote
that sum for such a purpose. Besides, it should be remembered
that the building was the parish church of the Parliament.
The speaker of their House, and all Members who chose to ac-
company him, once a year attended public worship there, and
it was for that reason that peculiar privileges were attached to
it, which ought not lightly to be withheld.
Captain OSBORNE hoped the Hun. Member (Mr. Borth-
wick) would press his opposition to a division, and he for one
would vote with him, and that upon the statement of the
Chancellor of the Exchequet, for it was evident that that Hon.
Member's private opinion was against the church, though as
Chancellor of the Exchequer he naturally asked where was the
money to come from fur its substi'ute.
Mr. HINDLEV suggested the postponement of the vote.
Lord SANDON defended the vote, considering the state of
religious education and instruction in the country. He could
not consent to any course that would interfere with the appli-
cation of funds for such purposes as those set forth. He would
set himself against the feeling so generally expressed by the
House.

Mr. J. A. SMITH supported the postponement of the vote.
After a few words from Lord SANDON and Mr. OSBORNE,
Mr. S HEIL wished to know if ever her Majesty's Ministers,
or the Members of the House, attended St. Margaret's
church ?- (Laughter.) It was his impression that it was very
rarely used by them. He considered St. Margaret's church
was an eye-sore to the neighbourhood, and materially inter-
fered with the view of the Abbey. It would also interfere
with the view of that magnificent building they were now
erecting. It would be highly improper that they should sacri-
fice 800,0001. for the conservation of that, the removal of
which would only cost 40.0001., and which affected so much
the beauty of the neighbourhood.
Mr. HAWES objected to the church of St. Margaret's
being considered an eye-sore. He generally agreed with the
Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool.
Mr. OSBORNE explained. He thought that they should
remove any obstacle that would mar the general effect of the
great public buildings in this locality.
Sir J. GRAHAM agreed with the Noble Lord the Member
for Liverpool, and with the remarks made by the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He considered
the repairs ought to be provided for, and he did not think a
more economic sum could be named than the amount stated in
the vote.
Mr. PROTHEROE considered St. Margaret's church a
fair specimen of undecorated Gothic architecture, and if it were
removed it would display the most defective part of the Abbey.
He was of opinion that the church in question was very well
adapted for the purposes of worship. He would support the
vote.

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL considered that it would be a
great advantage if the church and churchyard were removed.
He thought there would be no difficulty in getting a new site
for the church.
Mr. E -COTT thought the church was a nuisance, and
ought to be removed.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he would press the motion to a
division, as he had not heard anything to alter his views on the
subject. The expense of pulling down the church and erect-
ing a new one in its stead in a more convenient site, would be
20,0001. He did not see why the churchyard should be pro-
faned by a public footway, and the funeral service disturbed by
idle smoking f-llows lounging about there.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said the Committee ought to
pause before they decided upon the subject. He would recom-
mend a postponement of the vote.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined to
accede to the suggestion of the Gallant Officer.
The House then divided, when there appeared--
For the amendment
Against it l9
Majority
The vote was then agreed to.
The next vote proposed was 2,0001. for the repair of the
public statues of the metropolis.
Mr. WILLIAMS thought the statue of Cromwell should be
placed among the statues which were to adorn the new Houiet
of Parliament. Few men placed in his position, and in his
time, were stained with fewer crimes. Surely the name of
Cromwell deserved as much respect in this country as that of
Napoleon in France.
Mr. HUTT jocosely observed that the eulogium of the Hon.
Member for Coventry meat be gratifying to the manes of Oliver
Cromwell. He had not, however, heard that the statue of
Cromwell had been excluded from the design of the new Houses
of Parliament ; in fact, he had been informed of the contrary.
The vote was agreed to.
A vote of 1,8151. was agreed to, to defray the expenses of

certain officers in Scotland.
A vote of 6,4641. was proposed for the payment of officers o!
the Lousehold of the Lord Liewenant of Ireland. . .

Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE said that last year there had
been a great deal of di‘cussion on this subject, and it was un-
derstood that the Government were not anxious to continue
this useless expenditure of public money. It had been even
rumoured that the present would 5e the last Lord Lieutenant.
He wished to know if such MB the intention of Government ?
Sir. R. PEEL said he could not then, the lion. Gentleman
having given no notice of his question, reply to it.
Mr. B. OSBORNE said he had been deterred from making
a motion on the subject, in consequence of the hopes which the
Government held out of proposing the abolition of the office.
The vote vas agreed to.
A sum of 39,000/. was proposed to defray the expenses of
her Majesty's foreign and other secret service.
Mr. WILLIAMS said he opposed the vote last year, and
would do so in the present year, on the same ground ; that, in
a tim.s of peace, and when all nations were at amity with one
another, so large a sum should be employed for purposes which
poperly belonged to periods of trouble and warfare. He would
move, as an amendment, that the vote lie reduced to 20,000/.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion
Again 4 it
Majority... —47
EDUCA LION IN ENGLAND.
75,000/. was agreed to, without opposition, for promoting
education in Great Britain.
EDUCATION IN IRELAND:

75,000/. was next proposed to the National Board of Educa-
tion in Ireland, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of edu-
cation in connexion with it.
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON protested against the principle
involved in the vote, as it excluded other societies, having
for their object the promotion of education, from it. He did
n-tt, however, feel it his duty to raise a discussion on its merits,
on account of the absence of Irish Members.
Mr. B. OsBORNE referred to a statement made by the
Bi,hop of Cashel at a meeting, in which he set forth that 75
out of every II 0 of the people of Ireland could neither read
nor write. lie could not charge that Right Rev. Prelate with
suggestio falsi, but with having been guilty of suppresio yeri,
as his observation could only apply to children under ten, and
not younger titan five, years.
51r. WYSE wished to know whether it was the intention of
the Gov..rnment to establish any model schools in Ireland?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was the intention of the
Board of Education of Ir,-land to establish model schools in
certain districts in Ireland.
Mr. Fl l'Z ROY hoped the grant would effect great good.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL said the Board of Education in Ire-
land should be composed of persons of different sects, that they
might see that the money voted to them was properly expended.
He also hoped that they would meet in a friendly, instead of a
hostile spirit, for the purpose of promoting secular education,
and for emulating the youth of Ireland of different religious de-
nominations to a generous, not a jealous, spirit of rivalry. The
National Board of Education had done great good.
Lord C. HAMILTON had always opposed the National
Board, as he believed a better system might be adopted. The
most liberal education was imparted in the schools belonging to
the Church Education Society.
Mr. M... 1. O'CONNELL referred to the report of a meet-
ing at which the National Board was denounced in a gross
manner by parties who were members of the Church Educz-
tion Society.
Mr. OSBORNE—When the Noble Lord asks why this was
not an united system he would tell him. The fact was because
the Protestant clergy had refused to give their attendance to
.these schools, while the Ronan Catholic clergy had done their
utmost to prove that they were interested in the improvement
of the people. If the Noble Loral had thrown overboard his
consistency with regard to Nlaynooth, why should he not give
his coosisiency to the winds on other points?
Lord C. H ANIIL lON was quite prepared to defend his con-
sistency on lio.h p int', but he old n t think that this was the
time to enter on such a discussion.
A vote of 4,9111. was then agreed to, for defraying the ex-
penses of the School of Design, after a few words from Mr.
WILLIAMS,
It was then moved that 7,380/. be appropriated to the pay-
ment of the professors of the Scotch Universities.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD moved the sum be re-
duced to 7,228/.
The House then divided, when there appeared:—
For the amendment
Against it ...
Majority against the amendment —s7
A sum of 2,1(X)!. was then voted for the Belfast Instituti,n,
which was disputed on the ground of its being enormous.
.Mr. HINDLEY said that ht• felt that though the opinions
which he represented were very unpopular in
_thatflou se,
they had a large constituent} out of doors, and
motion
e therefore
felt bound to oppi4se the motion; but on a to divide
the House, Mr. Hindltty said, that he saw his own movement
was fruitless. and he would accordingly withdraw it.
On the vote of 44,400/. being proposed for the British
Museum,
Mr. WYSE thought that a distinct building ought. to be
appropriated to the reception of antipe sculptures and other
treasures of antiquity. The expense would be but little in-
creased to the country, and the advantages to the fine arts
would be invaluable. He had no desire to take up the time. of
the House, but he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would give
this subject his full consideration during the recess, as it was
his (Mr. Wyse's) intention to bring the subject before the
House during the next session.
of Stihreßs.,Pb
jEecEtt.ads,aeidttethd toathe was fully aware of the importance
by the lion. Member, to the arts
of the country, but it would be out of the power of the Govern-
ment to accede to his preposition, as there were already so
many claims of a similar character pon them, while they had
no fund to which they might refer for such a proposition. So
averse was he to any further vote on this subject, that he would
rather assist out of his own private means, to the erection of
such a separate building for the reception of these antiquities
(if such a building were really required) than further to tax
the people for the support of public institutions.
Mr. PRO cHERUE did not consider with the Hon. Member
(Mr, Wyse) that the style of the newer portion of the British

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that these sculptures could not be received into it ; and before
voting an increase of money fors separate building, he should
wish to know where the antiquities to fill it were to come
from.—( Laughter.)
air. WARM N thought that such a space would be
required for the r. n cants of medieval architecture, that
the country should no be put to the expense of providing such
erections.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK did not consider that these rem-
nants were so numerous as the Hon. Member opposite seemed
to imagine.
After a few words from Mr. W YSE, in explanation, the vote
was agreed to.
The sum of 50,0001. in addition to the former vote of
100,0004. was then proposed for civil contirgenties.
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to that part of the vote which
ccmprehended the cost of excursions made by bishops in her
Majesty's ships of war. The Bishop of Gibraltar had
brought an expense upon the country of 3101. 101. 3d., in-
cluding 1001. for travelling expenses to Lisbon, and 181. thence
to Cadiz, while the Prince of Prussia performed the same dis-
tance at a cost of 251. The Bishop of Antigua also had entailed
an expense of 147/., the Bishop of Barbadoes 1891. 35., and
the Bishop of Nova Scotia 1691. 35., and of Newfoundland
1251., making altogether a sum of somewhat about 9001. 9s. Ild.,
which amount he proposed should be deducted from the vote,
as well as 1,20 which had been expended upon Episco-
palian clergymen in Scotland. He did not see why the con-
gregations who attended upon the ministry of those ecclesias-
tics, should not support them in the same way that the Free
Church Ministers were supported by their congregations. He
should, therefore, decidedly oppose the granting of both these
sums.
Sir C. NAPIER said that his Hon. Friend behind seemed
to be somewhat mistaken in his statement of the manner in
which this money was expended. If it were proved that the
Bishops had gone on these excursions in the exercise of their
duties, he shauld not think of deducting the sum from their
pay any more than he would do so from the captain of a man-
of-war under similar circumstances ; but if they did so for
their own pleasure, then, by all means, he said, keep it out of
their accounts.—( Laughter. )
'the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained
that the expenses had been incurred in the ordinary course of
conveyance from one part of the diocese to another. If they
made mere pleasure excursions, of course the expense would be
defrayed, not out of the public, but their own private resources.
In these cases, however, he could assure the House the charges
were purely incurred in their official capacity, and were not
intended to defray the expenses of any private gratification.
Captain PECHELL said that he did not understand why
the bishops or ambassadors should charge any of these 'ex-
penses, because they were supplied with a very first-rate table.
and, therefore, he thought that the opposition of the Hon.
Member fur Coventry to the vote was exceedingly well founded.
He observed in the estimates that the sum of 93!. was charged
for the protection of the Queen of Tahiti on board the Cor-
morant. He did not object to that sum, tor he thought it
very mo;!erate. But he wished to know from whom that Queen
was protected ?--(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
Sir G. COCKBURN—The Gallant Officer must be well
aware that the Queen of Tahiti was afforded protection from
the French.
Mr. SHEIL objected to the vote proposed for payment to a
Mr. Ross, a reporter in the pay of a London morning paper.
That gentleman had been also employed by the Government
as a witness against Mr. O'Connell, and the other gentlemen
who were prosecuted by the State in Ireland. He did Hot think
that this vote should be taken, as that gentleman represented
himself before the trial as still employed by the paper which he
had orieinall represented.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, knowing that Mr. Ross had
been engaged iu his efficial character at several of the meetings
held in Ireland, and that he had taken notes of certain speeches
there, he (Sir James Graham) had directed him to be en-
gaged rs a witness on these trials.
Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the item included in this
vo.e for defraying the expenses of the Commission for Digesting
the Statutes of Criminal Law, an item and statutes which he
considered very hard indeed to be digested.—( Laughter. )
After a few words from Mr. Hindle}, Sir C. Napier, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the House divided, when there
appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority for the vote —s7
On our re-admission to the gallery, we found
Mr. CORRY on his legs, stating the improvements and
alterations which he proposed in the classification and pay of
captains in the navy. It was proposed to create a retired list of
300 captains of the age of sixty-five years and upwards, or
in caae any of that age preferred remaining on the active
list, to select such under it, as from infirmity sir otherwise,
were deemed worthy of being placed on this list. After this
list had been made up. he proposed that vacancies should not
be supplied until it had been reduced to 100, when it should
be made up in the same manner by those willing to accept
the retirement. By this arrangement the number of captains
woud be reduced from 714 to 400, and the 14s. 6d. list be re-
duced to 53., while the others would be proportionably
decreased. The system had been introduced with
the best intentions and wishes of the Government, and he
believed it would be generally acceptable to the profession.
Capt. PECHELL said that with regard to the class of lieu-
tenants and commanders, to which his Hon. Friend had alluded,
they were classes which did not rise by seniority, and he would
be ready to concur in any plan which would furbish them as ith
snore active employment. It was necessary that those data
should be adopted for the regulation of the service. He had
on a great many occasions differed from his Honourable Friend
opposite, but then he thought that the objections which had
been urged might be removed.
Sir C. NAPIER said that he must support the claims of
those who had spent their lives in the service of their country.
It appeared to him that the claims of these retired officers were
well founded, and that the Government could not possibly re-
sist them. The allowance exceeded his (Sir C. Napier's)
most sanguine expectations.
Admiral DUNDAS said, that in his opinion, the benefits of
this vote should not be confined to captains merely. There
were many admirals on the one hand, and commanders on the
other, who were equally entitled to its advantages.
Sir G. COCKBURN defended the vote. Let the House
give it a fair trial, and if it did not meet with the sanction of
all classes in the navy, and was found to be inefficient in working,
then it would be still in the power of the Admiralty to alter
and amend it.

Sir R. PEEL said that there were cases in which an in-
crease of expenditure was the preferable economy. and he
thought that the retirement of 300 officers would be •f this
character. Ho was quite aware that this was an important
vote, and that it would in some cases be liable to objection. In
some instances he should reserve the powerof appointing those
retiring captains to the rank of admirals, but this power would
only be exercised in the case of men distinguished by their abi-
lities and services, whose services it was desirable should not be
lost to the country.
Mr. S. HER BERT said that the effect of the measure, so
far from precluding, would double the chance of promotion
both to the admira!s and captains.
'the vote was then agreed to.
'the CHAIRMAN then reported progress and the House re-
sumed and immediately after went into Committee on Ways
and Means, when several votes were agreed to, and the House
again resumed.
Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Valuation (Ire-
land) Bill, which was, after a few words from Sir R. FERGU-
SON, received.
THE REAL PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL.
The report on this Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered
to be read a third time this day.
THE ASSIGNMENT OF TERMS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
NAVAL ME. ICAL SUPPLEMENTAL BILL.
The House then went into Committee en the above Bill,
and the clauses having been passed, the report was ordered to
be brought up to-morrow.
WASTE LANDS (AUSTRALIA) BILL
On the order of the day for the second reading of the Waste
Lands (Australia) Bill,
Mr. C. BULLER objected to any attempt to smuggle the
Bill through the House at that late hour. He could assure
the House and the Government that it would be tenaciously
and vigorously opposed in every stage, and that there were
many interests opposed to the passing of the measure.
After a few words from Mr. HAWES,
Mr. AGLIONBY moved that the Bill be read that day six
months.
SirJAMES GRAHAM said that if any opposition were
offered to the question that night he should be glad to postpone
it till to-morrow.
The gallery was, however, cleared, when the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against it
_ . .

Majority... —23
Mr. WAR BU turoN then moved the adjournment of the
debate till Monday week.
The gallery was again cleared for a division, but after some
time strangers were admitted, none taking place.
After a desultory discussion, in which Mr. Hawes, Mr.
Scott, and another Hen. Member took part, the gallery was a
second time cleared on Mr. Warburton's motion.
On our adalission to the gallery, it appeared that no division
had taken place, but an arrangement had been entered into for
ab indoning all the Bill except that part referring to Van
Diemau's Land, the discussion of which was adjourned till
this day.
The Apprehension of Offenders Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The Municipal Districts Bill was also read a third time and
passe J.
The Leeds and Bradford Railway (Shipley to Colne) Mis-
take Rectifying Bill was read a second time and ordered to 'be
committed this day.
The Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill went through Coin
mittee.

AY
(YES

C Nll%l Fri" E
TERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
STANDING 01Z.DERS COMIVIITTEM.

The Committee met at 12 o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury in
th• chair.
The following Bills passed through Committee. after some dis-
cussion The London and Croydon Extension Railway Bill, and
the Bolton, Leigh, and Kenyon Amalgamation 13111. The Dublin
Pipe Water Bill also passed through this Committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.

SHEFFIELD ANTI LINCOLNSHIRE LINE.
Viscount Courtenav, Mr. Wall, Mr. Scrope, and Mr. Darby,
the Members composing this Committee, commenced business to-
day by the resumption of evidence on behalf of the above scheme.
Mr. HieKsos having handed in a table of the coaches and
carriers' carts passing on the route of the proposed Lincoln lino,
Mr. Watkins. a maltster, of Worksop, under examination by
Mr. Wog, deposed to the considerable advantages which the
railway would confer on the town generally, and his trade in par. -
ticular. Ile made about 3,000 quartets of malt annually, the
majority of which was sent to Sheffield, and a small proportion to
Manchester. If the projected Lincoln line was constructed he
would probably erect other kilns, by which 700 or 800 quarters of
malt would be additionally made.
Mr. Garside, a timber merchant, of the same town, corroborated
the evidence of the last witness.
Mr. White, the market.clerk of the Duke of Norfolk, at Sheffield,
proved the inconvenience arising to the district in winter from the
closing of the water navigation, and the great importance of a line
such as that under consideration.
Mr. Durham, a miller of Worksop, gave similar evidence.
Mr. Jonathan Marshall, a farmer and corn merchant resident at
W:-.les, a small town near Worksop, 'poise to the fact of a consi-
derable quantity of grain being sent from Lincolnshire to Man.
chester and the West.
Mr. Peter Hartley, a cornfactor of Manchester, attested the
aseuracy of the precocding witness, and mentioned his receiving
sixty eight tons of grain weekly from the Lincolnshire market...
Mr. Thomas Itokeby Appleby, coal and iron.master in the
neighbourhood of the Chesterfield Canal, deposed to the insufficiency
of that navigation for the conveyance of the vast produce is those
districts.

Mr. Grissell, of the firm of Grissell and Pcto, under examination
by Mr. HOPE, spoke to his procuring the stone at present used for
the construction of the new Houses of Parliament from Anston, a
quarry about twis miles from a point on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire
line. He is now obliged to resort to the canal for the purpose of

transmitting the stone, but in consequence of the frequent inter-
ruptions occasioned by the scarcity of water in summer, and its
being frozen in winter, it is a most inconvenient mode of convey-
ance. If the proposed Lincoln line were constructed, he should
send the stone by it to Gainsborough for transhipment.

Mr. Hatfield: an architect, of Sheffield, corroborated this
evidence.

. Mr. Lee, assistant.surveyor to the Paving Board at Sheffield,
deposed to the quantities of good paving stone and magnesian
limestone that are found in the neighbourhood of the Sheffield and
Lincoln line, all of which would be conveyed by it for the use of
the former town; while on the Bawtry branch there is little or
no mineral of any available utility.
Mr. Turner, a butcher, being asked his opinion of the Bawtry
branch, exclaimed, amidst roars of laughter, in which the mem-
bers of the Committee irresistibly joined, " Oh, for! it is not
worth mentioning. It pas►es through a country as barren as their
pigs; it is fertile in neither cattle, vegetables, nor cord l" After
this graphic burst of indignation, the witness was allowed speedily
to withdraw. _

Mr. Thomas Greenwood, traffic.taker and accountant of Man-
chester, then handed in the traffie tables, from which it appeared
that 100,310/. 7s. lid. was anticipated for the gross returns ; de.
ducting 40,1241., or 40 per cent, for working expenses, a net an-
nual income of 60,1861. 7s. lid., ur 8/. 12s. was anticipated on
the capital subscribed.
The Committee then adjourned at five o'clock till to.morrow ,at
noon.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
TUESDAY, JULY 29.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
agreed to :
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway.
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway.

NOTICE GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
London and Norwich Direct Railway,—Report, Thursday
July 31.

London and York Railway Bill reported; report to lie
on the table, and to be printed•
The Leeds and Bradford Railway (Shipley to Cohie)
Mistake Rectifying Bill was read a. tire time.

METROPOLITAN IMPROVE-
MENTS.

There has been a vast deal of fuss and stir made of
late about parks for the people ; but when the grounds
are laid out, and the outskirts or our metropolis are
studded with public parterres, we scarcely know where
people aid be found for the parks. The great delight
of a genuine Londoner is to peramb :date the streets and
admire the taste and magnificence displayed io the m-
bellishments of the shops. Napoleon weered at us as a
nation of shopkeepers ; but when we can boast of such
shopkeepers as Messrs. Hotke and Lowman.w.e, have every
reason to be flattered by the ribaldry of the imper`al scoter.
The vast range of premises, extending from Nos. 256 to
262, in Regent street, form one of the chief ornaintnts ut
that gay anti glittering thor ughtare. Forextent of fruit'
age, magnificent in ati the appointments and decorations,
the tastidikms. • taste and ele-gance which predominate
through the whole building, and the gorgeous splendour
of its ensemble, we kno Iv of no establishment that could
compete with it in either Paris or Vienna. Its twelve
stately windows (a "shinir g row," like Cowper's
needles), each of a single sheet of glass that would serve
as a mirror for an elephant, excite the astonishment ant;
admiration of thej/aneurs. and the low prices which al e
asked for the beantifnl articles exposed tor site, coupled
with the excellence of the material in all the goods maul'.
factured for this establishment, obtain for it all the cele-
brity with none of theunenviable notoriety or odium with
which a " cheap shop" is generally stigmatized. And
whilst we are on this subject of splendid shops, It woul
ba itnpossible to pass by without noticing the bright
array. of costly superfluities at Barry's, at the Egyptian
Hall in Piccadilly. The melancholy Jacques stud long,
long ago, that the " world is still deceived with orna-
ment." but as London is not the forest of Arden. the
"world" will still be well content with what is to be
found at Barry's, and like Tassu's sick child, " dal Auo
tbe chheosseuP;inelcueswshuiierhe, VisohletareirteoebraePinhae;
tivtii:(ig-ta(hilhi;iwnLii)elia-iirdrUidcseit,7n. How exquisite is the fabric of the
Boh(inian glsss cat delabra with ormolu branches, which
he has recently imported ; and nothing can surpass
the elegance of his pendant crystal flower vases, MO'
pendCd in the windo w recess: s, like miniature chandeliers.
coat tieing bouquets in lieu of boogies. And what a vast
deal of time and trouble is saved by his method of mark•
fig linen with stumps t. in truth, Barry must be a man
of great ingenuity as well as taste to originate so many
excellent devices. If we cross Piccadilly, we fall in with
the. renoweii Arcadian. Doudney, who from his citadel
in the Burlington arcade hurls defiance at all his com-
peers, and outdoes every schneider in the land by the
fecundity of his inventive powers. In the Lou t Circular
the other day we read that her Majesty had inspected
and approved of clo:k of an entirely new construction
which has ably is md triim his workshop. The novelty
of this garment consists in it- having a pair of loose sleeves
termed out of the chi Alt itself, and can be worn by
either a lady or gentleman, whether on fitot or on horse-
back. Doudncy has dune perfectly right in registering
the pattern oft his piece of apparel, which seems to pos-
sess so many adva,tages as to have well merited the
royal approbation. From the number of shooting
jackets, gaiters, and other sporting attire which are
piled about his show-rooms, it is evident that great
preparations
are malting for the 12th of August. How-
ever, whilst we are here roaming about this world, we
should take some note of time, and the clocks made by
Messrs. Cart, of the Rae d'Alger, 13, in Paris, enable us
to mark the flight of the &lax let um with a precision
which is truly astonishing. Messrs. Capt possess a
large manufactory for time-pieces at Geneva ; and every
watch undergoes a careful and elaborate revision on its
arrival in the French capital, until the accuracy of a
chronometer is obtained without the immense cost.
Sam Slick, the Clo..kinuker," must hide his diminished
head before M. Capt, who warrants the durability and
correctness of every watch that leaves his establishment
—Post.