The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-01 00:00:00

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because the facts alleged. sod the practice which they
developed wen as " notorious es the sea et neon day.''
&LT Tax.-411r. Coawast read. $ nsetioll ter doling
'say with the whole of the Salt-tax, instead of lea,.

ing on the two shillings a boobs! ; bat the Ministers
••arried their point by a assjority of twelte. There
being a hundred and four fur them and ninety two
against them. This question, however, may be re.
Tired yet. Because there is a Bill yet to brought in
to be passed, upon the subject.

FILLING Till liouss.—Mr. Path having moved the
order of the day for a Committee on the Alien Bill,
there anise soim. sharp observations as to whose fault
it was that the House had been so frequently unfilled,
and that so much business was left to be done at the
close of the Session. Mr. Peat. said it was as much
the Galt of the gentlemen opposite as of the Ministers.
This conversation closed in a droll way eneegh. The
reports say., " Mr. MICGAIL Amish° TATUM. with
warmth, appealed to the S whether he was
" ever initsing a day at four o'clock.—(A lei h,
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Batoorti Musittim.—Mr. Bateau moved some
Lint 13s. for this year's support of the British MN.
Will I:. Not • word et opposition to this, and Mr.
BENNET even wanted some mots money laid Cut by
ray of pension to a Doctor somebody that had
.the rate of the stuffed crocodiles, the curious cockle-
shells and other wonders of the creation. We thought
that all this sickly stuff would come to an end with
tt.e death of the old Butterfly merchant of Soho
Square. At any rate, if there be people willing to
expend money is such a childish way it ought to
come out of their own pockets and not out of the
sweat of the people. Here are pretty nearly ten thou-
sand punt a year; enough to maintain all the poor
is tea considerable parishes; enough to maintain fire
hondred parishes at tea pounds a year a piece. Here
goes a thirtieth part of the hop-tax smash. We are for
none of your economy and retrenchment gentlemen that
applaud the voting of ten thousand a year. upon British
Museums. Of the two we would rather see it laid out
in sinecures and pensions. It would then, probably,
enable some pretty women to dress better, and some
bucks to rids better horses; things much more ra-
tional, useful and honourable to human nature, than
malting collections of ear-wigs and of the eggs of ea-
tee pillars. A fig for your retrenchment sod economy
that generously expends the fruit of English labour
Non British Museums. We congratulated the French
nation neon the breaking up of their butterfly shop, and
thought BGNAPIRTE • vain fool for having established
it. We thank the 3' inisters for having dissolved that
moat ridiculous thing the Board of Agriculture ;
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we trust we shall yet have to thank them for taking
this thing out of the list of our expenses. They may
do what they will with the Museum. They may, for
ought we care, divide the nonsaoses amongst them-
selves, though of such acquisitions they appear Cot to
stand is need. Otte condition, however, we think
the cation has a right to insist upon, and particularly
we who have gardens near Lentil's; sad that le, that.
the butte*, caterpillars, sod other insects, shall not
come oat of the place aloe, Net shall be destroyed, or
stetted wish straw or preserved with spirits, der at
least, pat to death in some way or other, befoh the
divishe of these valuables shall take place, as these
things are said to belong to the nation, we, of course,
are retitled to a abore;and that share we hereby give
to Mr. flax Ems, who, besides all his other great me-
rits, has the bosom' to be namesake of the great but-
terfly minimal himself.

di soother part of one paper, we have gives a brief
imam of the proceedings of the 1 dinner of
tbf.therepotittse Law Society; and we feel sincerely
moortified that we could net afford an earlier notice nor
usigs a larger space to this interesting subject. Il is
highly Important to a commercial sad wealthy nation,
like ffgeousei, that her law transactions, which suet
ever be numerous sod complicated, should be con-
ducted by men of integaity and eeperienee. The ob-
ject of the Society is to swore that great benefit to
the public; and we congratulate the Institution oa
the great respectability of its Members, and on Its in.
car using :lumbers, sod the g I success and pros-
Amity of its labours. The Netropolitom Imo Society
Las received very high encomiums from the Jsdges
add other great legal characters, and stands little in
need of any prise of our's; hot we cannot refrain
from repressing the good will with which we view all
its proceedings. It would have been well both for
the interests of the public and the character of the
profession, bad such a Society been more early huff-
sated.

DEAL, JUN t 30.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duche.s of Clarence embarked at five this after-
noon en board the Royal Sovereign yacht, under a sa-
lute from the S frigate. and proceeded through
the Downs with a fair wind for Antwerp.
We have much pleasure in stating that orders were
received thin (Saturday) morning to equip his Majesty's
yacht, the Royal George, for his Majesty's personal
' use, it being his intention to resume hit aquatic excur•
sions within the Isle of Wight, immediately after the
rising of Parliament. His Majesty bas given op all
intention of visiting Scotland this year.—(Heaspedire
Telegraph.)
Cow as, Just 29.—The Members of the Royal
Yacht Club have agreed to assemble once a week in
Cowes Roadstead, and to sail their yachts in company,
under the eossmand of a Commodore appointed for the
day. The Marquess of Anglesey is chosen Commo-
dore for Moseley nett, and will make the signal for
sailing soon after ten o'clock, a. ,u..
RADIUM alr SIM—On board the American ship,

Meteor (Capt. Conn) which sailed from New York On
the 24th of May and arrived at Liverpool on the 24th
of Jane, and in which Mr. Jas. P. Cohbett came pas-

senger, they had radiahee to eat, every day during the
passage. A box which made part of the ben-coop at.
tached te the companion way, with holes in the hot.
tom, was filled with earth. The radishes. fit to eat
when got at New York, were pleated I. this earth,
♦try thickly ; aad were taken ■p for use u they were
wasted. The box was lashed to thestaations on the
quarter.deek, and had a lid, to be pat down in ease of
rough weather. This is a truly useful thing, sad so-
thieg Can be RON easy to pet is execution,

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