§ VISCOUNT MORPETHbrought up the report of the Committee on Works of Art.
§ SIR R. H. INGLISthought that some acknowledgment of public thankfulness ought to be offered to Mr. Vernon for the unparalleled donation he had made to the country. He could not allow the report of the Committee on Works of Art to be laid on the table without expressing his opinion, that an act so unprecedented as that of Mr. Vernon should not pass without acknowledgment. Something ought to be done to mark the public gratitude. If a 756 donation like that were to be allowed to pass by in silence, he feared that the public would not deserve to receive such another.
§ VISCOUNT MORPETHassured the hon. Baronet that the Committee on Works of Art expressed their sense of the great and splendid generosity exhibited by Mr. Vernon in the donation he had made to the country.