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sonian Institution will hold their places so long as they can render themselves serviceable to the appointing power, and so long as they are not wanted by its more supple tools. It is the scheme of Mr. Rush, wearing a mask of hypocrisy over its visage of brass. The Bill provides for the payment of the Expenses of the members of the Board of Regents when in attendance upon their official duties; --for the "erection of a suitable building, with halls for the reception and arrangement, upon a liberal scale, of objects of natural history, including a geological and mineralogical cabinet; also, a chemical laboratory, a library, a gallery of art, and the necessary lecture rooms;" for the payment of the Salary of the Secretary who shall also discharge the duties of librarian, and keeper of the Museum. The Secretary is authorized, with the consent of the Board of Regents, to employ assistants; and the mention of Lecture rooms supposes the appointment of Lecturers. The appropriation for the cabinets, laboratory, and gallery of art is not specified. That for the Library is limited to $25.000 per ann. The unclear section then provides that any interest accruing on the Smthson Fund "not herein appropriated, and not required for the purposes herein provided" the said managers are authorized to dispose of