The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

V P P burto ;11, - tution SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS), (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Scramble Steeplechase. Viotress Gainure The Metropolitan Steeplechase. Lord George ... British Yeoman Seven ran. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'cLocx. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Cnwus 7 to 1 agst Sunrise 10 to 1 agst Raby 10 to 1 agst Kathleen 12 to 1 agi.t Valentine TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 6 to 4 agst Grecian DERi3Y. 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister 7 to 1 agst Grecian 14 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck 20 to 1 agst Constellation 25 to 1 agst Theseus 50 to 1 agst Neagh= FRANCE- The lloniteur contains the promo tion of M. La cross, ex-Ministe r o f Public Works, and of M. Lerabit, representative of the people, to the rank of officers in the Legion of Honour. The official journal also contains a decree from the President of the Republic,, and countersigned by M. Giraud, the Aiikster of Public Instruction, declaring that in case 1313 . 11 °Ps of a diocese should take premises to open private schools, as allowed by the law now in force, the lease and other papers must be drawn up in their private name, and not under their diocesan title, " the faculty allowed them," says the decree, " of founding such es t a blishments, not by any means extending to the length of directing them, according to their own will,:and independently of the superintendence allowed in the, matter to the fitting authority:' SWITZERLAND. A letter from Friburg, of the 30th ult., says Public tranquillity has not been disturbed in the slightest degree since the deplorable affair of the 2.2 d ult., and the fahe alarm of the 23d. Two days ago certain houses were searched, to ascertain whether, as reported, insurrnts were secreted in them; but none were discovered." The same journal states that M. Carrard, parish priest of Lentigny, brother of the famous chief of in surgents, and M. Bersier, chaplain at Rue, have been arrested. ITALY. The Milan Gazette of the 28th ult. officially con firms the news of the Emperor of Austria having de clared Venice a free port immediately on his arrival in that city. The Statuto of Florence of the 261) nit. states that twenty-five students have been excluded from the University of Pi3a, for having been present at the funeral service which was celebrated on the 23d ult. in commemoration of the battle of Novara. The Armonia of Palermo givesitn — aCcount of a most violent storm, followed by an inundation, which occurred there on the 11 th and 12th ult. The leaters from the adjacent mountains pene- I rated into the town by torrents, after -overthrowing all the dams. The corps of pio neers was immediately called out to open an egress to this sudden flood, which, however, was not effected until the 13th. The director of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo has announced that on the 12th and 13th ult., there fell five inches and a half id rain, being about the fourth part of the rain of one whole year. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo; sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions agianst Papal aggression. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented a petition from sonzte place in Somersetshire, praying for an alter ation in the laws of settlement and of rating. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against Papal aggression; also a petition from some place in Sussex praying that the ratepayers might have a voice in the assessment and disposal of county rates;;also a pe tition against Jewish emancipation; also a petition from certain of the clergy complaining of the manner in which the clergy were assessed to the poor-rate; also a petition from Horsemunden against free trade, and several from the county of Lincoln with a similar complaint. REFUSAL TO BURY A DISSENTING MINISTER IN CHICHESTER. The NOBLE Dunn then rose to present a petition complaining of the proceedings of the Rev. Mr. Ken rick, incumbent of St. Peter's, Chichester, and he felt that he was placed in a most painful position in bringing forward a complaint against a clergyman, who, he be lieved, was a good and charitable man, but who on the occasion referred to had exhibited what he must consi der a great deficiency of Christian charity and a neglect of duty. There had resided for many years in Chi chester an Independent minister, the Rev. Mr. Parsons, a reverend gentleman with whom he was well acquainted, and who had borne a most exemplary cha racter. Mr. Parsons had purchased a piece of ground in the churchyard of St. Peter's, in which his wife bad been but and on his deathbed Mr. Parsons had expressed a des ire to be buried by the side of his wife. Application heed been madz to the rector, and he had replied that the brdy of Mr. Parsons might be buried in the churchyard, but that he would not read the burial service over it; and he had added, that he was aware that he was violating the law, but that he was determined to refits° at all hazards, because, unless he refused there was no chance of any alteration being made in the law. Now he (the Duke of Richmond) could con ceive nothing more dangerous than that respectable gentlemen of education should hold and maintain sueh opinions.—(Cheers.) It clergynen of the Church of England could not conscientiously conform to the law, it was their duty at once to resign their situations, or to conform to the law. The Bishop had been applied to, and be had written a most proper and Christian letter to Mr. Kenrick, who still refused to read the burial service over Mr. Parsons, who had been baptized, because he had been a Separatist and a teacher among Separatists; and the result was, that Mr. Parsons was buried in his own chapel. It might be said, why did they not apply to the Ecclesiastical Court? But that would involve an enormous expense ; and, although he believed every country gentleman i n S ussex and every inhabitant of Chichester would have subscribed towards ? a the expenses, yet there wo u ld have been answer that that body had n o t b een ta k en to the tec imicachurch yard and burial demanded, but had t h at beendonea riot might have been occasioned. Th ere was another case against the same clergyman: an unfortunate woman named Sarah Rogers, had been found drowned it; the canal, the coroner's jury had returned a verdict that she had destroyed herself, being at the time insane; yet Mr. Kenrick roused to read the burial service over her on the ground that he eves convinced that she had destroyed herself being of sound mind; thu s , without making any inquiry, setting up his owu judgment against the verdict r ef the coroner' s jury, delivered upon the oath of twelve men. It would be most dange rous if such things were permit ted to pass unreproved , and cler gy men were allowed in this manner to outrage the feelings of the peaceable in hatietants of a town. If in some towns such occurrences haA taken place as had taken place in the case of Mr. Parsons, the public pe nce would blve been endangered. Ile.attributed the conduct of Mr. Kenrick to an entire want of j' ld gment but he would say, that if a law was- passed that he felt he could not conscientiously car* into effect he e should resign th e commission of the peace, and net reruse to perform his duty, and it would be much better that this g liviug than refuse to execute should res i g n his e the l aw , lie presented the petition which was from the town council of Chichester, paying for the adoption of measures to prevent the re currence of such scenes. The Bishop of CHICHESTER said it w:is with in tense pain that he rose on this °eta s ' et felt grate• ful to the Noble Duke for the testira i" ia . „'l e i c h he had borne to the character of the ' it" Gentle man concerned, and for the temper with he with which "u hurl stated the case. The Rover eves a man of moat Innevolent and character, and was actuated, he Wag Gentleman Zeproachable I r l i . ced by conscientious motives, however mistaken hi s might be. He lamented most dee t p a l l e ; vi t e h w a s t the Rev. Gentleman had taken the view of which he had taken. The Rev. Gentleman had several occasions, read the burial service over Dissenters hut he had refused to read the service over the body of etas Dissenting clergyman, because, as he ;under stood. there were several Dissenting clergymen at the funeral. Ho deeply regretted the conduct which t iis• reverend gent' , man had pursued, and had no sympathy with the reasons which he had adduced; on the contrary, he had always felt that it was a most for tenete circumstance that the Dissenters had contented t iemselvee with erecting their own places of worship and h 4(.1 buried their dead in our churchyard, thus keeping up as it were a connexion with the Church, and facili tating a return from the principles of dissent to those of the Church, and he thought that no ' consideration should induce clergymen of the Church to throw obstructions in the way of thin U sage. Ho had repeated this to Mr. Kenrick, and also "hit,he was guilty of a breach of duty in violating the 1 teas of his country. Unfortunately those representations had been disregarded. Ile could bear his testimony to the hgh reepeetability of Mr. Par s ons, who had been bap ii.ed., and Jvho was among the most respectable and THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1851. most respected of the inhabitants of Chichester, and he could not but regret that .Mr. Kenrick had taken such a view of the subject. Mr. Parsons had not been convicted of schism, and therefore could not be so regarded, and was consequently entitled t have the burial service read over to him. He could we'l un derstand that the consciences of clergymen might be wounded when they bad to read the burial service over persons who had died perhaps in the commission of a crime—in such a case the minister of the Church felt himself placed in a most difficult situation. He said this not with a view to justify the conduct of Mr. Kenrick, but in the hope to induce their Lordships to consider his conduct with as much forbearance as possi ble. With regard to the case of the unfor tunate woman who destroyed herself, he could not but ask what power a clergyman had of instituting any inquiry auto such circumstances that could be satis factory? It was the duty of the clergyman to be guided by the decision of the proper legal tribunal; yet he might be permitted to observe in excuse for this gentle man, that coroner's juries were often somewhat lax in the execution of their duty, and were not in clined to sift too nicely in such cases the evidence as to insanity, and to assume that the fact of com mitting suicide was itself sufficient proof of in sanity, but still he admitted§that the verdict of the coroner's jury should have been conclusive with this Reverend Gentleman, and merely urged these considerations on their Lordships, in the hope of inducing them to view the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Kenrick with less disfavour. That conduct he did not attempt to justify, as he admitted that the Rev. Gentle. man was bound in duty to obey the law, and begged to be understood as not attempting to defend or extenuate the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Kenrick. The Bishop of LONDON took that opportunity of stating, in reference to this subject, that it was not his intention to re-introduce the Church Discipline Bill du ring the present session, but next session he intended to introduce a measure to facilitate the institution of pro ceeding for the correction of criminal and contumacious clerk; and also for the institution of a tribunal of appeal to decide ecclesiastical causes. Lord BROUGHAM rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the mohair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir JOHN ROXILLY, the new Master of the Rolls:and Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN, the new Attorney-General, the former the Member for I)evonport, and the latter the Member for Southampton, took the oaths and their seats on their re- election. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Manchester Parish Highways. Sheffield and Glossop Road. • Whitby Waterworks. The reports upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Bangor and Caernarvon Railway. Leicester Waterworks. Wiveliscombe Turnpike Roads, PETITIONS. _ _ _ Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork against , the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Petitions to the same effect were presented by several other Hon. Members. Mr. PLUMPIRE presented several petitions from Kent, praying for a more stringent measure against Popish aggression; also a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad ford against the slave trade. Mr. BAILLIE presented four petitions from Inver ness against Papal aggression. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Cowan, from Peebles, Cockpen, Kirkaldy, and other places in Scotland ; by Mr. Cornewall Lewis, from Merionethshire, and by other Hon. Members. Mr.SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition, from Bir mingham for the suppression of piracy at Borneo. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition praying for an alteration of the law respecting the newsapor press; also a petition from Falkirk, complaining of the intimidation and bribery at the last election, and praying that Mem bers might be elected by ballot. Mr. BRII4LIT presented a petition from a place in Glamorganshire against a state church. PROCEEDINGS IN BORNEO. Mr. HUME said he saw from the Gazette that a day had been fixed in this month for the distribution of the pirate or head-money among the parties engaged in the late proceedings at Borneo; and be wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it was consistent with justice and the proper application of public money to distribute this money before the inquiry which he hoped the House would grant had been made? Sir F. BARING said the money was due by law, and after certain forms had been gone through the Admi ralty were bound to pay it. AYLESBURY ELECTION. Mr. HAMILTON appeared at the bar of the House and brought up the report of the Committee on this election, declaring that Mr. Calvert was not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament (for which report see anotherpart of our paper). FRIENDLY SOCIETIES FUNDS. Mr. BREMRIDGE begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the salaries provided for the registrars of friendly societies in England, Scotland, and Ireland. respectively,ainder the provisions of the Friendly Societie's Act, passed last session, viz. 13 and 14 Vic., e. 115, have been and are henceforth to be paid to them, out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, in addition to the fees pro vided for and made payable to the said registrars under the said Act, or whether such fees are to be brought into account, and paid into such consolidated fund, or retained by the said registrars, in part, or in full discharge of such salaries (as the case may be) in the same manner as was provided under the former Act (now repealed) of 9 and 10 Viet., c. 27? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he could not now make the returns to which the Hon. Member had referred; but he thought that it was a fair subject to be brought before the House. Mr. EREMRIDGE then inquired whether there was any objection to produce the returns as soon as they could be obtained? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said certainly not; but the returns should be presented as soon as they could be with official authority laid upon the table. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. ADDERLEY begged to ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, whether any instructions have been sent to the Governor of the Cape, on the subject of removing the seat of government from Cape Town to Graham's Tuwn ; and whether the vacancies in the Cape Legisla tive Council have yet been filled up, so as to permit the formation of the new constitution, and other functions of legislature. to proceed? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had received no certain information as to the position of the affairs at the Cape, and that therefore he could give no definite answer to the question, but that as soon as he did re ceive it he would not delay to furnish the requisite in formation to the Hon. Member. _ _ DIPLOMATIC SALARIES. In reply to Mr. URQUHART as to whether the Bala. ries of diplomatic officers were to suffer any reduction, Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined to give any definite reply. SCOTCH JUDGES. Mr. BRIGHT said the Services Committee, in their report, recommended a diminution in •the number of judges both in Ireland and Scotland, and as one of the Scotch judges had recently died, he should be glad to know if it was the intention of the Government to carry out the recommendation of the Committee with respect to that vacancy ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the recommendation of the Committee was that Government should inquire whether such a reduction could be made. They had accordingly caused the inquiry to be made, and from re presentations they had received from Scotland, it was their opinion that reduction ought not to take place. Mr. BRIGHT remarked that these representations Came from the legal profession in Scotland. persevere in his motion, which he should bring on as early as possible. Mr. HUME—Before or after Easter? Mr. BAILLIE could not get a day before Easter, but the earliest day after he should take. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Mr. HUME asked when the Miscellaneous estimates would be laid on the table of the House ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say in two or three days. CIVIL BILLS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. REYNOLDS asked the Attorney-General for Ireland to what day he intended to postpone the Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland) Bill, which was one of the orders on the paper to-night ? Mr. HATCHELL said when the Bill was called on he should be prepared to give an answer to the Hon. Gentleman's questien.— (A laugh.) Mr. REYNOLDS—Does the Hon. Gentleman intend to propose the second reading to-night? Mr. HATCHELL—That will depend on the state of the business in the Houge.--(Laughter.) INQUIRY INTO THE MANAGEMENT AND TERRITORIES OF THE EAST INDIA COM PANY. Mr. ANSTEY rose to move the following resolution : " An address to her Majesty, representing that it is now necessary that the true condition of the territories under the government and management of the East India Company, and the real feelings and wishes of our fellow-subjects inhabiting those territoriee, as to such government or management, should be fully ascertained; and for that purpose, praying her Majesty to take mea sures for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, with full powers to take evidence in India as to the operation and results of the laws now in force, touching the government and management of the said territories, and to report such evidence, together with the opinions of the Commissioners thereon, to her Majesty in Par- liament." The Hon. Member said it was most important that some preliminary inquiry of this kind should be made, I and that such an inquiry would be altogether fruitless, unless conducted on the spot.—(Hear, hear.) When the Bill was proposed for extending the powers of the East India Company for a further period of twenty years, and which was now about to expire, con siderable opposition was offered to it, but in consequence of the lateness of the session and arrears of public busi ness, it was pushed forward with great haste when it was impossible to consider it with deliberation, and it was ultimately passed. This had been the character of our legislation on every occasion, and the most opposite excuses bad been as signed as a reason for such a course. What had been prophesied by Sir J. Mackintosh had in fact come to Spass, and on every occasion a hurried bargain had been struck for the lease of these great territories for twenty years longer. But did the Bill itself possess such intrinsic merits that in 1853 they were to be called upon to renew it without inquiry ? He contended not. If there were no other rea son, the circumstances under which it became law gave him the fullest right to demand a preliminary in quiry. But there were grievances existing in India which were professed to be remedied by the last Bill— and were they remedied?—he thought he could prove not. Had the promises which had been given on the question of the opium and salt monopolies been carried out? Certainly not. That incubus had still been con tinued. Now the reduction of that monopoly had been left to the Governor- General and his Legislative Coun cil. Yet that monopoly of opium and salt had never been reduced. It still existed, and was likely to exist, and the tax upon salt was subject to the imposition of a duty of 25 per cent. This was the 17th year in which such a duty had been imposed. The whole matter had been left to the Board of Control underithe Act of 1833. That Act, however, has been violated in a variety of ways, and he trusted that as the Charter was to be renewed in 1854, that the House would not forget the working of the motion under which this system had been carried out. They should recollect that the motion which he had to make affected 100,000,000 of their fellow subjects, and therefore it was that he was anxious that the House should give it a full consideration. Not a single grievance that existed in 1833 had been redressed, nay, many of them had been aggravated, and the Select Committee whieh recently sat on the sub ject of the cultivation of cotton in India repre sented in their report that the state of the natives was deplorable in the extreme. The company went to India under the pretence of delivering the people from their Mahommedan and Maratta conquerors, but accord ing to the unanimous testimony of all the witnesses examined and the documents produced before every Committee that had sat upon this subject, the company in every case had improved even upon the maximum exactions that existed under either the Mahomedan or Maratta rule. They dis trained upon the property of the millions, and the con sequence was that nine-tenths of the natives were sold np every year, unless they happened to obtain some influence over the European collector or his native superintendent. Formerly the company exercised the power of imprisoning the insolvent, but it was found that the exercise of that power gave rise to a good deal of expense, as the com pany had to support their prisoner while he was in gaol, and this power had therefore fallen into disuse. With regard to the salt monopoly, it must bo apparent to every one that in a rice-consuming country like India it was an article of the first necessity, and the native Government had so well understood that, that they never attempted to place the slightest restriction upon it. Far different had been the conduct of the English Government, who had restricted the manufacture of it , . in every possible manner, prohibiting persons even from using salt-water from the ocean under heavy penalties. (LEFT SPEAKING.) PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. The twenty•fourth anniversary of this society was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, Mr. William Ewart. M.P., in the chair. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Hodson, jun. Grace having been sung on the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal toasts were drunk with every demonstration of enthusiasm; after which the Chairman gave—" The Stationers' Company; the steady Supporters of this Society since its commencement." The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the even ing—" Success to the Printers' Pension Society," said they had now come to a toast which came home to the hearts and feelings of all who took an interest in societies such as this. He recollected that a year and a half ago the celebrated Guizot said that nothing struck him so much in this country as the number of institutions which were supported by voluntary subscriptions ; and he understood the prosperity of this institution was based much on the contributions of the workmen them selves. So much the better he would say.—(Hear.) Because unless those societies were self-supporting, they lost the foundation on which they must depend for permanent stability.—(Hear, hear.) He be lieved that these convivial meetings were not quite so well attended as they formerly were ; whether this arose from an alteration in men's habits he could not say; but of this he was sure, that charity would find the place of habit, and supply the place of those who did not feel it compatible with their feelings to attend them. He considered the printer as a man to whom society was peculiarly indebted.—(Cheers.) He knew that no body of men acted so much as the medium to enlighten mankind. The Hon. Gentleman concluded an eloquent speech by a warm appeal on behalf of the charity. - Mr. PARSON proposed," The health of the Chairman," which was drank with great cordiality. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and assured the so ciety that he was ready at all times to support the cause of the institution. Song by Mr. Young—" Sweet Mary of the Vale." " The Bank of England, the liberal Contributors to this Charity," was nest given. The CHAIRMAN, in a very elaborate speech, gave, "The Fountain of all Knowledge, the Bulwark of Free dom, and the Founder of Free States—the Press." The CHAIRMAN nest gave, "The Master Printers, and may they speedily become subscribers to the Printers' Pension Society." Mr. Tuorr'Psorr responded to the toast, and expressed his unfeigned regret that ho should be the only mister printer present who was a subscriber. The subscriptions amounted to ❑early 2001. FATHER GAYAZZI'S LECTURES. The subject of Father Gavazzi's lecture, at Willis's Rooms, on Wednesday, was " The Temporal Power of the Pope." The room was densely crowded with a fashionable audience. The Reierend Speaker commenced his discourse by denouncing as false and unfounded the asser tions made by Cardinal Wiseman, in the sermon preached by him on the 12th of May, 1850, that the successor of St. Peter had been restored to the seat of his temporal jurisdiction out of respeet to and for the sake of his spiritual power. He main tained, on the contrary, that every fact and every do cument connected with the restoration of the Pope proved irrefragably that both France and Austria had been actuated throughout the whole of that transac tion solely by political motives, and that they looked upon the Pope merely . as a temporal prince. The Romish bishops and priests who preached and printed the contrary in London, in order that it might be believed by the Catholics in England and Ire land, did so from the most selfish motives, and as they must be well aware of the falsehood of the statements they were ma ki ng he could not but designate them as impostors upon Christianity, and defrauders of those be neath their influence. It was for his temporal power alone the Pope had been brought back to Rome, and as he should show the possession of that power by the Popes had been fatal to the church from the first moment it was acquired down to the day when pi o i x. was force d b ac k u p on an . unwilling peopl e at the Austrian artillery, He main oint of French bayonets, and by the we i g h t of taariFd that, the Church being in its origin a purely spiritual institution, th e entirely worldly form which it power, was utterly had been made to assume, by the assumption of temporal in opposition t o the i n t e ntions of its Divine Founder. Th at i t was unnecessary forby the eight f a c t ee t n ha tu t r t i b e e s Churchaferp rprinciple, s h e i a p d l e grown d foundation and without flourished h s ou p t r h o a v n e y d . admixture of the laical fore, be absurd and insulting to, Christianityan that principle to enable it to continue that at the present day it had need it would, t ere t h to assert words How of had C h t r h i s o ? uekt in e support. existence.o! Popes lollowed his o W f h tb at is w w e o r r e ld th r e 'ingdom . is not exa ample when he fled from the Jews wishin g their King! So long as th e P o p es were to without make him tempo ral power they were free, but as soon as they accepted out the fatal gift they became the d e p en d ants all the monarchs of the earth, a dep en d ence throughwhich the best interests of religion h a v e t oo often been sacrificed to the political designs of schismatic princes. Lie then proved by references to the hist or y of various Popes, among other, &farce llinus, Clement, In nocent, Pontian, Piui VII., and Pius IX , that the true independence of the Pope consists in his spiritual strength, and not in his temporal power; and the lives of those Popes showed that, even in captivity or exile, they may be wholly independent of the exercise of their ministry. Where the ministry is purely spiritual, it depends on no lay authority, and stands in need of neither throne nor sceptre to insure obedience and respect. The temporal power of the Popes has never served any other purpose than to gratify the ambition of some or to support the riot and extravagance of others, and in all ag es it h as b een the fruitful source of disorders and abuses, by which the Church had been outraged and scandalized in the conduct of its members. The Church of Rome, at the present day, is one huge sink of vice, luxury, simony, and perfidy, with its cabal and intrigues, pervading every rank and class of society, from the College of Cardinals down to the pettiest priest who hung about the Vatican. What could be more humiliating and degrading to the Church than the shame less corruption and trickery which marked the conclaves for the election of Popes, which almost invariably resulted in imposing on the Christian world Pontiffs who cast dis honour upon their Church by their crimes and debauch eries. What had been said by one of themselves? That ever since temporal power had fallen upon the Roman Pontiffs their lives had been marked by open disregard of the doctrines and example of their Divine Master, and that they had seemed rather to serve Lucifer than Christ. After an eloquent description of the luxury and magnificence of the ecclesiastics residing in Rome, so contrary to the austerity and simplicity which marked the lives of the apostles and fathers of the Church, the reverend orator concluded by referring to the recent inroad of a Roman hierarchy in England. He characterised that proceeding of the Court of Rome as an aggression on the liberties, civil and religious, of the people of England, originating with Russia and Austria, in order to force upon them the ignorance, su perstition, and slavery which everywhere followed the establishment of Papal domination. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CHANCELLOR'S MEDALISTS. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 2.—Ttie two gold medals given annually by the Chancellor of the University to two com mencing Bachelors of Arts, who, having obtained senior optimes at least, show themselves the best proficients in classical learning, have been adjudged as follows:- 1. Ds. Lightfoot, Trinity College. 2. Ds. Burn, Trinity College. THE ADAMS PRIZE. The University having accepted a fund raised by several members of St. John's College for the purpose of founding a prize to be called the Adams Prize, f9r the best essay on some subject of pure mathematics, astro nomy, or other branch of natural philosophy, the prize to be given once in two years, and to be open to the com petition of all persons who have at any time been ad mitted to a degree in this University:— The following is the subject for the prize in 1852: " An Investigation of the Perturbations of the Moon in Latitude produced by the Action of Venus, and par ticularly of the Secular Movement, and the Inequalities of Long Period in the Movement of the Moon's Node." Tha essays must be son; in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before July 1, 1852, privately; each is to have some motto prefixed, and to he accompanied by a paper sealed np, with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the can didate's name and college written within. The papers containing the names of those canidadates who may not succeed will be dstroyed unopened. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his essay printed or lithographed. The successful candidate will receive about 1201. He is required to print the essay at his own expense, and to present a copy to the University Library, to the library of St. John's College, and to each of the four examiners. G. E. CORRIE, Vice• Chancellor; G. B. AIRY, J. CHALLIS, W. H. MILLER. DISNEY PROFESSORSHIP OF ARCH2ELOGY. John Disney; Esq., to whose munificence the Univer sity is indebted fur the collection of ancient marbles lately deposited in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and known by the name of The Museum Disneianum," offers to transfer to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, 1,0001. Three per Centum per Annum Consolidated Bank Annuities, for the pur poses of founding and endowing a Professorship of Clas sical Antiquities, to be called " The Disney Professor ship of Archeology," subject to the following condi tions, viz.:— That the professor be a member of the University of Cambridge, and of the degree of Master of Arts, or some higher degree. That the professor be required to deliver six lectures at least during each academical year on subjects of An tiquarian Research and the Fine Arts. That the appointment to the professorship remain with Mr. Disney during his lifetime, and that after Mr. Disney's decease the appointment be vested in the Vice Chancellor add Heads of Colleges, or their locum tenens. That the professorship be tenable for five years; and that the professor be capable of being re-elected. A grace, to authorise the acceptance of Mr. Disney's proposal, will be offered to the Senate on Friday next, April 4, when a draft of the proposed endowment deed will be laid upon the registry's table. the keel, the gunnels folding down in the same direc tion; it possesses, therefore, this recommendation, that fifty of these boats can be packed in the space usually occupied by five ordinary ones. They will be found of great utility in emigrant ships, which for want of room can only take two or three ordinary boats, whereas they may with no additional inconvenience carry with them a sufficient number to save the whole of the passengers and crew. They will be found of great service in over land journeys, and for use on the coast, being stronger, lighter, and less expensive than any now employed. 6. A GIITTA. PEI:1E11A LIFE VEST; capable of being inflated at pleasure, which may be worn under or over the dress, forming a proteetion against the weather, when not required as a life-preserver; this will be shown on a man in connexion with a horse equipped with buoyant belts, showing how animals may be made useful in the event of wreck, by forming a communication with the shore; this is an interesting model. There are also pa tented various plans of life belts whieh possess these va luable recommendations over all others, they require no tying, but are fixed round the body, and fastened by a clasp or spring, consequently not a moment is lost in times of emergency. They also contain receptacles fur money, papers, and small valuables. Also buoyant boxes, cases, belts, and cushions for ditto, which can be attached to property of any description, without adding to their bulk; and buoyant camp stools for steamers, &c.; and two models which will attract some attention with the curious in the great building in Hyde-park—a " Stone Life Boat and Buoy" will be shown floating on the surface of the water, independent of any buoyant properties being added thereto; also a newly-invented article, a " Life Boat Comb," for the safety of boats when boarding wrecked or distressed vessels in heavy surfs.— Sussex Advertiser. REPORT of the TITHE COMMISSION, 1850. The following is a copy of the report of the Tithe Commissioners to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated February 24, 1851 : "Tithe Commission Office, Feb. 24, 1851. " is our duty to report to you the progress of the commutation of tithes in England and Wales to the close of the year 1850. " We have received notice that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,634 tithe districts; of these notices one was received during the year 1850. " We have received 7,070 agreements, and confirmed 6,778; of these t wo h ave b een rece i ved and two confirmed during the year 1850. " 6,966 notices for making awards have been issued, of which 213 were issued during the year 1850. " We have received 5,529 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 5,260; of these 173 have been re ceived and 218 have been confirmed during the year 1850. " We have received 11,424 apportionments, and con firmed 11,246; and of these 320 have been received and 353 confirmed during the year 1850. "In 12,038 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above statement, the rent charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. " We have in our possession agreements and draughts of awards as yet unconfirmed, which will include 561 additional tithe districts, and make a total, when com pleted, of 12,599 districts in which the tithes will have been commuted. " 652 altered apportionments were made by the Tithe Commissioners up to the 31st of December, 1850, of which 522 were confirmed. " At that date exchanges of glebe lands were effected in 358 places, and 39 such exchanges were in progress. "At the close of 1850 we had confirmed 12,344 dis tinct mergers of tithes. " As the term for which this Commission has been re newed is now nearly approached, it becomes evident that although the great work of commutation is substantially achieved, there must remain for a time unfinished por tions of it, which must be completed before a quieting Act finally extinguishing all tithe can properly he passed. " It is also clear that powers connected with tithes and rent-charges must exist somewhere at the expiration of the present Tithe Commission. Of these powers some must be permanent, some temporary. " Of the work remaining finally to complete the com mutations and prepare a quieting Act, it may be found expedient, to prevent delays, agitation, and expense, to deal with a part summarily instead of by those regular processes by which the bulk of the tithes have been com muted. "It may be useful to say a few words on each of these heads of future arrangements. The powers that must permanently exist relate— " 1. To the custody and use of documents and maps, and a legal power of giving attested copies of them. "2. To re-apportionments on the division of estates, and to the separation of gross rent-charges into dis tinct portions when the interest in such rent charges becomes divided among two or more persons. "3. To the creation of extraordinary charges for hops and market gardens. "4. To the redemption of small rent-charges. " 5. To the setting out and defining glebe where its position and boundaries are unknown, and to exchanging ecclesiastical lands and rent-charges. " 6. To authorising mergers where lands and rent charges now held separately come into the same hands. " The powers which will be necessary only for a time relate to 1. The sale of tithe barns and buildings. "2. The taxation of valuer's bills, and the giving of authority to collect them. "3. A power of confirming such apportionments as cannot be got In before the extinction of the present Commission. "4. To the completion of cases now litigating in the superior courts. " 5. To the applying the powers as to old and imper fect agreements for giving land for tithes, created by the sth and 6th Victoria, c. 54, sec. 7, to the case of a few enclosure awards, of which the arrangements have not been legally completed, if Parliament shall be pleased to extend those powers for that purpose. " In some eases where the lands and tithes are re ported to us to belong to the same person, we find it impossible to get in mergers; and if we are to map lands and apportion rent-charges in such cases, great agitation would be created, and a vast unnecessary expense incurred. Perhaps it might be advisable to merge the tithes by Act of Parliament in such cases, reserving the rights of all parties interested in the tithes at the time. In a very few cases, where different parties have interests in the tithes and in the lands, some litigation might follow; but in most even of these eases after full notice, this litigation would proceed from the neglect of the parties, and be a much less evil than the compulsory commutation and apportionment of the whole of such tithes. "In another class of cases minute rent-charges must be established, which it will be probably found impossible to persuade the parties to redeem or apportion voluntarily, and which will create disproportionate burdens if they are apportioned compulsorily. For instance, the township of Gi eat Claybrook, in the county of Lei cester, consists of 1,071 acres, and contains 98 houses ; the only tithes remaining to be commuted are the tithes of pigs, worth 205., and the tithes of a mill, worth ss. To establish a rent-charge of 255., and to proceed by map and apportionment to finish the commutation, would be a harsh and burdensome proceeding. There are apparently 100 cases of like character in the north of England, in which it would be impossible to complete a formal commutation at an expense amounting to less than 50 to 100 years' purchase of the annual value of the rent-charge; and of this the expense to the public would amount to a considerable proportion. " It is true the landowners' might redeem these rent charges; but where they are numerous we find it impos sible to persuade them to do so. "In such cases we think the rent-charges might, in the first instance, be charged on the parish rates. " It might be made the duty of the parish officers to call a meeting, and attempt to get the parties to agree to a voluntary apportionment, to be enrolled in the parish books; and if such agreement could not be ob tained, the overseers might call magistrates to appor tion and make a like enrolment, and thus the enor mous expense of maps and all the regulla processes of apportionment would be avoided; or it might be pre ferable that in cases of such trifling amount the rent charge should be compulsorily redeemed. " The redemption might be fixed at 24 years' purchase on the sum awarded, and the money might, in the first instance, be made payable by the overseers and church. wardens of the parish, who might be directed to make a rate and levy the amount upon the parties, giving dis sentients a right of appeal to the magistrates of the district. " These are rather rough measures, though we believe them to be justifiable. " What we have next to recommend would, perhaps, smooth the operation, or, at all events, greatly redhee the number of cases. "The final consummation of the commutation must be an Act declaring tithes to have ceased to exist, and forbidding courts of justice to entertain claims for them. " We do not think this should be hastily done. "When the Tithe Commission expires, most of itt powers should be maintained in some bands. "Full notice should be given by Parliament that after a reasonable period, perhaps three years, all claims to tithe would be annihilated; and towards the end of that period the mergers and small rent charges remaining might, without tenable ground of complaint, be dealt with in the summary manner we have pointed out. " There are a few, perhaps not more than one or two, cases of small acreable moduses, which we are of opinion should be left as they are, with an option of future re demption. " We have the honour to be, Sir, "Your very obedient servants, " WILLIAM BLAMIRE. "THOMAS WENTWORTH BULLER. " RICHARD JONES. " To the Right Hon. Sr G. Grey, Bart., MY., Bze." GREENWICH IlosprrAL.—The extension of the metropolitan police to this institution as a permanent ar rangement commenced yesterday. An inspector, three ser geants, and fourteen constables, having been specially ap pointed for that purpose, were paraded in front of the gover nor's house ( Admiral Sir Charles Adam) at half-past nine A.St., and inspected by the Gallant Admiral, who expressed himself highly pleased: with their appearance, and said that he was very glad to see them doing duty in that institution. The men received the hearty congratulations of the go vernor, lieutenant-governor, and the officers generally, as well as of the pensioners of this noble establishment. The chief duties they will be called upon to perform are at the painted hail and chapel during the Exhibition at the Chrys tal Palace. The Glasgow Daily Mail announces the demise of Lord Mo cried', and states that the vacancy thus created on the Scotch Bench will be tilled by Mr. Cowan. We understand that on and after the 15th instant the evening French mail for London will leave Paris at half past seven P.M., and arrive at Calais at two in the morning, instead of, es hitherto, leaving at eight ar..(l reaching Calais at three. THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 1. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS, Charles Joseph Acut, cabinet maker, Goswell-road, Clerkenweil. James Watts Knight, commercial traveller, Salutation Tavern, Newgate-street, Elizabeth Freeman, baker, Lombard-street, Chelsea. John Frederick Hulls, ostler, Susannah-street, Poplar New Town. Charles Alexander Sinclair, Bedford-square. John Stanley, attorney, Weston-street, New-road, Pen tonville. Gustavus William Blanch, consulting surgeon, White head's-grove, Chelsea. Jobn George Fuller, club-house proprietor, Lorn-road, North Brixton. Henry William How, carpenter, Leipsic-road, Camber well New-road. David Downing, commission agent, Little Albion-street, Rothernithe. James Stinson, cooper, Brantford. Daniel Catlin, foreman to a greengrocer, Broadway, Westminster. David Dunne Kyle, civil engineer, Albany-street, Re gent's-park. Robert Remmett, barrister, Stanley-street, Chelsea. Alexander Warrand, attorney, Castle -street, Holborn. George Machell, journeyman carpenter, Dunn's-cottages, Lo wer- road, Rotherh i the. John Roberts Fitch, wholesale jeweller, Hatton-garden. Edward Saville, stonemason, Hulme, Manchester. William White, bookbinder, Reading. Thompson Wainewright, town traveller, Birmingham. John Augustine Jack s o n , screw maker, Manchester. William Coulthirst, joiner, Crumpsall, near Manchester. Robert Dean, farmer, Kelsall, near Chester. John Hoyle, woollen carder, Cage-mill, near Rochdale. Samuel Ireland, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edward Devonshire, clerk, Prospect-place, Peckham-rye. John Jeffreys ' barrister, Brecon. Thomas Hathway, saddler, Frampton, Gloucestershire. William Harris, victualler, Cardiff. Richard John, farmer, Aburthin, Glamorganshire. Richardson Webster, safety-lamp maker, Dudley-hill, near Bradford. John Tilley, grocer, Tredegar Iron Works, Mon mouthshire. John Myers, attorney, Manchester. David Jones, labourer, Cerrigydruidion, Denbighshire. Richard Holgate, greengrocer, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. William Hopkins, farmer, Bristol. John Green, linen draper, Halifax, Yorkshire. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Rumsey, Dean-street, Shadwell, glue piece maker, April 24, at eleven. In the Country. T. Kington, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, furniture broker, April 24, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth—W. Richards, Devonport, printer, April 24, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Bates, Leeds, sharebreker, 5d., on Tuesday, April 1, or any subsequent Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. B. Tebbitt, Ventnor, Southampton, draper, 3s. 9d., on Thursday, April 4, and three following Thursdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basingball-street. W. F. Harris, Friday-street, Cheapside, City, Man chester warehouseman, Is. 6d., on Thursday, April 4, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. C. O'Neil, Golden-square, picture dealer, 641, on Thursday, April 4, and three following Thursdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. J. Robinson, High Holborn, bookseller, Is. 3d., on Thursday, April 4, and three following Thursdays, be tween eleven and tyro, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basing hall- street. R. Rowlett, West Smithfield, licensed victualler, id., on Thursday, April 4, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. M. D. Robinson, Dudley, Worcestershire, confectioner, 3s. 11d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. E. Round, Tipton, Staffordshire, timber merchant, 175., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. E. Round and W. Round, Tipton, Staffordshire, tim ber merchants, 45., on any. Thursday, bet ween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. R. Lewis, Wootton -under-Edge, Gloucestershire, woollen manufacturer, 30., on any Wednesday, be tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr.. Hutton, Bristol. 'ice J. Atkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tavern keeper, 3s. 4d., on any Thursday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-T .) ne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. J. D. Harewood, Liverpool, ironmonger, April 24, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Boyle, jun., Kings ton-upon-Hull, merchant, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon -Hull—J. Barker, New castle-upon-Tyne, merchant, April 24, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Manning, Birming ham, draper, April 26, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham S. Lee, Loughborough, Leicestershire, bookseller, April 25, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Wilson, St. Helen's, Lancashire, manufacturing chemist, April 23, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. E. Trent, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, and Yeovil, Somers setshire, draper, certificate of the second class—S. Jef fryes, Eltbam, Kent, maltster, certificate of the second class—C. G. Jones, Elizabeth -street, Chelsea, certificate of the second class—J. Voller, Landport, Southampton, builder, certificate of the third class—W. C. Cranwell, Ely, Cambridgeshire, potato merchant, certificate of the second class—J. B Pillin, Featherstone-buildings, Hol born, sword cutler, certificate of the second class—T. Matthews, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, licensed victualler, certificate of the first class—R. Bruin, Blaby, Leicester. shire, baker, certificate of the first class—R. J. Wallis, Loughborough, Leicestershire, wine and spirit mer chant, certificate of the first class—J. Letts, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, miller, certificate of the first class—J. Firth, Leeds, linendraper, certificate of the third class, subject to a suspension of one month, from March 27—J. D. Woodcock, Leeds, calenderer, certifi cate of the second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Macleur and W. Roberts, Kidderminster, Worces tershire, coach-builders—E. Smith and H. Cooper, Ca momile-street, London, leather merchants—H. Petter, G. W. Potter, and C. Duff, Crane -court, Fleet-street, printers (so far as regards H. Petter)—T. F. Savory and A. J. Moore, Cheltenham, chemists—W. Blandeu and G. Callaway, Putney, Surrey, cabriolet proprietors--M. Hudson and J. F. Bottom, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, lace-dressers—P. Ludgate and C. Birt, Aldersgate-street, London, linendrapers—J. Sursham and S. Woodcock, Norwich, corn-chandlers—J. Barker and J. Barker, Coleshill, Warwickshire, surgeons—J. O s b orn an d J. S. Osborn, Reading, Berkshire, linendrapers—F. Burnup, T. Spef.cer, and J. W. Ackroyd, Bradtbrd, Yorkshire, worsted-spinners (so far as regards T. encer) --J. N. Mourilyan and N. H. Rowsell, V lam-buildings, Gray's-inn, attorneys—J. Agate and J. Agate, Hors ham, Sussex, drapers—J. Stokes, I. Stokes, and W. Stokes, Hall-green, Staffordshire, iron-founders--D. Antrobus and A. Heron, Manchester, aharebrokers—J. Hall, J. Boyd, and J. D. Mac Vicar, Breezer's-hill, Lon don, sugar refiners (so far as regards J. D. MacVicar)-- J. Shaw, S. Shaw, J. Shaw, and T. Shaw, Stainland, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers (so far as regards J. Shaw)—R. Hardy and R. Padmore, Worcester, iron founders—C. Eady apd J. Eady, Little Dean• street, Soho, Westminster, silversmiths—J. Emery, jun., and G. Avery, Hastings, Sussex, riding masters—A. S. Si. chel and T. C. W. Pierce, Manchester, American com mission agents—A. Morison, J. Morison, and C. W. Moat, Hamilton-place, New-road, hygeists—W. Gre gory and W. Sykes, Burn, Yorkshire, bricklayers—J. L. Warren and G. Bard, Market Drayton, Shropshire, attorneys—R. E. Pixley, W. Drayner, and S. Redman, Mill-wall, Poplar, Middlesex, rope manufacturers (so far as regards R. E. Pixley)—W. Williamson, sen., and W. Williamson, jun., Stockport, Lancashire, cotton dealers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Bonin, jun., Folkestone, Kent, beer shopkeeper. Thomas Williams, Cwmbrane, Monmouth hire, boatman Matthew Little, Newcastle. upon-Tyne, builder. .J. M'Kay, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brer• house-keeper. Robert Ferguson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, batter. Robert Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, schoolmaster. John Fryer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, baker. Robert Gilmore Watt, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincoln shire, innkeeper. John Mason, Oxford, upholsterer. John Wilson, Burton, Yorkshire, slater. Patton Hutchinson, Houghton -le-Spring. potato dealer. Whitfield Burnett, Sunderland, coalfitter. John Cooper, Gilliug, Yorkshire, blacksmith. Samuel York, Street, Sornersetshire, baker. J. Bagg, Stoke-under-Hamdon, Somersetshire, cooper. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Dixon, Paisley, iron -founder, to meet April 7 and 28, at one, within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. N. Stewart and J. M. Mitchell, Perth, wine mer chants, to meet, April 4 and 25, at two, within the Royal George Hotel, Perth. A. ilaeleure, Glasgow, musieseller, to meet, April 5 and 26, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. IIEAL7H of LONDON during the WEEK, (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in he first three weeks of March ware successively 1,247, 1,401, and 1,412; and in the last week they were 1,418. If the ten weeks of 1841.50 corresponding to last week are taken for comparison, it appears that the lowest number occurred in the corresponding week of 1842, and was 832; and that the highest occurred in that of 1848, and was 1,294. The average of the ten weeks was 1,073, which, if corrected according to the same rate of increase in the population, namely, 1.55 per cent annually, becomes 1,171. Last weeks return, therefore, exhibits an excess on the estimated amount of 247. But it is satisfactory to observe that this apparent in crease is not due entirely to the complaints which have recently swelled the weekly contributions of mortality. A number of cases, on which coroners' inquests had been held, have been allowed to accumulate for some weeks, and now, at the end of the quarter, appear for itnhsepfiecrtsitntgimtehein tthh:ler,egtihsatetr-botAts. It will be seen, on which_ the coroner's functie t n he ifcsaltaacslshibeoflufyrnsexercised— namely, hanging and drowning, wounds, and fractures, casualties on previous week the number was only 25, and the average Poison—comprises 129 cases, though in the tails short by at least two-thirds of the number now re turned. Intemperance is recorded as ►he cause of death i❑ four cases, besides three in w►,ich fatal injury was received in a state of intoxication; 4 persons died of pri vation, 7 children from want of breast-milk, 3 persons from cold (2 of these being eases of exp§ure in travel ling), 7 from poison, 26 from burns and scalds, 23'fft hanging and cuff cation,' 14 from drowning, 42 fr°: fractures, and 17 f r o m woun d s and other injury. asti: six cases also f e ll un d er the coroner's observation, which persons are reported as having been "found dead, or haling died " fro m t h e v i s i tat i on of God," the fad cause not being described in more sufficient termst P r°' bably because it could not be ascertained. The class of diseases affecting the respiratory organ!' including laryngitis, bronchitis, pleurisy, pneurno o asthma, and others has accurately defined, numbed this week 272, whilst the corrected average does not er ceed 195. There is, however, a marked decline on the previous week, when the d ea th s i n this class were 35' Bronchitis has fallen from 156 in the former week 1° 109 in the last; pneumonia, from 126 to 117. HooPior cough has declined from 81 to 63; influenza, from 65 37. Phthisis (or consumption), which was fatal in the previous w ee k t o 166, num b ere d l ast week ' only On which is rather less than the average amount. Smallpox continues to grow less f a t a l, an d on ly 19 ewes were registered last week from this disease. W the exception of hooping-cough, measles now appes most prevalent amongst the complaints peculiar children, though it has not risen to, any considerab amount. The births of 947 boys and 833 girls, in all 1, 78 1 children, were regi s t ere d i n the week. The average () six corresponding we e k s i n t h e years ,845 . 50 was 1,51 8' STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING TX/I LAST WOO' SUNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the del' Rain fell frequently. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the dilP Rain fe'l during the afternoon. TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the did' Rain tell occasionally. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast d ur i ng. th e „ morning and afternoon ; i t was genarall clear at nip' Rain foil during the m o r n i ng an d aftera on. TxuasnAv.—The amou nt o f c l ou d was small till 04410 f noon; the sky was ov ercas t f rom t hi s t i me t i ll De bt Bh. P.M., and mostly clear afterwards. Rain fell oas t sionally. FRIDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were coverd o during the morning and a ft ernoon; th e sky was clear. night. ~ SATURDAY.—The sky was for the most part cover ' di with cloud th roug h out t h e day. There were occasioall' showers of hail and rain. ELECTRICITY.—March 29d. Oh. 3 0m. negat i ve end 1 active, sparks were a b un d ant f or a short time, and gt vunic currents wore shown. This was the only I. II P electricity was shown during the week. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the mainmast, and read each day at 96. A.m., was 50•0"; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 46.2 0 ; the MO, readings at the R o y a l Ob servatory fur the same deg' were 48.8° and 44.9° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 2E149 ill'! at lh. AM. on the 23d to 29.66 in. by 2h. O f :, on the 28th, decreased t o 29'33 i n. by 3h. P.M. on the 29th, and increased to 29.41 in. by the end of the woo" MORTALITY in the ME I OPOLI B ' NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CATJS I:REGISTERED 111 THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, 3 , 'CH 29, 1551. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious eases ...*2l Diseases of U ncerta i n S eat ... 4 g Tubercular Diseases ... 1 9 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and • ... 16 j 1 1 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vez 6 S Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 27' Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs „g of Digestion • Diseases of the Kidney s , & c . ••• v" •• • Childbirth, Diseases of th e Uterus, &o. 1111111 ... A Diseases of the Joint s , B ones , and Muscles ... 13 Diseases of the Ski n , & c . 1 4 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 46 Premature Birth ••• • ••• •, •• ••• ••• 0 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 65 Old Age Sudden . ••• ••• ••• ••• ...• 66 .. ... ••• ••• ••. ••• ••• _ ,ir Causes not specified ... 0 Violence, Privation, Cold, an d Intemperance ... 11 " ••• ••• ••• .r•• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,4 10 Population Deaths in corre. Dee ° Enumerated. sponding Woo l ; week in tbe 1841. of 1850. West Districts... 301,189 ... 202 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 216 ... 28 9 Central Districts 374,199 ... 225 .„. 231 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 256 ... 2 99 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 320 ... 391 -- - Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,167 Mules Females ....---0 ... 1,418 ... 754 ... 66 i 4, BIRTHS IN THE WERE. Males ••• ••• ••• ••• "' 947 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 833 Total ... ... 1,780 *ln this number are included 10 by Scarlatina, 3g by Typhus Fever, 20 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Limns, APRIL I.—Th ere was only a moderate supply °`i grain, and a want o f act i vity in the wheat trade; but all fre,7 qualities ruled in price much as on Friday. Barley was Ml 6 ' dear. New beans were inquired for, and fetched full rate!' Oats and oth er ar ti c l es were without change. Arrivals tu,,' , ; week—wheat, 5,796 ; oats, 495; barley, 1,072; beans, 72" peas, 2 ; rapeseed, 8. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL I.—The supp ly of beasts was about 70 l ess than last week, and 44 more tb% on corresponding week of last year. . TOP steady at forme r rates. T he quantity of uality sh eep dl offered W O larger than l as t T uesday by 100. All sorts met a good 58': at a decline o f i s per head on the rates of last week. Besw 8, - .0 ; sheep, 3,364. Beef, 4s to 5s 3d p er atone; s h eep, 6d t° 6id par lb. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, APRIL I.—We had iiit alteration i n our market to-day. Supply of wheat of all nv, scriptions sma ll , and trade ruled very firm at fully Saturdsg,,, prices. M a l t i ng barley quite as dear, and grinding pare'. were readily taken off at previous prices. The sale of floor, was somewhat improved, 29s being in some instances obtain& r for very favoured marks of household. In other articles s t), change. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MARCH I.—There were in the meal market to-day 11 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b.; imperial, w hi c h sold thus :.-3 at 1/ 7s 6d, and 3 a 1/ 7s 0d; average price of the whole 11 7s 4d 4.l2ths• ' 1 sack flour, which sold at 28s. 3 sacks pot-barley, whic h. add thus :_1 at 25s Od, 1 at 24s Od, and 1 at 21a 6d. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, APRIL I.*"' Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones troll,; wheat di t t o , 7s Od to Ss Od; barley ,ditto, bs 6d to 6s 6ul Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 31.—There wer e 311 bags o a t mea l , 9 of barleymeal, and 3 of pot-barley, at thl day's i m ar k et; sales ready. Oatmeal up on the first an second qualities ed per bag; barleymeal the same as last week" Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. ... ... 2 7 s Od 26s 9d 26s 3d Barley meal, per ditto ... 18s Gd —8 Od —8 Oa Peaseraeal ... •... ... —s Od —8 Od --2 Od Flour ... ... ... Pot barley ... ... 21s —8 Od Od —s Od —s 0t), ... ...—s Od —8 O d COAL MA RK ET.—YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley.. 13s 6d,Lambton Primrose ... 15 8 O i l Cuddle's W. Hartley.. I4s Odjßelmont ... 14s 9 'l Baxter's Hartley l3s Od 1 Hetton Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s Od Haswell ... 15s 9 1 Chester Main l3s Od Lambton East Adairs Main.— .. lls 6d IKeepier Grange North Percy Hartley.. 13s 6d,Richmund .. ...... South Peareth: Canfield M00r.... l4 slls 0 6 d el is ß t u e ss w e a l r l' t s ,s lletton ranfield Moor Butes... 135 6difleugh Hall Walker's Prim rose ... 12s Odllartlepool Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s OcOlowden .. .. .. 13s 6 ' West Wylam ........ 155 6 , W all's End, &c. !South Kelloel4s 9 1 Acorn Close . ..... Brown H Elm Park ............... 14 s Od Whitworth edloy Marton ..14s Od; Seym our T ees Lawson N orthumberland Walker ...... Cowpen Ha r tl e y ............ 13s 9d Hartley _...... ..... GM.- _ _______ .LasGow, _Aueu 2 9.—COTTON.—The news frail the United States this week induced a more active inquirff and spinners operated pretty freely at an advance of fully i d ' per lb. as compared with this day week. Middling Orleane may be quoted 74d. per lb. The stock of cotton in this port amounts to 26,300 bales; last year, at the sa me ti me , the amount was 42,000 bales. The stock does not include the cargo of a vessel just arrivad from Bombay. The cotton-yarn and goods market is still dull, without much prospect of provement. Prices are without cha nge, with the ex ce ption of the finer so r t s , w hi c h commanded fully former rates. , [ADVERTISEMENT.] llollovvav's Ointment an d Pills, a certain Cure for Scrofula or King's Evil.—persona afßicted with this awful disease should have immediate recourse to these invaluable medicines, as it is a well known fact that many patients have been effectually cured by their use after every other remedy had failed, and several have been restored to perfect health after being discharged from the hospitals and there pronounced incurable. Holloway's Pills and Ointment are efficacious in every variety of diseases of the skin, scald heads, bad and obstinate sores, and there is no case, however d H e o s p i l e o r w a a t y e ~sbEu Establishmenttoall 244, Strand, London. THE BUDGET. Mr. RERRIES wished to ask the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer what course he proposed to take t o - morrow with reference to the Budget. Was it intended to make the statement, and then adjourn the debate ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the course he proposed to take to-morrow was this:—He should move the House into a Committee of Ways and Means, and then he Proposed to move a resolution to continue the income tax for a limited period, as he had done in former years. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who asked the question, had given notice of his inten tion to move an amendment to this, but he under stood that amendment could only b e moved properly in the House itself, and therefore he proposed to take the vote to-morrow and to adjourn the discussion till the bringing up of-the report on Monday. Mr. HERMES had no objection to the course proposed ; but it must be distinctly understood that the vote to be taken to . morrow would he merely pro forma. With that understanding, of course he could have no objection to the adjourn ment, and then the question of the income-tax would be decided by the House on the amendment which would be moved on the bringing up of the re port, He would, therefore, renew th e no tice of his am en dmen t for Monday, and p er h aps i n might beallowed to express a h o p e t h at doing so he the debate should commence on Monday at the ear li est possible period—t he first t hin g, M r . HIKE said he ha d already in fact, ready on Monday. given notice th a t when th e pro per time fired for doing so he should move that the income-Lax be continued for one year only, and he now gave notice that he should make that motion o n the bringing The CH—AN up of the re por t . , CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER perfectly agreed with what had fallen from Mr. Herries, a nd it would be di s ti nctly understood that the decision o f the House on the subject of the income-tax would be taken on the bringing up of the report. c Mr. HUME whited zyLoN. to ask a question of the Hon. Member .for Inverness-shire The Hon. Membe r . had given notice of a motion on the subject of the affairs of Ceylon, and he should be glad to know when the Hon. Gentleman intended to bring his motion forward. Mr. BAILLIE said notwithstanding what had oc curred in another place on Tuesday eight be s h o uld Bail THE GREAT EXHIBITION. We have much pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the following account of several ingeni ous productions about to be exhibited amidst the other attractions of the crystal palace. They are the inven tion of Mr. William Dyne, an employi of the London and South Coast Company, at their London station. Mr. Dyne is, we understand, the first person in the kingdom who applied gutta percha in the con struction of life-boats, rafts, &c., he having taken out a patent for that purpose in 1847. A highly favourable opinion of these boats was expressed by Captain Austin, and but for an accidental delay some of them would have been taken out by the gallant Captain, on his recent Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. The following description will convey to the reader some idea of the inventions, and of the extreme inge nuity their construction has called forth:- 1. THE ECLIPSE, OR STANDARD LIFE BOAT, posses sing the following recommendations, which no other boat in its present construction can ever attain. It is economically constructed, possessing in its formation great strength and durability. It is very buoyant, frees itself instantly of all water shipped, will keep its upright position in the heaviest sea, is difficult to be turned over, and if upset will right itself immediately; impossible to be injured by hard collision, and is pro vided with a couch whereon to lay those suffering from immersion. It is formed of diagonal battens laid similar to that of lattice work, and its outer sheathing is formed of gutta percha; its buoyancy is 350 cubic feet of air, capable of sustaining upwards of 9i tons. It has in its bottom 3,600 holes half an inch in diameter to allow all water shipped to pass off; it has a convexed bottom, 30 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 18 inches deep, in which are placed three perforated fins for the pur pose of steadying and keeping the boat in an upright position ; acting when the boat lurches from either beam similar to a paddle-wheel ; a re-action taking place through the perforated parts; which will be seen to multiply its weight of water to four times its amount; in this convexed part and between the fins is contained two tons of weight of water, which must be displaced therefrom before the boat can turn over, but such will be almost impossible, it being more than half the weight of the boat; bat as a provision against such a lament able disaster, she turns over on her, quarter sixteen cwt. of water, which rights her again. It may be remarked that the two tons and sixteen cwt. of water referred to is not one ounce weight to the boat when in her up right position—thus, it will be seen that Nature is its servant as also its own master. At the stem and stern, and on each beam and quarter, is run a bow, to which is connected galvanized springs which will not corrode, and will be found of the greatest utility in the event of collision, which act similar to that of railway buffers; in fact, at the very glance of the model, will be seen great strength combined with lightness, and that its construction is so compact that it gains the admiration of all that see it. This model is submitted for the ap proval of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland for the prize of a hundred guineas, and bids fair to be the successful one, having all the qualities his Grace desires. 2. A GUTTA PERCHA LLFE BOOM, for the rescue of individuals from drowning, or to enable a stranded vessel to communicate with the shore. It is intended to be placed at the stern of the ship, so that on an alarm being given (a man overboard) the person at the helm can dislodge it instantly, and as it falls into the sea a fuzee becomes ignited, which burns with a brilliant light, guiding the sinking man to it; should it occur at night, four uprights are placed upon it, containing rockets, blue, and other li4sts, which ignite on being drawn out, thus acting as a beacon to the crew. 3. AN EMIGRATION LIFE RAFT, intended for a first• class vessel, of the following dimensions:-20 feet long by 14 feet wide; it is firmly united by strong bolts, and is very portable from the mode of its construction, which allows it to be folded up in the compass of 20 feet long by 2 feet 6 inches wide. On occasion of shipwreck it is capable of supporting 100 persons, as well as provisions for seven days, allowing to each individual two and a half pounds of food and one pint of water per day, in addition to which it may be made available for a portion of the cargo, and can be put in requisition in a few mi nutes. It will be found very useful in many cases of en gineering, and may be used as pontoons, which they greatly surpass in buoyancy and portability, being easily carried by two or three persons, while the others require a waggon and two horses to convey them from place to place. 4. A LIFE LAUNCH on an entirely new principle: is rendered buoyant by inflated cushions placed under the gunnel, which protects it from injury when coming in contact with rocks or the sides of a ship, in being lowered for use. Let it be here remarked that the life boats now in use are almost invariably crushed and rendered useless in the event of a wreck, by concussion against the side of a ship. A boat constructed on this principle, from 25 to 30 feet in length, contains upwards of a thousand gallons of air, and would support six hundred persons, were it possible for so many to attach themselves to it. The tedious and incessant labour in baling, so necessary with all other life-boats is, by this invention, entirely superseded, being provided with a false bottom perf,mated with holes, through which the water passes off, leaving a dry surface. The boat is also furnished with a tank of fresh water, and the gun nels with lockers, containing water-proof bags of gutta percha, for the reception of provisions; a water-proof awning of gutta percha lies rolled up on the gunnel, which can be raised so as to form a complete protection from the inclemency of the weather, over which a lamp or other signal of distress is placed. The cushions may easily be removed when the vessel is in port, and may be used as a common boat; it will serve as a paddle-box boat on board of a steamer, the cushions acting as fenders in the event of concussion. 5. THE GUTTA PERCHA EMIGRATION LIFE BOAT constructed with ribs moving on pivots, in a line with BIIiTHB. OF A 80. At Taharis-park, Carmarthenshir N e, the lady of Peel, Esq., of a son, who only survived a few hours. On the 28th ult., at Pleasington-hall, Lanc as hi re , the lady of J o h n B. Bowden, Esq. On the LBth ult., at Thorpe, near Chertsey, the lady of Edward Keate, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 28th ult., at Turlake, near Exeter, the wife of Edmund G. Roberts, Esq. On the 27th ult., at Shell-house, near Tunstall, Stafford shire, the lady of Thomas Llewellyn, Esq. MARRIED. On the 25th ult., at Bedford Chapel, Exeter, Captain W J. listen Grant, Royal Artillery, to Mary, eldest daughter of Captain George Truscott, R.N. On the 27th ult., at Glenlogan-house, Ayrshire, Edward Charles, eldest son of Ed ward H. Barwell, Esq., f North ampton, to Emily Eudora, only child of th e l ate J . R an k e rs, Esq., of Glenloga n and Vhite-hill, Ayrshire. NED On the 28th ult., at Park-place, Eltham, aged 68, Lieute tiara- Colonel Charles Cornwallis Michell, K.H., K.8.A. , K.T.S., late Surveyor-General at the Cape of Good Hope. On the 28th ult., Judith Topharn, daughter of the late L. Topham, Esq., of Middleham, Yorkshire. On the 29th ult., at Weymouth, Jane Elizabeth Rooker eldest daughter of the late Colonel Bootie. On the :,oth ult., Thomas Dodd, Eeq., of Vanbrugh-fields, Blackheath. aged 84. On :he 30th ult., at Thurloe-square, Brompton, Charles Lloyd, Esq., aged 71. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, r.t The Sun Office, Na 112 t Strand, in th e P rec i nct of the Savoy, the coanty et Thursday, April 3, 1851. and b( all ott Tot Obs, ands ............ 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