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The Committee then divided, the nu:,.bers
For stiik;ng the above words out 91
Against it
Majority
Mr. DARBY thought the better course would be
to report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
, Mr. BARNEBY would have no objection to the
adoption of that course.
After some discussion as to whether the proposition
should be adopted or not, the Committee again divided,
when there appeared—
For reporting progress • 47
Against it
Majority
The CHAtestAx then reported progress, and leave was
given to sit ag,,in on Wednesday.
On the motion of Mr. PEASE, the Durham Court
of Plots Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.
On the motion for the second reading of the Drainage
of Lands Bill,
Colonel SIBTHORP objected to it, and moved that
It be read a second time that day six months.
No Member seconding the motion, the Bill was read
a second time and ordered to be committed.
RATING OF TENEMENTS.
Rating
Mr. GORDON moved -the second reading of the
of Tenements Bill.
CRESWELL opposed the motion, considering
the Bill extremely objectionable. The course proposed
to be adopted by it had been tried in Liverpool, and
Was found to create great dissatisfaction. The Hon.
and Learned Member concluded by moving that the Bill
be read a second time that day six months.
Bill Mr. GORING supported the second reading of tl:e

Mr. LANGDALE objected to the Bill, as it would
have the effect of creating disunion between the higher
l eello
!od!lotver classes, and would go far to sever the kindly
Mr. gs the poor entertained towards their employers.
Mr.DARBY supported the Bill.
-""d
PRTNIE was opposed to the principle of the
and instanced one or two large towns in which the
same system had been tried and failed. He believed it
would be found that they were merely imposing a tax
uP,°w the poor. In Liverpool it had had the effect of
drop the
them from small into smaller houses, and be-
,l"ing that it would be most injurious to their interests
be-
he would oppose the Bill,
Mr. BURROUGHES supported the Bill, although
he did not think it perfect in its etai.
h. Mr. JERVIS objected to
thed Bill,ls which seemed to
'4l in direct variance with the principle of the Reform
Bill.

Sir HARRY VERNEY would vote for the second
reading of the Bill.
gol. IVOOD thought the Bill would tend to the
ulling down cottages ; it
was' frotn that fear that Mr.
turges
el —ourne's Act was not allowed to rate property
-bowthe value of 61. a year. He must therefore vote
against the Bill, believing, as he did, that the law as it
ext at present stood was the most safe. He thought it was
o tre
Bill desirable to lower the rent of cottages, and if
t 4-'m went into Committee he would propose a clause
0 Provide that the owners should be rated only to the
"mount of the rent he let his property at.
eBROTHERTON would vote for the Bill be-
”se he thought it would be a great benefit to the poor.
It wa,
proposed to exclude the cottages let under a
certain rent from being rated at all he would vote
for it, as he thought the poor paid out of all pro-
Portion towards the other taxes. His wish, founded
upon the scenes of distress he had seen in the
por6ou,.h
he had the honour to represent, was that the
should never sae the tax-gatherer.—(Hear, hear.)
LThe landlords
were to be allowed 50 per cent. for the
rostu.hle they were to be put to, and he thought that was

Sir G. STRICKLAND was opposed to the Bill be-
cause he did not think that was the proper time to dis-
franchise any part of the people because they were poor.
He wished that rates should be paid by the lowest classes
Possible, for any one paying even a small rate felt himself
raised in society, as he was then enabled to stand on the
same footing as his superior by being enabled to vote in
vestries.
Mr. PLUMPTRE would support the Bill at all
events in its present stage.
Mr. ESTCOURT said the Hon. Baronet opposite
Was labouring under a mistake, for the Bill would not
disfranchise any one—that was provided for in the Bill.
His experience as a Magistrate in a large town told him
that those who were unable to pay their rate without a
distress paid it twice—as they had previously paid it to
the landlord in the shape of an increased rent on the
chance of not being called upon to pay the rates. He
would certainly vote for the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. M. PHILLIPS supported the second readi-g! Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said, if there was any
class which ought to be looked on with favour, it was
those who had invested their small savings in the pur-
chase of land. In the town which he had the honour
to represent, there were not less than 100 proprietors
of small tenements, the rents of which they collected
with difficulty, and which would be worthless if the pre-
sent Bill should pass. He trusted the House would not
Pass the present Bill, unless they were prepared to re-
vise the whole law with respect to rating.—(Hear.)
nefi
Mr. PEASE, thinking the Bill would be a great be-
tot the poor, would support its second reading.
_aNir. BRISCOE hoped the second reading would be
'`4°ed
F rri
by a large majority, and would ultimately pass
a
Mr, A. rev.. A. WHITE said lie should vote for the second
fra 41,ng of the Bill, because he thought it would not dis-
roise a single voter.
be Ir. CA.YLEY thought the effect of the Bill would
re,Yery doubtful. He did not think it would be any
lief to the poor.
• Mr.oal). GORDON said if there was any thing objec-
ttil'o_,le in the clauses, te better plan wou'd be to et
go into Committee, and propose amendments.
Th House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading] .. .
Against it
The W Majority for the Bill. .
Committeeaterford Fever Hospital Bill went tat N:ne
°clock.

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q rpid " Bi.thi, Deaths,
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Which melancholy event has just taken place. Time
Will not allow us to enter into further particulars, than
that he proceeded to his B. A. degree in the year 1782,
4nd was Senior Wrangler of his year. Ho took his MA.
degree 1785, was elected Master of St. John's 1815, and
presented to the Deanery of Ely, in 1820, on the death of
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Which still retsina its place amongst many other modern
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SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday an inquest was
held before Mr. W a klcy, M. P., at the sign of th e u Falcon.r
Uxbridge, on view of the body of Mr. Charles
yen., aged sixty-seven years, a highly respectable builder.
In that town, and for many years high Constable of thr
Uxbridge division of the county of Middlesex. From thc
evidence it appeared that the deceased, who was a rem:ail:-
144 Y corpulent man, had been in the enjoyment of prett.
good health until the morning of Friday last, when he go:
°ot of bed at his usual time, but, feeling unwell, he soon
afterwards returned to his bed, when his wife and daugh-
tp., observing change to pass over his features, imme.
.lately sent fur medical assistance, but before Mr. Bullock,
i.ssurgeon, could arrive the deceased had breathed his last
ul
death arising, it is supposed, from the rupture of a
of (•
7l of the heart. Verdict, " Died by the vi.itation
_ _

„;
tv ELCI-1 CALVINISTIC METHODISTS.—
Rernongst the passengers on board the Liverpool al e th
y• Henry Rees, of this town, and the Rev. Moses Parry,
of Denbigh, who arc sent as a d utation from the a,,soci-
lited body of Welch Calvii,istictP Methodists to visit their
untryrnen who reside in great numbers in various parts
of the United States. upwards of 160olfitrheedirfif)rrietnhdespaner:
e,sulnPanied them to the ship in a steamer
114 e, and during their movements about the
.Liverpool,
_
10.6 number of verses composed todrinthnethoecc,Aa.siniodnw.
ryas so
hi-Ltold that the singing, notwitostan
g",, was heard at some distance, and. the effect was re-
thal'oibly Pleasing. Previously to their going on b ,ard
e Liverpool, the two ministers placed themselves in a
13.,`'p2ition which gave all their friends an oppoerttiunngitnynteo. say'
dee'"ewell I” and the scene was truly an aff.'e
oferves to be recorded, that, in consideration of the object
th tile mission on which these two gentlemen are going,
.ne uirectors of the Transatlantic Steam Companyhave,
their
the most handsome manner, remitted a portion of
ra4"Ze money.—Liverpool Courier.
Is, rile packet-ship Cambridge, which was to leave
s "V York on the Ist instant, and has consequently been
e
,„`.be time due, has not yet arrived. In the meantime
vrivate letter, dated St. John's, 31st of March, has been
PireikerelVed by way of Derry, which states that " the bor let
tr sat an end, each party having agreed to withdraw the
tl°°P!' and appoint a civil force to protect the timber on
IQodlBPuted territory."—Liverpool Courier.
1,%-'IIARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO SET FIRE TO
1,413 tit YARD.—Joseph Parnacott, a young man in the
b—lnoyment of Mr. George Baker, a timber-merchant and
s 3 sid►ng in Montague-place, Russell-square, was
t:4l'nesday committed
itted for trial from Union- Hall, charged
L. attempting to set fire to an extensive timber-
, ? 441 in the occupation of his master, situated in the Pa-
Isee-road, Lambeth.
VATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—Tuesday morn-
c, about two o'clock, a thief entered the premises of M.-.
lebnis, of Belisle Islington, when the family were alarmed
UL of their sleep.' He made his escape across the ymd,
Pursued by a dog, which he attacked with a large bludgeon
and by
its legs, and beat it about the head until he
killed it. He was ultimately taken into custody by 85 N
isn• He gave his name John Sheppey. He was ex-
a•._lll'ned at Hattcn-garden, and sentenced to six weeks'
Imprisonment and hard labour.

DR. WARDLAW'S LECTURES ON
NATIONAL CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS.

LECTURE V,

After prayers by the Rev. Thotnae Binney, Dr. Ward-
law observed that the subject of that day's lecture was
the objects of the Voluntaries, and the means by which
they sought their attainment. They bad been accused
of seeking much that was extravagant and absurd.
That would have mattered little, had it come from
the underlings of the Church ; but it had come
from one who, by his deserved eminence, might
be ranked among the very highest. Dr. Chalmers,
to whom he alluded, had dilated at length on the
difference between the Reformers of the past and those
of the present times. While the former wished merely
to change the machinery, the object the latter sought
to accomplish was the destruction of the frame-work
itself. The change in substance amounted to that.
Ile seemed to consider it to be taken as granted that
the frame-work was unobjectionable, and to forget or
overlook what. was so very obvious, namely, that the
whole resolved itself into the question as to whether
the machinery vvas good? The old Reformers, he said,
had for their aim sot the destruction of the Established
Church, but to change its doctrines, to purify its
tenets, and inculcate new and purer principles, but their
successors in the present age were mere " machine-
breakers." They would calmly but firmly repel the
charge. But the question again recurred, was the
machinery for working out man's salvation originally
established good? If it was, they would bow to the
rebuke. That was the point about which they differed.
A human machine had been invented and set up by
human agency upon the ruins of that system'of Church
government which was established by Divino sanction in
the day of the Apostles, and which continued till it was
overturned by Constantine. Who, then, he would ask,
were the machine-breakers but they who presumed to
interfere with the Church as established under divine
sanction ? They desired to displace the machinery set

up by Constantine, and to re-establish that which
existed under Apostolic sanction.—(Cheers.) Their
object was to substitute the Divine for the human go-
vernment. —(Renewed cheering.) That was the point
on which the voluntaries were united as one. They
wished to restore the Church of Christ to its original

basis. Was there anything to be dreaded in the re-
storation of what was Divine ? The nearer the Church
was to that the greater would be its purity, and
the greater its prosperity. Dr. Chalmers had
accused them of being indifferent alike to all sys-
tems for the diffusion of Gospel instructions. " The

days were," says he, " when a man was famous ac-
cording as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees,
or according as he gave of materials or money for the
building and the endowment of Churches. But now
they would break down the carved work thereof at
once with axes and hammers. They have said in their
hearts, let us destroy them together ; they would
burn up all the synagogues of God in the land." Would

they indeed ? Where was the voluntary who would
not willingly and heartily join in the reprobation of such
sentiments ? No true voluntary sought such an object.
No, no! the sword was not their weapon. Those who
used the sword might perish with the sword. They did
not approve of coercive measures—they freely made
these (wee to the compulsories. They would seek the
attainment of their purpose after the example of their
Divine Master, by the influence of gentleness and per-
suasion.—(Cheers.) If there was one solitary indi-
vidual in their ranks who was prepared to act otherwise,
he (Dr. W.) would be the first to renounce his connec-
tion. He did not say that the establishment was doomed
to fall like the temple of Jerusalem—but if there
was an individual who, like a soldier in the army of
Titus, against the command of his general, who should
kindle a conflagration which should consume the
Church machinery of the present time, he did not say
that they were prepared to welcome such destruction
with shouts of exultation, but if a shout should arise,
it would be one of religious liberty, when the altars
of man shall be changed for the altars of God.
Were there, indeed, no altars but those of an Esta-
blishment on which the sacrifices of faith could be
placed ? The voluntaries presumed to think that there
were, and that an altar after the apostolic model was
preferable to one after that of Constantine. They had
not the same hostility to all establishments, but if Dr.
Chalmers and others still persisted in the contrary be-
lief, he would reply it was a light thing to be judged by
man's judgment. He would appeal to the living
God. In opposition to those charges he would place
in pleasing contrast the amiable and Christian senti-
ments expressed by the Rev. Baptist Noel, who had
said that it was wrong to impute to their Christian
brethren corrupt motives at all times, but especially
when they were repudiated. The voluntaries denied that
they sought the destruction of the Church. They be-
lieved it was plated by its divine Founder on a rock that
the gates of hell should never prevail against it. They
believed it would stand for ever. " Nec tames consu-
mebatur." To free the Church from her secular in-
cumbrances was not to destroy, but to re-invigorate its
existence. IL.v many times should he repeat that the
Establishment of the Church was not the Church
itself'. So far from fearing that the Church would be
endangered or hurt by her deliverance from secular
bondage, they believed it would be the day of her renewal
and increased purity and prosperity.—(Cheers.) In the
minds of many, and those amongst the highest in the
land, this important distinction was entirely overlooked.
When only desiring Church reform, they were accused of
wishing to eradicate and destroy the Christian religions.
In reply to an accusation of that description in the
Upper House of Parliament, Lord Roden had very
properly observed that the temporalities and the
spiritualities of the Church were quite distinct and
different. The one might be destroyed, and the other
remain uninjured. The Church might be stripped of
its worldly wealth, and its spirituality remain entire.
He agreed with Mr. Gladstone that the day of the
Church's separation from the State would be the day of
the Church's spiritual revival. He had now to direct their
attention to the second head of the present lecture—
namely, the means to be used by the voluntaries in the
attainment of their object. There, too, had they
been most mercilessly assailed. The voluntaries were
convinced that religion had suffered greatly from her
connection with the State. What, then, were the
means they proposed to employ to rid themselves of the
evil ? They proposed none but the most legitimate.
They proposed none but conformity with the directions
contained in the word of God.—( Cheers.) They had a
humble but firm confidence in that word, and they would
not be discouraged. There were two classes of means, the
one appertaining to them as subjects ofChri,t, and the
otheras subjects of the British throne. First,all the means
they possessed for the diffusion of divine principles ; and,
secondly, political means, or the legitimate exercise of
their rights as citizens. With the former, they would
address their Christian brethren as on a common
ground. For the exercise of the latter they were justi-
tied by the recorded example of the very chiefest of the
apostles. "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that
is a Roman, and uncondernned ?" said Paul, on one oc-
casion, and on another, " No man may deliver me unto
them (the Jews) ; I appeal unto Caesar." The apostle
Paul did not scruple to plead his rights as a Roman citizen
to benefit his cause as a Christian, and neither would they
—they would act in the same way. Their petition to the
Government should not be to legislate for the Church,
but to cease to legislate—to confine themselves to the
exercise of their own proper functions, and to leave
the Church to legislate for itself. He was aware that
it was. urged by many that seeing an Establishment
did v est, although it might not be the best imagin-
able, it ought to be let alone. Just so might the
otrieeponheonrrto
ofrs of
to this very ho
negro emancipation have argued, and
fthat abominable traffic
ffi c
Had •wouldliate
ben perpetrated Luther
and his coadjutors thus quietly acquiesced in the then
existing state of things, Europe would stil ;have
con-
tinued sunk in the depths of religious darkness and ig-
norance. Had John Knox and his compations argued
thus, Scotland might still have been clouded by the
mists of papal superstition. But, no ! thanks be to God,
these men bad been actuated by nobler, higher,
and holier motives, and their posterity were now
enjoying the fruits of their glorious exertions. No, no !
Apathy and religious indifference would not do. They
must arouse themselves in the cause of truth and be
up and doing. That the connection of Church and State
was detrimental to religion, was what they maintained
Their object was to sever that union. They desired
to restore to the Church, her original Divine consti-
tution.—(Cheers.) Their opponents might smile at
the weakness of their means, but they would not
be discouraged. They had the might of truth on
their side, and with that they might feel assured
of the countenance anti approbation of the Almighty.
With the exception of a mere handful in the North,
the Dissenters of Scotland did not desire to par-
ticipate in the benefits of a State endowment.
He regretted that the acceptance of the RegiumDonum
compelled him to include a larger number in that class in
'rebid. They were also many in England, but he would
venture to assert that the majority did not. lie was
aware of the puzzling questions that might be raised
as to the disposal of Church property, but that was
not their province. Their province was to settle prin-
ciples. There were two sources of Church revenue,
namely, from Government grant and private bequest.
According to I-lai!an the first might be resumed; or
re-distributed as the State saw occasion, but existing
rights should be respected ; but the latter should be
strictly applied to the purposes intended by the donors.
The Lecturer concluded with an exposition of his opi-
nions on this sulject, and intimated that his next lec-
ture " On the efficiency of the voluntary principle,
and a vindication of it against misrepresentations and
objections," would be delivered this day.

In the year 1758 the Emperor Francis I. of
Germany held a grand hunt on the estate of Prince Col-
loredo, in Bohemia; the number of hunters was twenty-
three, including three ladies, and it continued eighteen
days. 47,950 heads of game were killed, consisting of 19
dear, 77 roes, 10 foxes, 18,243 hares, 19,545 partridges,
9,499 pheasants, 114 larks, 353 quails, &c. The Emperor
had 9,789 shots, and the Princess Charlotte, his sister,
9,010. The total number of shots fired was 116,209.—
Foreign Quarterly Review.