The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MARCH 29.

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The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas
England, M.A., to the rectory of North Lew, in the county
of Devon and diocese of Exeter, void by the death of the Rev.
William Kitson.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend
James Taylor to the church and parish of Monzie, in the
presbytery of Auchterarder and shire of Fife, vacant by the
transportation of the Reverend George Hutchison, late
minister thereof, to the church and parish of Banchory Ternan.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 'l9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Henry
Burt, Esq., to be Surveyor of Roads for the Island of St.
Christopher.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 30.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord
Alexander Francis Charles Gordon Lennox to be Captain,
by purchase, vice the Hon. C. H. Cust, who retires ; Cornet
Lord Otho Augustus Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lord A. F. C. Gordon Lennox, March 30.
sth Dragoon Guards—Captain Andrew Nugent, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice James Conolly, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant George Lloyd Robson, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires ; Cornet John Jenkins
Thomas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robson ; Ensign
Adolphus William Desart Burton, rom 82d Foot, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Thomas, March 30.
11th Light Dragoons--Lieutenant William Stephen Sandes
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Forrest, who retires ;
Cornet Lesley Alexander to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Sandes ; Edwin Adolphus Cook, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Alexander, dated March 30.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Colonel Henry Madox,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, repay-
ing the difference, vice Brevet Colonel Sampson Stowell,
who exchanges; Major Edward Pole, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Madox, who retires; Captain the
Hon. Robert Needham,lto be Major, by purchase, vice Pole ;
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Clifton, to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Needham ; Cornet John Almerus Digby, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clifton ; Charles Goring, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Digby, March 30.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Need, from half-
pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Hillier,
promoted in the 44th Foot, March 30,
Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry Whichcote Turner, Gent. to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kennedy, deceased,
March 30.
4th Foot—Ensign John William Percy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Wollaston, who retires ; Octavius Yorke
Cocks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Percy,
March 30.
33d Foot—Frank Corbett, Gent.. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Twigg, who retires, March 30.
39th Foot—Michael C. Wall, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Sears, promoted, March 30.
46th Foot.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
James George Clarke, vice Campbell, appointed Adjutant,
Feb. 22; Ensign John Hickinbotham Chambers, vice Macan,
who retires, March 30.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Dacre Ives Barrett Leonard,
Gent., vice Chambers, March 30.
To be Ensign, without purchase—Henry Ridge Wolrige,
Gent., vice Clarke, March 31.
To be Adjutant—Lieutenant Colin Frederick Campbell,
vice O'Toole, promoted, Feb. 22.
68th Foot—Harry Palette Jones, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Digby, who resigns ; Lieutenant
Thomas Whitmore Storer to be Adjutant, vice Carmichael,
who resigns the Adjutantcy only, March 30.
82d Foot—Daniel Stratton Collings, Gent , to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Burton, appointed to the sth Dragoon
Guards, March 30.
BREVET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Madox, of 12th
Light Dragoons, to be Colonel in the Army, June 28, 1838 ;
Captain Andrew Nugent, of sth Magoon Guards, to be
Mayor in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
L srarrAcuED.—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieu-
tenant James White, from Adjutant of a Recruiting district;
Lieutenant Lewis Alexander Boyd, from the 11th Foot;
Lieutenant Henry Loftus Herbert, from 88th Foot, March 30.
Momosazeoum.—The commission of Lieutenant John
Gaggin Cox, in the 2d West India Regiment, has been dated
18th December, 1846, instead of Bth August, 1840.
BANKRUPTS.

Edward Marshall, pewterer, Clifton-street, Sun-street,
Finsbury, to surrender April 13, at two, and May 14, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Buchanan, Basing-
hall-street, City.
William Heath Bonds, licensed victualler, Creek-road,
Deptford, April 13, at half-past two, and May 14, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street ; Symes, Weston, and Teesdale,
Fenchurch-street,
Henry Howell, draper, Shrewsbury, Salop, April 10, at
twelve, and May 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basing-
hall-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury.
Augusta Sophia Tipper, Henry Roe Tipper, and Alfred
Tipper, stationers and paper manufacturers, Upper Thames-
street, London, April 9, at two, and May 7, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Spicer,
Great Marlow, Bucks.
George Atkins Soar, glass cutter, Great Marylebone-street,
April 5, at half-past one, and May 3, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street; Bicknell and Co., Connaught-terrace, Edge-
ware-road.
John Hely, merchant, Surrey-street, Strand, April 12, at
one, and May 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Wild and
Co., College-hill, City.
William Swain, builder, Cheltenham, April 14 and May
14, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee. Bristol ; Winterbotham and Co., Cheltenham.
Joseph Chatterton, coach builder, Manchester, April 13
and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester ; Armstrong, Staple Inn,
London; Woodburne, Manchester.
James Sharp, coal merchant, East Riddlesden-hall,
April 17, and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row,
London; Weatherhead and Co., Bingley ; Bond, Leeds.
Jeremiah Burrows, farmer, Sutton in A.slitield, April 16,
and illay 7, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Sheffield; Stevens and Co., Queen-street,
Cheapeide, London ; Jessop, Alfreton.
Stephen and James Chappel, earthenware manufacturers,
Leeds, April 12 and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Wigleavforth and
Co , Gray's Inn ; Smith, Leeds.
William Hodgson, jun., licensed victualler, Leeds, April 19
and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free-
man, official assignee, Leeds; Jacques and Co., Ely-place,
Holborn ; Greaves, Leeds.
Thomas Sivill, licensed victualler, Liverpool, April 16, and
May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Chester and Co., Staple Inn,
London ; Avison and Co Liverpool.
John Jebb, grocer, Baschurch, Shropshire, April $, and
May I, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Vaipy,
official assignee, Birmingham; Mtateram and Knowles, Bir-
mingham.
James Tranter, jun., timber merchant, Uttoxeter, April 14,
and May 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Palmer, Rugeley ;
Smith, Birmingham.
William Henry Lovatt, factor, Wolverhampton, April 13,
at eleven, and May, 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson,
Wolverhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.

- DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Dodgson and G. Bradbury, ironmongers, Bishopsgate-
street—first div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, on Saturday,
March 27, and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abehurch-lane, City.
R. Dunn, Wakefield, Yorkshire—as regards the Victoria
colliery, a first and final div. of Nd. in the pound, on any
Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
T. Badger, tailor, Sheffield—a first div. of 4s. 6d. in the
pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
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At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. W. Falshaw, grocer, Farringdon, Berkshire, April 20, at
one—J. Plews, timber merchant, Bedford-square, April 23, at
twelve—E. L. Ogle, brickmaker, Clements-lane, City,
April 20, at eleven—R. Pettigrew, jun., tailor, Woolwich,
April 20, at one—T. Roberts, linendraper, Blackman-street,
Southwark, April 20, at two—R. Vaughan, coffeehouse
keeper, Freeman's-court, Cheapside, April 20, at two—S.
P. Gladstone, shipwright, Crisp-street, East India-road,
Poplar, April 20, at half-past eleven—J. Jeffrey, grocer,
Tonbridge Wells, April 20, at twelve—F. Shotter, grocer,
Portsea, April 20, at half-past twelve—F. T. West, coal
merchant, Commercial road, Lambeth, April 21, at half-past
eleven—J. H. Tipple, bombazeen manufacturer, Wymond-
ham, Norfolk, April 21, at half-past one—J. B. King, bill
broker, Newgate-street, April 22, at half-past two—W. Figg,
Ordnance-clerk, Brighton, April 16, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. C. Chambers, needle manufacturer, Ipslev, Warwick-
shire, April 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court
—J. Wilkinson, ship owner, Stockton-on-Tees, April 22, at
eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—B. F.
Cowper, linendraper, Darlington, Durham, April 22, at half-
East twelve, at the Newcastle- upon-Tyne District Court—W.
-_F• Cowper, linendraper, Darlington, Durham, April 22, at
twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. F.
Cowper,sa B. F. Cowper, and P. E. Cowper, linendrapers
1-' Ihngton, Durham, April 22, at twelve, at the Newcastle':
ntic'n-TYne
_District Court—W. Lon bottom wool merchant,
Ikehdalk.AEil 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—
Rochdale, A alaxbottom and R. Bentley, wool merchants,
cou,_,. Jrn 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court —J, . Mackay,_ tailor, Liverpool, April 23, at eleven,
at the Liverpo,olyoprt:'
stirli.ct Court—W. Lockwood, worsted
1-1. liellroe'4
spinner, Birstal
pril 21, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court—
hamshire, April 16, at eleven, at farmer, Wysall, Notting-
ambroffen, at the Exchange .rooms, Not-
T. L. B
tingham—
ni. twelve, at the Mancheste'rVfumer, Manchester, April 23,
CERTIFICATES to be granted, Court.
the contrary, on the day islisis cause be shown to
herein mentioned.
J. Bond and E. Morgan, furriers, oxfor
W. Groasmith, baker. Portsmouth,
April 21_11
April '2 0
baker, Fulham St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk
11. Farman,
Hitchcock, farmer, Hogston,
Aprilßuckine,hamshirrl2l—W.
—G. Luck and W. Croft, drapers, York-road ' Lambeth, 2l
April 20—J. Flews, ' ber merchan '
tim tt Store-stre t
Bedford-square, April 20—R. White, merchant, stie,„!
derlafrd, April 20—IZ. Morris, coach builder, Gloucester,
April :N—J. H. Gandell,dealer, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
April :A—N. Thompson, factor, Liverpool, April 20.... j. ti:
GandelU and J. Brunton, commission agents, Birkenhead,
Cheshire, April 20—J. Griffiths, stationer, Liverpool,
April 20—W. Samson, coal merchant, Essex-wharf, Strand,
April 20—J. Blunden, baker, Basingstoke, April 20—D.
Pattie. stationer, St. Alban's-place, Edgeware-road, April 20
—W. Mullett, paper manufacturer, West Peckham, Kent,
April 20.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
E. Breffrt, J. Wiaterbottom, and S. Walker, glass bottle
rnitnufacturers, Castleford, Yorkshire—W. C. and J. Ealing,
Banhai n Norfolk—T. R. Hadley and H. Drake, linendrapers,
Woolwi ich—J. Tilbury, J. Tilbury, jun., and F. Clarke,
coach t atilders, Gloucester•place, New-road—T. Smith and
Chat ►man, soda water manufacturers, York—C. F. Bla-

grove and R. Rust, musicians, Albany-street, Regent's-park
—N. D. Cr.ker and R. Stowe, coal dealers, Bridgewater--
J. Milnes and J. Arkwrigbt, grocers, Blackburn, Lancashire
—I. Rubbins and T. Harrison, merchants, Gedney, Lincoln-
shire—W. Morgan and 0. Battee, porter dealers, Bilston,
StafEirdshire—E. Scandrett and G. Tudge, plumbers, Wor-
cester—C. Louie and T. Hudson, ship brokers, Lives pool—E.
Jazion and M. Rider, school proprietors, Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire—J. Cox and I. Drake, scribblers and slubbers,
Leeds—J. Haslam and W. Paddy, drapers, Southampton-
row, Bloomsbury—W, Read and R. S. noggins, wine mer-
chants, Duke-street, St. James's—W. Whiteside and M. D.
Powell, tailors, Liverpool—J. Austen and C. H. lorns, linen-
drapers, Oxford-street—H. D. Coggan and R. Jones, hot-
pressers, Bread-street-hill, City—R. Escombe and S. Side-
botham, coal merchants, Harp lane, Tower-street—J. and
W. Chadwick, brickmakers, Liverpool—T. Warren and C.
Fowlers, pawnbrokers, Old-street-road, St. Luke's.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
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John Craig, horse dealer, Glasgow, April 2 and 23, at one,
at the chambers of Mr. Simpson, Glasgow.
David Carrick Buchanan Fleming and Robert Chalmers,
ironfounders, Glasgow, April 2 and 30, at two, at the cham-
bers of Messrs. Baird and Muirhead, Glasgow.
John Robertson, grocer, Denny, April 5 and 20, at two,
at the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk.
William Wallace and Alexander Reid Wallace, merchants,
Glasgow, April 5 and 23 at one, at the chambers of Mr.
Harvie, Glasgow.
John Cochran, mason, Laurieston of Glasgow, April 5 and
26, at the chambers of Mr. Smeaton, Glasgow.
William Maclaren, perfumer. Glasgow, April 5 and 29,
at twelve, at the George Hotel, Glasgow.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of March 30.)
SuciAa.—To-day a further decline took place in the value
of most descriptions of free and slave labour Sugar, as the
quantity on offer was large and more than requisite for the
wants of the home trade or exporters. Of West India Mus-
covado the supply is getting larger, and the assortment better ;
the private sales did not exceed 280 hhds and trcs, at prices
showing a fall on those of Friday of 6d per cwt. The market
closes heavily for all sorts of Sugar.
REFLNID.—To-day Refined Goods met with little attention
for home consumption, and lower rates were submitted to.
We quote standard lumps at 64s 6d to 655, brown grocery
63s 6d to 645, and melting lumps 63s per cwt. The supply
is rather larger. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced
to operate in Mauritius Sugar, and of 14,741 bags 40 casks
at public sale, not above half sold ; but the rates taken were
only in a few instances rather under those that pervailed on
Friday.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 124 hhds and 30
barrels of St. Croix Sugar were offered, a superior parcel, not
only as regarded strength, but colour, and sold at lower
rates, very fine yellow went at 58s to 58s 6d, fine 365 to 575,
good 54s to 555, and middling 50s to 535.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of Madras Sugar
were offered at public sale, amounting to 6,793 bags; but
there was little desire evinced to purchas.l, and a small part
only sold at rather lower rates.
bloLAssEs.—This afternoon at public sale 12 butts 78 hhds
of Bengal :Traacle, and only part sold at 24s 6d to 255.
844 bags were put up, and only partly sold at 6d. decline.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was operated in
with caution. The quantity offered at public sale amounted
to 482 bags and 2 casks of Plantation ; but the chief part was
taken in at the full worth.

TEA.—There has been little desire manifested to operate
in any description of black, notwithstanding the moderate
rates that exist. In the low and middling sorts of green
large purchases have been made. in consequence of the low
rates that are accepted. Good and fine met with a fair de-
mand, et prices differing from those that existed previously.
SAGO is not much wanted, and 241 boxes at public sale
to-day were sold at a further fall in prices of is to 2s per cwt.
COCIIINEAL.—The public sales this day, consisting of 220
bags Honduras, went off very heavily, and barely one-half
sold at a decline of at least 2d per lb.
Rim—To-day the market was plentifully supplied with
Bengal Rice. The quantity offered at public sale amounted
to 4,257 bags, but exporters and the home trade evinced
little desire to operate, and a part only sold is under the
rates of Friday.
SmcEs.—To-day Malabar Pepper met with little attention,
and 1,020 bags at auction were only in part sold, at about
the former value.

SALTPETRE.—AIthough there are further arrivals of Rough,
yet holders manifest firmness, and have refrained from offer-
ing any at public sale. Exporters and the home trade are
desirous to operate, and the parcels sold privately were at
stiff rates. English Refined met with ready buyers at 30s to
30s 6d per cwt. Nitrate of Soda has been sold to a fair
extent.

Fatax.—There has been several fresh arrivals lately of
Currants, three cargoes of Chesme and Red Smyrna Raisins,
and a cargo of Valencia Raisins from Liverpool; the market
has been rather quiet this week, the exporters taking only
small parcels of Currants. Of old Red Smyrna Raisins some
sales have been made at 31s to 32s for shipping.
SPIRITS.—For home consumption a brisker demand has
been experienced for Jamaica Rum, still n• material im-
provement in prices can be quoted In Leeward Islands the
operations are upon rather a more extended scale, and 3s 7d
to 3s 8d paid for proof strength. East India has been sold to
a fair extent, and 3s 5d to 3s 6d are the rates paid for proof,
with certificate. Demerara sells more freely at 5s to 5s 3d
for strong sorts. For Brandy the market is in a dull state;
the stock is still on the increase, and there are free sellers.
Geneva is wanted for exportation, and several parcels have
been sold, common at 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Fine 3s to 3s 8d per
gallon. For British Corn Spirits and Gin prices remain the
same, but the market is in a dull state, and stocks are accu-
mulating.
INDroo.—The next quarterly sales of Indigo will take
place on the 11th May. The demand lately has been
limited, but prices remain very firm at last February rates.
Spanish brought previous terms, but only a part of 54 serons
sold—ordinary Cortes to good Sobres 2s 6d to 4s Id.
hors.—The market has a dull appearance. There are
sellers upon the following terms t— Sussex pockets 761 s to 88.,
Weald of Kent BGs to 98s, Mid and East Kent 95s to 130 s.

Ou.s.—Of Linseed Oil only a moderate quantity having
been taken for home consumption or exportation, and prices
have given way, 27s 6d per cwt being taken on the spot.
Of Rape Seed Oil may parcels hare been disposed of, brown
at 365, pale 375, and line pale foreign 38s. Olive Oil met
with less attention. Of Cocoa Nut the supply being
still trifling, holders are enabled to obtain high rates.
Of Palm further parcels have been received, and the stock
being heavy, holders are inclined to realise. Lard Oil is in
fair request at 45s to 50s. For Sperm Oil a much better
demand prevailed, and prices have improved. For Cod Oil
the market has a quiet appearance, and a limited business
was transacted. Southern has been disposed of to a fair ex-
tent, but not at better prices.
TALLow.—The demand is still on the decrease for Russian
on the spot, and a further decline in the value has taken
place. For delivery in the last three months of the year,
however, a fair business has been transacted. Of home-made
there is an increased quantity offering for sale, whilst the
demand has been limited. With other sorts of Tallow the
market is yet plentifully supplied, and prices are on the
decline.

THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF

EDUCATION.

A public meeting was held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, to consider the propriety of peti-
tioning Parliament against the scheme of education,
contained in the minutes of the Committee of Council of
August and December, 1846 ;'George William Alexander,
Esq., in the chair. The meeting was held yesterday in
the large hall of the London Tavern, but the attendance at
the hour appointed for taking the chair was very scanty,
indeed, could not have exceeded fifty ; which had in-
creased to something more than double that number
about half-an-hour afterwards, when the Chairman
entered.

The CHAIRMAN said he had been requested to state
that sufficient care had not been taken to make the
meeting known ; indeed that the bills had not been
placarded till that morning, which, coupled with another
fact, that a general meeting of the Society of Friends was
being held that day, accounted for the thinness of the
meeting. lie said he would not occupy the meeting
long with any remarks on the general object; but he
must say that he had been slowly led to a conclusion
which was adverse to the Government scheme of educa-
tion. He was a member of the British and Foreign
School Society, and had been one who admitted the
propriety of Government grants in aid of exertions
in favour of education, such as for the erection
of schools. Thus far he went in reference
to Government aid. But that was a very different thing
from a great scheme of national schools, which ought to
be called Church of England schools.—(Applause.) He
denied that sectarian principles or ways were taught
in the British Schools. But it was very different in
the National Schools, so called, where the Church
catechism was taught, and National Church tenets
inculcated; in proof of which he might refer to a
volume of documents published by the Government,
where a letter from a clergyman states, that if he had
had the National School sooner, by that time there
would not have been a Dissenter in the parish.
Indeed, the scheme had been originated by members
and dignitaries of the Church of England ; he believed it
might be chiefly attributed to Dr. Kay Shuttleworth. He
regretted. much the originating of such a scheme at that
time, as it was but throwing the apple of discord among the
liberal friends of education. But he for one should never
cease exerting himself to defeat it.—(Applause.)
The SECRETARY intimated that the central com-
mittee had written to all the Metropolitan Members of
Parliament, who had all acknowledged the invitation by
written answers.

The Rev. Mr, STOVELL said, he was of opinion that
the education of the children of this country was far
too important to be committed rashly to the hands
of Government, and not at all to be committed to hands
already too full with business which perhaps had not
been very well discharged as yet, too full of difficulties
which were yet to be surmounted. These difficulties
were the adjustment of the affairs of Ireland, of the
affairs of Scotland, of the civil jurisprudence,
of colonial government, of the poor-law--difficul-
ties which did not encourage them to add
another case sufficient of itself to occupy their
undivided attention. But there was another question
which burdened the consideration. Was this scheme to
comprehend all England or no part of it? For it must
be adopted universally, or at once and entirely rejected.
But education was necessarily religious. It included the
development of all the powers and capabilities of the hu-
man mind, of which the prime ruler was the conscience. But
he contended that morality could not be followed out
into habit unless the conscience was enlightened by, the
revealed will of God. How, then, were the Government to
act ou a matter so closely appertaining to the religious
life ? In one of two ways—either they would adopt all re-
ligions equally, the negative and the positive, and founding
their scheme in infidelity they would establish it in
law ; or they would engage the teachers of religion,
whom they thought the best, and into their hands the
whole scheme must be thrown. But the Church of
England was necessarily thought by the Government to
inhiv;lhachthiet
be the best ; therefore, the power would fall into the
handswc of the Church' of England. The manner in
sacred princ proposalil
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out inflicting a wrong upon this carried
by moving—" That, whatever might be the value of the
educational measure now proposed by the Government,

the meeting could not consent to accept it when brought I
forw,;rd in a manner so mlieu to the spirit aLid principles ;
of the British Constitution."

Mr. NATHANIEL GRIFFIN seconded the motion, which
was carried with two dissentients.
Mr. JOSEPH STURGE moved—" That even were the
manner in which this measure is brought forward unex-
ceptionable, in the judgment of this meeting the gravest
objections lie against the measure itself, as tending to
enervate the system of voluntary contribution and local
educational efforts, as opening a channel through which
a corrupt political influence may at any time be exer-
cised on the masses of society ; as still further, and in
the most inconsistent of ull ways, mixing up the State
with religion, and in leading in numerous instances
to a direct violation of the rights of conscience, and
as the commencement of a system of Government
action which is capable of vast and indefinite ex-
tension, but of which no man can foresee the issue."
He said there were one or two questions on which per-
haps he went a little further than those who had drawn
up these resolutions. One of these was, whether under
any circumstances a Government was entitled to take
education into its own keeping. It might perhaps build
schools, but to take the direction of what be must call
religious instruction was beyond their province, for they
could not do so without offending theconsciences of some
of their subjects. How could he impose a tax on a Jew
in order to buy a New Testament for the instruction of
the imposer's child? Again, so long as they had a
church established by law in the country, and
a distinction made among sects, they could
not accept Government aid, however guarded,
without strengthening that establishment, and on
that account he differed from the British and Foreign
School Society, when they accepted of Government
grants. It was an infringement of the voluntary prin-
ciple. He bad, therefore, withdrawn his subscription,
and given it to schools which had stood independent,
avid he would now give 1001. subscription to the British
and Foreign Society if that grant were rejected. On
these grounds he objected to a Government scheme of
education.

The Rev. JOHN BURNET seconded the motion in an
eloquent speech.
It was then proposed and carried that, in the judg-
ment of this meeting the fact that all schemes for the
promotion of education by the Government, which have
been hitherto propounded, have been found to contain
elements in their operation incompatible with the wel-
fare o": the community, is adapted to shake the confi-
dence of our Legislators in the belief now so strongly
entertained within the walls of Parliament—that educe-
is the business of the Government, and that it should
induce them to give to that question a new and careLl
investigation.
A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT—Bury St. Edmunds,
March 29.
THE ACTON MURDER.-SENTENCE OF DEATH.

At the sitting of the Court this morning, at 9
o'clock, Catherine Foster was placed at the bar to re-
ceive the fearful sentence which the verdict of Saturday
entailed upon her. Proclamation having been made,
The CHIEF BARON assumed the black cap, and pro-
ceeded to address the prisoner to the following effect:—
"Catherine Foster, you stand convicted of the crime of
murder under circumstances which require no words of
aggravation from me. It is sufficient to state the fact,
that you were married on Wednesday, the 18th of Oc-
tober, and on that day three weeks your husband died
in consequence of the administration of poison. It is im
possible to doubt that you prepared his food, and ad-
ministered it, and that yours was the hand which put
the poison into it. These are facts which it is Impos •
sible to doubt, and it seems to be equally impossible to
escape from the conclusion that your heart and mind
went along with your hand, and that the poison was placed
in that food for thed eliberate purpose ofprocuring the death
of an individual with whom you had so lately formed at
the altar of God a connexion the must sacred which can
exist on earth between man and woman. I have no de-
sire to enter into the facts of this unhappy case beyond
the expression of my entire concurrence in the verdict of
the jury; and it only remains for me now to pass upon
you the sentence of the law, which, whether in con-
formity with or obedience to the laws 0' God, requires
that your life should be forfeited on the scaffold. I pray
you to make the best use of the time now so short on
earth, and to seek for peace and mercy, where alone
they are to be found, at the throne of your Redeemer."
The Learned JUDGE, whose voice was at times almost
inaudible from emotion, concluded his solemn address to
the prisoner by passing the last sentence of the law upon
her in the usual form, and the prisoner was removed, as
on Saturday, without any apparent appreciation of the
position in which she stood. Not a single tear glistened
in her eye, which was unobservant and inattentive—
not a single contraction of the facial muscles betokened
the inward workings of suppressed feelings; but calm
and composed she received the sentence as she had lis-
tened to the overwhelming evidence adduced against her,
and she descended from the dock to the dark cell beneath
with as light a step as if she had been convicted of an
ordinary larceny.

His Eonositir then disposed of the two or three re-
maining cases in the calendar, which were entirely
divested of any features of public interest, and the Suf-
fulk terminated at twolvc. o'oleetc, 1.0 far e.e the
Crown aide was concerned. The labours of his Lordship
were materially lightened by the fact that the grand
jury threw out, amongst others, four bills for arson, with
respect to which class of offences the Learned Judge, in
discharging the grand jury, took occasion to remark that
he highly approved their disinclination to find bills on
weak evidence, which would, when subjected to a petty
jury and sifted, fall to the ground.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.--7Bodmin, March 29.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.
THE ST. lIABYN MURDER.—Mary Treverton, aged
30, was indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Hockin,
at the parish of St. Mabyn, on the 10th October.
Mr. Rowe and Mr. Cornish for the prosecution ; Mr.
Slade for the prisoner.
The deceased was a cooper in the village of St.
Mab3n. He was a married man, and had before and
since his marriage carried on an illicit intercourse with
the prisoner, who lived in the same neighbourhood.
They had quarrelled on various occasions previous to
the fatal deed.
John Clements, a labourer, stated that on Satur-
day, the 10th of October, he was passing along Den-
ham-bridge-lane, about a quarter before six o'clock
in the morning, when he found the deceased lying upon
his face. There is a house on the spot where the
body was found, and the head was close to the house.
I'he back of his head was severely cut, and there was a
quantity of blood upon it. The wall was covered with
brains. His coat pocket was pulled down and torn.
The coat was also torn up the back.
William Perry, living at St. Mabyn, stated, that on
the same morning the last witness came to his house and
called him. He accompanied him to where the body of
Samuel Hockin lay. He was not quite dead, but insen-
sible. He found a stone about five feet six inches from
the body, and there was blood upon it. He afterwards
saw it in the possession of the constable. On the Sun-
day before deceased's marriage witness visited deceased,
who was then living with the prisoner. He saw Hockin
standing with his head bleeding, and a few minutes after-
wards the prisoner came in. The witness went on to
state that on that occasion a quarrel took place between
the prisoner and deceased, and the former threatened to
knock his brains out.
Mr. Gaved, the surgeon, deposed that he was of
opinion that such wounds as the deceased died of could
be inflicted with the stone which was produced. He was
present when the house of John Treverton was searched

i.).), %Vest, the constable. In a bedroom upstairs West
found a pair of shoes between two chaff mattresses.
The heels of the shoes wore turned down as if worn slip-
shod. They were wet, and the right shoe appeared to
have been wiped or scraped. Ha observed some spots
on the upper part of the right shoe, which he believed
to be blood.

Ann llockin, the widow of Samuel Hockin, said he was
fifty years of age at the time of his death. The prisoner
had been living with him before witness was married to
him. After the marriage the deceased still continued to
visit the prisoner, and he was on four occasions absent

om witness all night. Three weeks subsequent to the
marriage Mary Treverton and he went away from the
village and were absent about three weeks. Ever since
the period of his return the deceased continued to live
with witness—but she had often seen him at the rrisoner's
house. Deceased was at home on the evening- of Fri-
day, the 9th Oct., and he went out at seven o'clock. She
went to bed at twelve o'clock, and had never seen him
alive from that time. She did not know whether he had
any money about him on the night in question. He
never gave her any money.
Cross-examined—He was continually visiting Mary
Trevertou down to the time of his death. Witness had
a child by the deceased. It was seventeen months old.
He was quite sober when he left the house on tile night
of the 9th of October, but he had been drinking. a little
that day.
John Hoskin, son of the deceased by his first wife, saw
his father and the prisoner together at Denhara,bridge-
lane, about a month before the 9th October. The pri-
soner abused the deceased, saying " I'll blow thee and
thy wife up with gunpowder, if there's any to be gout to-
night between this and Bodmin."

George Stephens, a shoemaker, at St. Mabyn, Ives at
the prisoner's house the night before the deceased was
found dead. The prisoner lived with her father and
mother and sister. The prisoner went out a little be fore
ten o'clock, and the deceased followed her. The la tter
appeared to have been drinking. The deceased and the
prisoner appeared to be very good friends that n.;ight.
They appeared to be very fond of each other at time s.
Mary Pooley said the spot on which the body -was
found was within sight of her bedroom window. .Her
house was between Treverton's house and that spot.. On
the morning of the 10th October, at cock-crow, she
heard a scuffle outside her wall as if a person was
" dragging something along the road." She heard the
video of Samuel Hockin, repeating the words, " Let me
go," twice. After this she heard another voice, but she
did not identify it. They were going in the dit uctiort.
where he was found dead. About five minutes after-
wards she heard some person running back in the oppo-
site direction past her house. She heard no cry or
scream.

Jane Ham said the apartments she occupied -were
under the same roof where the prisoner lived. ' ere
was a passage between the two tenements, and a d. ,or in
it. On the ,nir,ht of the 9th October she went tx> her
bedroom about nine o'clock. The room in which_ she
slept adjoined the bedroom in the prisoner's house. The
partition was a very slight one, and in the course >f the
night she heard the passage door open several t
The last time she heard this was about four o'clock„ and
on that cccasion, somebody went upstairs in Trove- tto n's
house. In the morning, about seven o'clock, Mary
Dart came to the house, and said, " The cooper's I :mains
are beat out." The prisoner answered, "Wb loever