The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

TON-GARDENS.

Mr. lIUME wes very unwilling to interfere with the
public business of the House, but he had seen with
much regr, t that an order had been issued for forming
an E. questrian roadway in Kensington-gardens in those
s which had hittaerto been appropriated to the
Fart
convenience of pedestrians. He had for twenty-four
years enleavoured to obtain advantages for those
who were, like himself, residents of the parish of
Marylebone; and if it was of importance to him, it
was of still greater importance to those in the parish,
who toned their greatest enjoyment in the quietude of a
place which had hifherto been devoted to the personal
enjoyment of tle defile us of London. If there were
any excuse for tots invasion or the rights of the pedes-
trians he would not have made any special complaint,
but the case was widely different, for there was abun-
dance of room in Hyde-perk, where the equestrians could
erjoy them,elves as much as they pleased. Why, then,
should those private—for private he might call them—
why should those private rights be interfered with? He
wished to know whet the Government intended to do in
the re after and concluded by presenting a petition from
the Marylebone district, praying for an alteration of the
order which they understood bad been issued for the
formation of an rqu.sirian road in Kensington gardens.
Lord SEYMOUR said last year, when the great Ex-
hibition was under discussion, the difficulty was simply
where they should get a substitute tor the ride iu Rotten-
row, for it saeneed then to be generally con.idered that
a substitute ought to be found for the accommodation
of the public. At first it was contemplated
to make the ride in Hyde-park as suggested by the
lion. Member himself, but the Commander-in-Cbief said
it would.seriously interfere with the exercises of the mili-
tary, and it was therefore abandoned. There was then
no alternetive hut to fix the ride in Kensington-gardens,
as the macadamised road inkiegent's-park was quite unfit
for it. With regard to females and children, the Hon.
Gentleman was, perhaps, not aware that the present se-
clusion and retirement of Kensington-gardens was not
wittatait its (Linger to lemales—(l.aughter)—and allow-
ing equestrians to ride in the gardens would contribute
to the security of the females without at all interfering
with the comfort and convenience of the public. The
ride would only c,ntinue for the next three or four
months, while the town was crowded.
The subject then dropped.
SYNOD OF EXETER.

Mr. CHILDERS called the attention of the Govern-
ment to the diocesan synod contemplated by the Bishop
of Exeter. The Hors. Member read the letter which the
Bishop has already published, announcing his in-
tention to call the synod, and then asked the Noble
Lord at the head of the Ministry if he was
prepared to take any steps in reference to it,
He wished to ask the Government what they thought
was likely to be the consequence of these synods pre-
presided over by the Bishop of Exeter?—(Hear.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, as the Honourable
Member had given notice of his question, he had
thought it necessary to take the opinions of the
law officers of the Crown with regard to dio-
cesan synods. The Honourable Gentleman had
correctly stated that the Bishop of Exeter proposed to
call together a certain assembly of clergymen of the
diocese, elected after a certain manner, to confer on
subjects to which the Bishop of Exeter referred in his
letter. It did not appear to him (Lord John Russell)
that that assembly, though called by the Bishop of
Exeter, bore in any respect the character of a
synod, either as to the mode of assembling, or the sub-
jects which were proposed to be brought before it. The
25th of Henry VIII. bad reference to provincial and
diocesan synods—provincial synods could not be
called except by the King's writ, or pass any
canons without the consent of the Crown, and if
any person offended against this law he was liable
to imprisonment during the pleasure of the Crown. Dio-
cesan synods, however, could be called by the bishop.
The restriction as to passing canons might certainly
be held to apply to diocesan synods; but whether
that was so or not it did not affect the question, as
the Bishop of Exeter had expressly declared that the
assembly which he proposed to call should not declare
any ca. one. It was, therefore, very clear, whatever
purpose the Bishop had in view, he did not intend
to contravt:ne the Act of Henry VIII., or, as it was
called, the Act of Submission. The Attorney-
General and Solicitor• General did not think such
an assembly of clrrg)mcn would he unlawful;
but the bishop had giver a term, and ho (Lord J. Rus-
sell) th•wught very unfortunately, to the us:embly which
was calculated to give rise to the appearance that it was
contrary to law. It was most unfortunate, to use no
harsher term, that the bishop had given the
name of synod to an assembly framed in a drff.•rent
cosy, rind c,cll, d together for a 'Jiff-lent purpose.
Tut, Bishup or i gliCsiititi the
judgment of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York,
and it was to impugn that decision that he had called ,

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tog: Cher the synra. With regard to the 101
gauge which he had uy'd towards the Archbishop
of Cantt..thury, it was well kni,wn that that Rev. Prelate
veal a man or pt culiar mildness, and of truly Cbristisn
forbearance—(Hear, hear)—and it was precisely be-
cause he wits a Mtn of such mildness and forbearance
that this language had been used against him'
But there was no doubt bat that without
any interposition of the Govtanment or of Parliament,
the Pritnste of all Ei gland would so conduct himself 8,8
to meet with that general veneration which he had el!:.
flays obtained; and that nothing that could be 041 a
against him by the Bishop of Exeter could weaken
his adherence to the doctrines which he be-
lieves to be the true doctrines of his 0"
Church, conformable to the le:ter and spirit of Scrip-
ture, et least he would never depart from his venerable
character by using opprobrious language and epitets at
all to diminish the purity and holiness which belonged
to his exalted rank.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. HORSM AN said there was no need to defend
the character of the Archbishop of Canterbury from the
attacks of a man like the Bishop of Exeter. He thoughts
howt.ver. that the consequences of the act proposed 131
the Bishop of Exeter would extend farther than the
Noble Lord anticipated, and he would like to know fr
the Attorney General whether it was not directly for-
bidden by the 73d canon.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that canon OP'
plied more particularly to provincial synods. Theed
Act which it WWI thought the Bishop bad offend
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against was the 24th and 25th Henry Vila
The canon was either invalid or insufficient. He shell
say the latter, for it was clearly evident that unless as
Act was passed for enforcing it more strongly it wciu
be quite incapable for effecting any alterrtion in the
Bishop of Exeier's movements.—(Cheer4.)

FOREIGN PASSPORTS.
Mr. J. B. SMITH rose to ask a question of which be
had given notice in words as definite as he could devil:
of the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign DePsren
went, as to whether be intended to make any alterabeni.
of the sy stern of passports to be granted to passengers fr° re .
the continent to this country. When several ressenge,
were landing at, Dover the' other day, they were not 04
examined but their passports were demanded and bey,
were subjected to no small amount of unplessanl, •
While lately making a tour through different Parte ,
of the Continent, it was true that on
ing France he had to submit to the
of his passport, but when afterwards passing eso
of France into Belgium, and on afterwards retuning - ,
France no passport was demanded. It appeared.
hie
that a foreigner, in coming to this country, was sw--0
lately subjected to greater inconvenience thS„j° eas.
Englishman had to endure in going abroad,
obis
he wished to know, therefore, was, whether the o%a
eonrdteepsit,
Lord at the head of the Foreign Department had caw
any measures to be taken for obviating this inc°lll
nience?
Lord PALMERSTON said that it was quite unnecenn •
sary for any foreigner to show his passport on landing ,5..
British shores. By the law of 1836, it was enacted
every foreigner on disembarking from his vessel skit)?
give his name, either by showing his passport or d(nric;
so verbally. It was not requited that be should 0°
his passport, but it was necessary to get his that
in order that it might be recorded. That WSS S 111-
was required.
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Mr. COBDEN said that it ought to be 05,,,,d
known that no passphrts whatever were reclu'...*
for foreigners entering this country. It -err
evidently that the ' system was totally inoPPe' if 1
tive, and therefore ought to be abandoned. 0e..:
a passenrer landed et Newhaven or at Shoreham 136 d
passport was demanded, because there was nobody that.,,
/S
t take it, but it he lauded at Dover or Folkestore
unless he produced a passport, ho was subject to Plsse
of 40s. It would only be commensurate with good set/
if the system were to be altogetcer abandoned.
The subject then dropped.
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. h
Mr. M•CULLAGH rose to call the attention of '
House to the sutject of a return recently presented :
the House respecting the treatment of passengers h°B;
board the emigrant ship Washington; also, to ask I".
Secretary of State for the Rome. Department whether ther f
would be any objection to lay upon the table a COPT
the letter lately addressed by him to the Mayor of
hiss.
verpool, with reference to the death of the late Edoo.
Rushton, Esq , stipeediary magistrate of that toWils
In putting this question, he said that he hoped the Bho4oo
Hon. Geneeetan was aware that not less• than 200, lA,
persons sailed for America every year, and 0
wished to know whether the Secretary for the gobs ,
Department had made any arrangements to prevent 'so
evils of which emigrants had had so much reasat .
complain during the last twelve months? to
Sir. G. GREY said he should have no objection
produce the document which the Hon. and Learned 0°11;
tlecaan referred to. The Government regretted able '
abases as much as he did, and they nes
now in communication with the authorit
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of' Liverpool. All emigrant ships, before they left PA° br
to matter whether foreign or British, were exec:al:lo'4h
a proper officer, to see that they were furnished 0,',4
every thing necessary to insure the safety and 00004
of the passengers, aid many of the abuses which "tea
Hon. and Learned Gentleman complained of ooeurr
out of the jurisdiction of the English law.

The subject then dropped.
EXETER SYNOD. • 01
Mr. MANGLES, adverting to a previous top%,
conversation, said he felt aggrieved at the langell/e'd ,
which the Bishop of Exeter had used in his letter, 11„'",
he considered every man, woman, and child _belobr;
to the Church of England would do so. 00,°,.;
as it was a maxim of our law P'l,
no wrong could be committed without a remedl• ;04 ,
should be glad to know from the Noble `Lord at to
head of the Government whether he was prepare'
apply a remedy to this case? the
The SPEAKER reminded the Hon. Member that -
question before the House was, that the House at its riej°g
0
do adjourn till Monday, and yet a variety of subjecco
bad been discussed, which had no referenlo
whatever to that motion. That course ,}lbo
most inconvenient and exceedingly irregular. cif
Noble Lord at the bead of the Government had vire° sto •
spoken once on this motion, and it would be contrail
order for him to sr,eals, again.—(Hear, hear.) • os
Mr. HUME wi.hed to know then upon what occaelge,
Members of the House could bring forward the 6e,1
vances of the people.—(" Oh," and cries of " Order. )
Here this matter dropped.
HOUSE DUTY. f the
Mr. EWART wished to ask the Chancellor 0. apt
Exchequer. whether buildings subdivided into 0(0'0,
dwellings (like model lodging-houses, and houses. °fob '
pied in flats or portions of flats, as in Scotland)•••••'„cl
dwellings being valued under 201. a-year and
separately—will be subject to the house-duty? it
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
en
would be very difficult to draw a distinction bet,"'',;so
houses so occupied in order to exempt them from 0"
duty.
The motion was then agreed to.

PROPERTY-TAX BILL. pro'
On the motion for gcing into Committee on the -
perty-tax. Bill,•
Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS moved that the Prbc;
visions of the said Bill, as far as regarded ty
imposition of that tax on the interest of the P-1,
lic debt, salaries, and emoluments of public d,
cers, pensions, and sinecures be extended to irelinire
The Hon. Mk inber said nothing tended 111;0
to sever the union which ought to exist bet
England and Ireland, than tho adoption °fibs
different system of law and taxation In Iry
two countries. On all the occasions when the ,:rd
comeriax was discussed in the House he had Dever
er
one efficient reason givrn why it should not 13(3' nv
tended to Ireland as well as England. The °"too
reason of any `awe assigned was that Ireland vvos ;be
poor, but ho considered that a man in Ireland to
gs
receipt of 150/. a 3 ear was ss capable of paying the, '(1,
as a man receiving the anal° cum annually in EDO"
He consequently ought to be made to pay the tax.

(LEFT SPEARING.)

CoURSE OF EXOH
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1/Itt,, three months 11 17
•totterdaro • 1i 17 4
AlitvrerP ••••••.• •• •• .• 25 25
Brussels •••• .• •• •• v.% 2,5, 2,5,
Esznburgh .. •• • • Al•-.• 7
Paris, 3 days'siaht - • 25 5
Ditto. 3 months .... 25 25
Marseilles ••••••• • •• •• 25 27%
80urdeaux......... .
Frankfort on Maine.... 119
Berlin• • •• •
Vienna, effec. iio ••• • •• 13 25
TrieSte, 13 25
Petersburgli, sit. Rble.. 37 yi
Igadrid •• •• •• .• •. .• •• 50%,
Cadiz •• •• e• a• •• •• e• 50%
Barcelona ...
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i.egborn ........ •... •• !(,) b 0
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Ven1ce...............•
Naples • • •• ••
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vont) •• " ••••
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'Mew York, 60 days'siglat
•• •• • • .0 014
PRIM OP BULLION+ .17 9
Foreign Geld inbare.•k 0 0
Portugal Gold Coin ••
Spanleh Doubloons •• 4 11
New Dollars .• .• •• 0 0
'Silver in bars .. .• ••

MORTALITY AT SEA.—The chip Statesman, /153 t
Hong-Kong with troops, arrived at St. Helena glire atr
and left next day for London. During the voyage twe
two men died of dysentery.

BIRTHS.
OF A SOX.
On the 2Sth ult., at Brentford Butts, the wife of "
Leader, Esq. Ihi 1 the
Oa the 27th ult., at Norland-square, Notting--
wife of Dr. Waggett.
OF A DAUGHTER. • te
On the 26th ult., at Blackheath, the lady of Lie`l3
Fergusson, 1.N., F.R.A.S., &c.
On the 29th ult., at Park-villa. Finchley-road,
wood, the lady of T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., of twin dol8"-te

AVABLIEL. John
On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-scluligto`-
Ringrose, Esq., of Cottingham•grange Yorkshire, to of
Ann, second daughter of the late liambly KniPP,
Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. garltirik
On the 30th ult., at the church of AllhallovrB, f jobt,
Great Tower-street, Thomas Samuel, youngest o°,o eldest
Fox, Esq., of Farnborough, Kent, to Rachel Mor-Y,' In the
daughter of John Bookharn, Esq., of West Alallipt,'
same county,

On the 28th ult., at Eaton-square, Admiral Sir Edviard
Codrington, G.C.8., aged 81. cone. ~Iv Of
On the 27th ult., Anthony Dunlop, Esq., d bO.
Madras, and late of Balnaki I,Stitherlandshirer,aglll° e
mat, cart-
On the 26th ult., at Hill-hall, Staffordtitire,
wright, E,q., aged 73. Vek
Youngof the
On the 29th ult., at Greve-place, Hackney, J.
On the 211 i ult., at CheAer, Tbeodosia, dacugbliestrire. ~
late Rev. Archdeacon 1,4,_,11, rector' of Lvmmt Wes"
John, e •
On the 2"th ult., at. Odell Rectory, Beds, Vere -
son of the Rev. Vera Alstn, ag,d 3;.. ...,issor*
Conu''
On the ...6tii ult., Caroline, wife of DeputY'
General Cumming, of North Bank, Regent's-Harriet Wt.
On the 21tth ult at Cambridge. terrace, 'Miss
~
timer, aged 81. park.

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