The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-02 00:00:00

CLERGY.

Mr. NAPIER moved the second reading of this Bill,
the main object of which was to regulate the building
and repair of the residences of the clergy in Ireland, the
expense to be chargeable in s,)me cases on the income
&rived from benefices, and in others to be liquidated by
the present occupants. The measure would have the
effect of repealing or amending no less than 41 Acts of
Parliament rclaling to the subject.
The Bill was then read a second time.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS (IRELAND) BILL.
This 8111, which was to provide for the building and

endowment of churches and chapels in Ireland, way also
read a second time, on the motion of the Hon. Member.
UNITED CHURCH OF LNGLAND AND IRS•

LAND BILL.
This Bill was also read a second time.
PHARMACY BILL.

Mr. BELL, in moving the second reading of this mea."
sure, said its object was to improve the qualification of
pharmaceutical chemists, and to establish the principle
that those who made medicine and prepared the pre-
scriptions of physicians should be educated and ex-
amined in the same way as medical gentlemen. That
principle had been recognised more than 200 years ago,
laws having been enacted to protect the public against
the incompetence of ignorant persons. If the Bill were
ptessed our pharmaceutical chemists would in the course
of a few years become as competent, if not superior, to
similar bodies in different parts of Europe, to whom they
were now greatly inferior. Indeed so neces-
sary was it that chemists should be required
to undergo an examination before they en-
tered upon the duties of the profession, that
Sir Astley Cooper declared before a Committee of the
House, that if examinations were not enforced, the body
would never be one of any usefulness to the public. The
Bill did not propose to prevent persons selling all
ounce of salts or rhubarb, but only imposed e
penalty on those who assumed a name which did
not properly belong to them. The provisions were ex-
tremely simple, and he trusted that no obstacle would be
presented to the passing of the measure before the ter-
mination of the present session.
Mr. HUME should bo very unwilling to interfere with
anything that could improve the' respectability of the me-
dical profession in all its branches, but he objected
to Bills of this nature, because they tended to increase
the difficulties which the House had to contend against in
dealing with medical bodies. There was no necessity
for this Bill if the Apothecaries' Company would only
do their duty, and take care that none but qualified per-
sons were allowed to dispense under the authority of
their licences. The object of this Bill appeared to be
simply to enable chemists and druggists to follow the,
business of apothecaries, and in the absence of
any information to support such an extension
of their powers he was not prepared to sanction such a
measure. The Bill affected the interests of largo bodies
of men, and it was the duty of Government not to
allow such an extensive proposal as this to be put into
full operation.—(Hear.)
Mr. BERNAL doubted much whether the
practice of chemistry was so perfect in this
country as it ought to be. Indeed, the large
number of petitions which had been presented la
favour of the Bill proved that the House should be
rejoiced to find that a measure had been introduced
which should have the effect of- preventing ignorant and
unskilled persons dispensing medicine and drugs of a
dangerous character. It was not right that every
man who chose to stick over his door the
words " chemist and druggist" should be allowed to sell
drugs, unless he had satisfied some competent tribunal
that his knowledge and education fitted him for the
business. The Pharmaceutical Society had rooted out
many evils from the profession, and he could see no
reason why they should not be intrusted with the
functions which this Bill proposed.—(Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

The Soho steamer started for Antwerp yesterday,
with a full complement of passengers bound for Germany,
amongst whom wera the Prince Lowenstein, Lord and Lady
Clinton, Count Zschenyi, Count De la Feld, Hon. Colonel
Lilienberg,antCount Castell, Baron de
eand and family,
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey,cMrs. BsoisreGa. n
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IPSWICH.-RECEPTION TO PRINCE ALBERT.-A
proclamation has been issued by the Mayor of Ipswich,
from which it appears that, in accordance with his Royal
Highness's own wish no procession of the inhabitants is to
be iormed to meet the Prince Consort on his arrival at Ips-
wich to-morrow • but the decoration of the houses along the
streets through Which his Royal Highness will pass is left
to the good feeling of the inhabitants, and, from the enthu-
siam displayed, strong demonstrations of loyalty are antici-
pated.

nBuLaND ETousE.—Yesterday the crews
of
theNR 0
Crocodile,Tnt rm
statisotnaetidoeffd
oth n theeT oswerepreonftiLnoe Rndiovne,r, under
the Prince of Wales, stationed
then d omin
d of Lieut. Greet, R.N., went through the state
apartmentsm)of Northumberland House. The married sailors
marines were accompanied by their wives. The Duke
ac
and Duchess of Northumberland, with Commodore Sir
Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., were at Northumberland House
when the crews arrived there, and their Graces very gra-
ciously received them in the ball-room.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.--
A special, meeting of this company was- held on Monday, at
the De Grey Rooms, York, to consider and decide upon the
steps to be taken with reference to a return made by the
company to a writ of mandamus issued by the Court of
Queen's Bench, requiring the company to make the Thirsk
and Maldon branch, and the terms of any contract pro-
visionally entered into in reference thereto. There was a
rather numerous body of shareholders present. The chair
was taken by Mr. Leaman. All the resolutions proposed by
the directors were agreed to, and they were authorised to
take such steps as to the writ of mandamus as they might
be advised to.

The vicarage of Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, is
vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Hatch. Patron,
the Lord Chancellor; value 2091.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 29th ult., at the Shrubbery, Southsea, the wife of
Captain Henry Carr Tate, of the Royal Marine Artillery.
On the 28th ult., at Cheltenham, the wife of Mr. D.
Cunliffe, Bengal Civil Service.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 28th ult., at Stoke-house, near Bath, the wife of
John L. Burnard, Esq.
On the 29th ult., at Montague-square, Hyde-park, Mrs.
Henry Home.

RRIE.
On the 26th ult., at All MA
Souls' Church, Langham-place,
James, eldest son of the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart.,
M.P., of Penieuik-house, Edinburgh, to Jane, eldest daughter
of Major-General Mercer, C.B.
On the 26th ult., at the Park Chapel, near Liverpool, the
Rev. Richard Holt Hutton, of Manchester, to Anne Mary,
only surviving daughter of the late William S. Roscoe, Esq.,
Esq., of Liverpool.

DIED.
On the 27th ult., at Shernfold-park, Sussex, Mary Ka-
therine, daughter of the Hon. Percy Ashburnham.
On the 2hth ult., at Cheshunt, }fells, W. Pontifex, Esq.
At Monmouth, on the 28th tilt., the Very Rev. John Rolfe,
late of S'. Mary's, Moorfields.
On the 27th ult., at Raven3crol, Frances Anne widow of
the late Colonel T. F. Wade, C. 8.,
of Ravenscroft, 'Cheshire.
On the 30th ult., at the Albion-road, Stoke Newington,
George Ringer, Esq., aged 60.

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Middlesex, Wednesday, July 2, 1851.