The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-05 00:00:00

THE. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,

ther means of education were required in Scotland;
indeed it had been stated that upwards of 349 localities
were without any school at all; and that fact being con-
ceded, he should have thought the House would not ob-
ject to enter upon a consideration as to how that
• want should be supplied. Well, then, the want
being universally acknowledged, why should they
I mix up the religious controversies that now agi-
I tilted Scotland with this Bill, the immediate object
' of which was to fill up the vacuum that prevailed
in the existing system as it was now administered.
None of the religious sects were opposed to
the extension of the parochial system, and
he, for one, could certainly see no reason why the House
should reject this Bill. The principle was unquestion-
ably good, though some of its details might be detective,
but pass the second reading, and it would be open to
them to refer it to a Select Committee to settle its ma-
chinery.—(Rear, hear.)
Sir GEORGE CLERK had waited anxiously to
hear upon what ground Government could support this
Bill, and now it seemed they bad formed an erroneous
impression of its scope. The Noble Lord, for in-
stance, who had just sat down, told them that
the Bill would not separate the religious from
the secular education of the people; but let them be
quite satisfied of that before they allowed the Bill to
mistaken
th eu
oHon.der th
eMember
ams est,
oboe
tcrsoussee
im-
pression that it would separate these two princip'es
werethat he not
supported
stated he
e
If the people of Scotland were not sufficiently educated
it was not for the want of a sufficient number of local
and district schools. He believed that if free schools
were established, at which education would be given
gratuitously-, they would not be generally used, for the
labouring population, actuated by that spirit of indepen-
dence which had always characterised them, would rather
send their children to a school at which they had to
pay for instruction. His countrymen were impressed
porfeselnitttle ♦
parochialvalue. Tsheehoogisreawt
as,adetahnotirag
with the idea that what was got for nothing
wastheleclesoef
connexion with the Established Church. He
was ready to admit that there was a deficiency
of education in those large towns which had grown up
within the last 50 years, but that deficiency had been
greatly overrated. There might be classes who would
not avail themselves of parochial schools, but he saw
no objection to the extension of educational grants
to thorn under the direction of the Committee
of the Privy Council. These grants were, in his opinion,
peculiarly well adapted for Scotland. He considered
that the House would take a most dangerous step if it
agreed to a Bill which no one who supported the
second reading agreed would afford a well-digested or
perfect system of education to Sootland.
Mr SCOTT said this was the first time of a Bill

being introduced, not only for separating religious and
secular instruction in Scotland, but for taking away all
the ties of the Government and the Church over the
instructors. He should vote against the measure.
" Lord MELGUND having replied,
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading ... 124
Against it ... ' ... 137
Majority against the Bill ...-13
The Bill was consequently lost
COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION

BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee pro forma.
CH ARI CABLE PURCHASE DEEDS BILL.
Tbis Bill was read a second time.
METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY BILL.
Sir GEORGE GREY said the House would sit at
twelve, to•morrow, but that he would not bring forward
the Metropolitan Water Supply Bill until the afternoon
sitting.

The other orders of the day having been disposed of,
11() House adjourned to-marrow (this day) at 12.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCIIESTER, TUESDAY.—By the Europa of the
21. t ult. we learn that the advices which the Cambria
took out from Liverpool on the 3d ult. had occasioned a
further giving way of -c. to per lb. in the price of
cotton at New York, but that a recovery of ic. followed
the arrival of the Franklin, three days afterwards. In
the southern markets, also, there continued
to be a decline. We have, however, seen
a letter from Mr. William Mure, which
states that "it was announced by telegraph from
New Orleans that the receipts were rapidly decreasing;
the sales of die week were 23,000 biles, and the market
firmer, with middlings at 9c. to 9i-c." The excess in the
receipts at the ports is stated to be 263,000 bales; but it
is alleged that later telegraphic advice. from New Or-
leans announce that the excess in the Atlantic ports
was then 280,000 bates. As the small deficiency at
Savannah is fully made up by an excess at Caarles-
ton, this would represent a total excess of 280,000
bates, and consequently continued large receipts
during the last week, a tact • which does not agree
very well with Mr. Mure's statement. At any rate,
the receipts in the last week, of which we have full
particulars, namely. that ending 21st of May, were
larger than those of any former year, at the same date;
and they appear very decidedly to point to a crop
of not less than 2,000,000 bales. Seeing in these re-
ceipts a reason for expecting some further fall in
prices, to which the advises from Liverpool cannot
but zontribute, the buyers in this. market have shown
less disposition for business than they did last week;
and we have to report, therefore, a quiet day in yarns
and goods at largo. The accounts from the East have
also helped to weaken the somewhat more active tenden-
cies observable last week. At Bombay, the transactions
in goods and yarns had indeed been considerable during
the fortnight, yet lower prices had been accepted—
partly under the pressure of heavy arrivals, but partly
also from the inducement of a more favourable rate of
exchange, in which however there bad been fluctuations.
At Calcutta the prices of many articles—though not all
—had somewhat receded, and the exchange had also
. .

slightly yielded. With such intelligence, the India met.-
chants have been little inclined to give orders for shirt-
ings, or indeed for yarns, which are not so unfavourably
reported of; still, there have been inquiries fur some de-
scriptions of the 1 stter. The continental houses have
operated very cautiously; yet some of the yarns they
take, particularly 30's water, are fully as firm as they
were last week. The home consumers do not find warps
and weft lower than at the date of our last report—
, except slightly, perhaps, in some kinds which form ex-
ceptions to the general rule. On the whole, the market
is steady; and all parties appear to feet that, free.aa pro.
ducers are from stock, they will now be able—with less
and less reference to cotton—to take a firmer stand on
more profitable prices than those which prevailed before
the fait of the raw material. Already, the spinners and
manufacturers find themselves not only in a safer but in
a more beneficial position, and in one requiring far less
capital for the working of their establishments.
ROC/MLLE, MONDAY.—The flannel market continues
flit, with very little doing. English wool is firm, with a
limited amount of busines.; and colonial wool may be
obtained at rather easier prices.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our manufactured goods
trade remains in the same unsatisfactory condition as
quoted in our last. Notwithstanding the near approach
to the close of the spring season, we r( main still with.
out alteration for the better. This dull state of busi-

fleas is unfortunately evidenced by a large number of
our operatives remaining without employment. Thrown
Silk—The demand for this article is characterised
by, if anything, increased flatness, and it is generally
acknowledged, that so great a depression has not existed
in this department fur a series of years. Prices, although
extrf-mrly low, are nominal. Raw Silk—Rather more
business has been doing, which has had a tendency, in
some instances, to give increased firmness in price, which
hitherto had been wavering.
HALIFAX, SA.TIJRDAL—There have been rather more
persons in our piece hall to-day, and a little more busi-
ness has been done, especially in fancy goods. Both in
yarn and wool the demand continues alike dull, without
any noticrable change in the quotation:.:.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.— We have little or nothing to notice
in the woollen trade since our last report. There has

been a good attendince of buyers et this market
but not many goods have changed herds. There is a fair
business doing in the warehouses, and prices are without

change.

STEAM-SHIP, GREAT BRITAIN

added. The old dining saloon is converted into a-fore-
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handsome
and well fitted up, and communicates directly with the
pantry; the latter, also, is connected with the kitchen
and its offices, and affords every facility for culinary
operations. On the after part of the saloon are the
wheel-room, smoking-room, and apartments for cap-
tain and officers. The windows of the saloon
are of beautifully stained glass, outside of which
there are " glass lights," to be drawn over them as oc-
sion may require, and also " dead lights," to be used
in heavy weather. That part of the refittings to which
we have referred has been superintended by Messrs.
Mackay and Miller, and they have executed their task
with much credit. By the new arrangement not
only can more passengers be accommodated, but
there can be taken on board 200 tons more cargo
than before. That portion of the machinery which it
has been found necessary to renew is supplied from the
Soho Works, Birmingham. New entablatures were re-
quired, and the wheels also needed repairing. One of the
entablatures, weiehing l7i tons, is already in its place.
and the repair of the starboard wheel is being proceeded
with. This splendid vessel is intended to be ready for
sea in the early part or July next.—Liverpool Albion.

CANALS.
,
.; . I i Dividend
Names of I 6,,. Dividend Price.
Names of 1 per
Companies. 41 par i “". Companies. 2 Airn . Price.
' 4,1: Annum:l.l v) 1
,—.- T---
X X
Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 blaeslesteld. 100 21. 101, 50
Barnsley •• .• 160 121. 140 Neath .• •• • • 100 181.
II rknOcAbrg 130 41. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 140
Birmingham 40 41. 93 Peak/tweet. 71 31.185. /10
Coventry..• • 100 251. 200 Regent's— •• 33 11. 3s. IN
Derby ••• • • j 1001 61. 63 Rochdals...• 24 41. 42
Ellsmre3r•Chsll33 Wis. 26% Somrset Coal 150 71.101.
GrandJunctn 100 41. pr. ct. 56;4 De.LkFd at 12,' 61. p. e.
Do.. 6 pr. Ct. 16 11 Stilfrd &Wore 140 261. 406
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. My, Shrewsbury.. 12,
~rand Union 100 It. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge.. 1461
2, 2 !Os' . 2:40
Kennt& A.TII 39 4s. 04. 3. Severs asdl
Lancaster . 100 41. . Wye Nail. (
Lee,is&Livrp 100 241. 400 Warwick& 1
Leicester....' 100 bl. 66 Binning. I 100 41. 46
Leicstr &Nth 183 41.
54104% WNarwaptaielisi
100 31. Se Loazhborogh 142 701.
Ifoninouths/ 100 61. Worcstr ti
Nfntgomrvsh 100 Birming.) 7/1 3/' 4034
MeltnlNlwbry 100 Wilts & Erlts 111. 644

BELGIUM.

BaussELLs, JUNE 2.—ln the sitting of the Senate,
B iron Roger interrogated the Cabinet relative to the
Ministerial crisis ; upon which the Minister, Bossier,
replied that the men who were charged with the for-
mation of a new Cabinet would be best able to give a
satisfactory solution. Upon this the President, M. Da-
mon Dumartiers, rose and said that .under existing re-
lations no other. Administration could b e th ought of than
that which had pursued such a successful policy since
August 12, 1850; that neither a Cabinet of the
Right, nor a mixed Ministry was possible; that only
the former Ministry was capable of efficieutly carry-
ing out the policy hitherto pursued, aui he deeply
regretted that the Ministry had manifest ed too great
a degree of sensitiveness at the opposition which they
met with in the Chamber.

The Minister Rossier replied that the resignation
of himself and his colleagues resulted from a far
more serious cause, inasmuch as it included the whole
of their financial plan, in which the most important
interests of the country were involved'.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Report of the Registra.•-General.)
The mortality of London has been grower than usual
during the four weeks of May. .In the first three re-
turns of the month the deaths numb,retl respectively
1.041, 1,002, 1,000; it the week ending last Saturday a
decrease occurred, but not of considerable amount, the
number having fallen to 990. Taking the weeks cur-
responding to last week of the ten years 1841-50, it will
be seen that the mortality, which in one instance fell so
low as 736 (namely, in the fourth week of May last
year), did not in any case exceed 960, and that the
average was 855. If this average be raised in propor-
tion to the supposed rate of increase in the population, it
will amount to 933; compared with which the 990 deaths
of last week exhibit an increase of 57.
Last week was not more fatal than usual to persons of
ad►anced age, while rather less than the n mast number
died in the middle stages of life, the augmented rate of
mortality being entirely confined to the youthful part of
the populatien.

fhe.2s)motio or epidemic class of diseases produced
hot week 220 fatal cases, and of these 169 occurred
amongst children under 15 years of age. Small-pox had
fatal termination to 23 persons, six of whom were .20
years of age and upwards; measles carried off 39 chil-
dren; scarlatina 10 ; hooping-cough 64 ; and croup 5.
Of these complaints, almost exclusively confined to
young persons, hoopiug-cough much exceeds the usual
contingent, and scarlatina hills still more below it. To
diarrhea 16 deaths are ascribed; to dysentery 6; to
erysipelas 11; and under typhus, which shows about the
usual amount of fatality fur the present time, 32 are
enumerated.

The above class of diseases exhibits an increase on
the Receding week; but those whioh affect the organs of
respiration show a diminution. Laryngitis numbers five
cases, bronchitis M, pleurisy 6, pneumonia 64, and
asthma 7; these, with other undefined diseases of the
lungs, numbering in the aggregate 136 deaths, which is
rather more than the corrected average of corresponding
weeks.

Four diseases are comprised in the tubercular class--
scrofula, from which five deaths are enumerated lag
week; tabes mesenteries, which counts 10; hydrooepba-
lus 35; and phthisis, or consumption, 250. In the ten
corresponding weeks of 1841-50, the lowest number as-
cribed to consumption is 103, and the highest 166.

IL STATE or THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
ex SUNDAY.—The clouds were slightly broken during the
2% morning, otherwise the sky was covered with cloud through-
-6 out the day. A heavy shower of rain fell during the evening.
454 Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination.
9 MONDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, and three-
fourths!., covered with cloud during the remainder of the day;
'2,,‘ cumuli, cumulostrati, and fleecy clouds. Rain fell °mi-
l' sionally during the evening. Electricity—Nothing was
p% shown throughout the day.
TUESDAY.—The sky was for the most part free from cloud
I till near noon, and overcast daring the remainder of the day ;
Od cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout
%wE
thedaDyN.. s
PAT.—The rky was generally one-fourth part
covered with cloud throughout the day; cumuli, cirrostrati,
and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing was shown through-
out the day.
THURSDAY.--The sky was generally free from cloud
throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension strong
during Ilia afternoon.
FRIDAY.—The sky was three-fourths covered by cloul
at 96. A.M., overcast at noon, three-fourths covered at 3h.
P.M., and overcast at 9h. r.m. ; cumulostrati, cirrostrati.
fleecy clouds, and scud. Electricity—Positive, and tension
strong during the morning.
SATURDAY. - The sky was cloudless at 9h. A.M., one-half
54 covered at noon, one-fourth covered at 3h. rat., and cloud-
' less at 9h. I.M. ; fleecy clouds. Electricity - Positive, and
tension moderate at noon and 9h. P.M.; nothing was shown
3i at any other examination.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the Main-
mast, and read each day at 9b. A.M., was 601° ; and the
mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 54.5°; the mean readings at
the Royal Observatory for the same times were 59.70, and
51.4'2 respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 30.16 in. at
the ueginning of the week to 2978 in. by 9 A.M. on the 26th ;
increased to 30.37 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 31st; and decreased
to 30-113 in. by the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 31, Issl.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*220
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 40
rubercular Diseases ••• .•• ••• ••• ••• 200
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 98
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 38
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• •• •• ••• ••• 136
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• ••• -•• ••• ••• 79

...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• , ~.... ••• 7
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 12
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 9
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ••• ••• 3
Malformationi... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 5
Premature Birth ... ... •• ••• ••• 23
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 20
Old Age ••• ••• ••• •• • ••• ••• 45
Sudden ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 36
Causes not specified ... ... ••• ••• ... 17

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corro-
Enumerated, eponding week
1841. of 1850.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 112 .
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 128
Central Districts 374,199 ... 117
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 167
South Districts .. 503,346 212

990
Deaths
in the
Week:

Totalc.. ..... 1,948,369
Males •• „.
Females ... ...

Males
Females

... 990
... 507
... 483

BIRTHS LN THE WEEK.

... 764
... 769