The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-29 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Ciock.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING,
Szx o'cLoar.

ASCOT STAKES.
7 to 1 apt Ballet Girl
7 to 1 apt Vampyre
7 to 1 agst Vatican

8 to 1 agst Kissaway

,i.,
10 to 1 agst Little aok
10 to 1 apt Abderhaman

sitrzioa's PLATS.
3 to 2 apt Trouser
Nutshell friendless.

DUEY.
16 to 1 agst Elcot
40 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke
40 to 1 agst Queen Anne colt

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENIA G.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SIMMER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. CRAWNOID, the new Member for Itarwich, in the
room of Mr. Prinsep, whose election was declared void,
took the oaths and his seat. • The Hon. Member Was
introduced by Mr. Bsgshaw and Mr. Aglionby.
PRIVATE UNESS.
The following Bills were read SI
a third time:—
Price's Patent Candle Company.
Thames Avon Dock and Raihway.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Cork and Watesford Railway.
Great Northern Railway (No. 2).
Killarney Junction Railway.
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway.
PETITIONS.
Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from ma-
gistrates at the Worcester Quarter Sessions, praying
that the expense of the county police might be d
charged out of the Consolidated Fund.
Mr. CROWDER presented a petition from Liskard,
praying that steps might be taken by the House to pre -
vent the proposed interference of the Bishop of Exeter
in the affairs of the Established Church in his diocese.
Mr. WHITESIDE presented several petitions from
places in Ireland complaining of the present state of
education in that country.
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.
On Sir
th Committee oH. ViEs RNEY bringing up the report of the
n Bill,
Mr. F. O'CONNOR entered into a statement of his
connexion with the company, aiid asserted that, though
he had paid the directors out of his own pocket, and in-
curred great losses, and almost ruined himself,
he had never touched a penny of the people's
money.—(Hear.); Many of them had not paid a
farthing of rent for piers, and the company now
owed him more than 7,000/. He defied any one to prove
that he had not acted with the greatest integrity end
honesty towards the allottees, who now complained of
his conduct.
Sir H. VERNEY observed that the Committee had
shown every degree of kindness and consideration to the
Hon. Member in the coueae of the inquiry, which they
had conducted with the greatest impartiality. He re-
gretted very much to find that 5,3 much detentes
had been practised on the unhappy penises echo
had been induced to invest their hard•eareed savings
in this delusive speculation.—(fleas. hear.)
Mr. H. HERBERT said he nisei thought it his duty to
inspect two of the estates which would come under the
operation of the Bill, and he considered it only justice
to those unfortunate people who had been attacked by
the Hon. Member for Nottingham to say that their com-
plaints were perfectly well bounded. They, one and
all, complained that they had been induced by false
pretences to leave their homes, where they might have
supported tilemselv,s by honest industry, to go to a
situation fur which they found themselves totally
unfit. Their appearance presented a remarkable
contrast to the general body of labourers in the same
part of the country. No person could look at the estates
without seeing the entire failure of the scheme, and when
he complained that they paid no rent, he believed it
was as much as they could possibly do to live,
much less pay rent—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Bath the
schools on the estate were perfectly deserted ; one of
them was full of straw and dirt, and the windows were
broken, and through the appertures he saw a num-
ber
of banners, which had, no doubt, been used on
some triumphant occasion. The motto on the most
conspicuous ono being "Payment of Members." He i
confessed he felt great commiaseration for the deluded
people who had been induced to leave their homes, and
he was thankful to God that the Hon. Member was not
permitted to experimentalise on a larger scale with the
noble people of England.—(Hear.)
PETITIONS.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from
New Zealand, praying for a constitution; also a peti-
tion from Van Diemen's Land against transportation to
that colony.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Man-
chester in favour of secular education, to be supported
by local rates ; also a petition from bookbinders
against taxes on knowledge.
Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading,
praying for the separation of Church and State.
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved that a copy of the report
relating to the late railway accident at Frodeham be laid
on the table of the House.
WATER SUPPLY.
Mr. MOWATT gave notice that on Tuesday next
he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better
supply of water to the metropolis, under the control of
boards, to be elected by the ratepayers.
RAMSGATE HARBOUR.
Mr. WAWN asked the Right Hon. Baronet the First
Lord of the Admiralty whether he had any objection to
lay on the table of the House the reports of Mr. Walker
relating to Ramsgate harbour?
Sir F. BARING said that he should have ao objection
to produce the papers.
CEYLON.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Sir J. W. HOGG then rose to resume the adjourned
debate on the Ceylon question, and in doing so he ex-
pressed a hope that the House would grant him its
kind indulgence while he stated the reasons whieb had
induced him to come to a different conclusion to that
of the Hon. Member who has made this motion. He was
one of the members of the Committee who investigated
this matter, and he could safely say that he attended
every one of its sittings, and gave his hest attention to
its proceedings. Ills vote; upon the various subjects
that came before the Committee were the result of
sincere conviction, and he wits, therefore, the.
More surprised that the Elonourable Cheir meet
of that Committee should have felt called upon
to attack him and other Members or the
Committee. in the manner Le did en Tut achy evenings
The Honourable Gentleman on that occasion charged
the majority of the Committee with combin-
ing together to defeat the object for which
the Committee was appointed, but be for one, and he
trusted his colleagues would follow his example,
utterly
denied the imputation. So far from hie
eying combined with the majority, he might
yin:twee that until he sew its report on the
of the House he was perfectly ignorant of its
eenteesntv• He was on terms of intimacy with the
Noble Lord who drew up report, but nevertheless
he repeated that not before it was laid before the
House did
or
the
langtwegeeecome cognizant of its contents,
in which those contents were
couched. The
-Honourable Gentleman who had in-
troduced this subject to the House had dwelt at some
length upon the
witune,rii.en which the Committee dealt
with Mr. M'Christie. n
wish the House to believe thilon. Gentleman
seemed to
M‘Christie had been
unduly pressed to disclose facts Mr. information which had come to him in his capacityanol
forwarded
y the
r .age ,
to the parties in Ceylon who had forw"at
genes to this country.
Baid, indeed,t ethiantteM; ItittChristie was forcedotof disclosefpse,ate
and confidential
communications, fact it was
communications, but stheaerrirdoemnythaethhbealertialen
just the reverse,
*TCrhurei 8,
tai
voluntaree w
l't.had gave W2B purelyfoofr
eif Christie only wished to
first, Mr. • ria..e use f
part of the communications which
re-
ceived from Ceylon, but as those communications ions Con-
veyed a very serious accusations against Lord To
?ring-
ton, he (Sir J. W. Hogg) and other Members of the
Committee insisted that they ought to have the whale
and every part of the communications or none. At
first, Mr. M4Christie declined to disclose the whole, but
upon its being put to him that he must either withdraw
the of thew
the charge he had made, or producethe
correspondence relatin to it, he elected in favour of
the latter alternative and
produced the original letters.
-(Hear, hear.) Now, where was the compulsion
that was
him used in that instance ? For the life of
he Was at a loss to make out.—(Hear, hear.)
It was the first time since he had been e Member of the
House that a vote of censure had been proposed in the
House without shuabdmitlt)ing first that vote
to the Com-
mittee which
into the subject. been appointed to investigate
tical use of this d. what, he asked, was the prac-
lacuni°n? Lord Torrington was
no longer Governor of Ceylon. Montrose had repeatedly seieotn. The Hon. Member
_ for
don't you terminate the na ir; Government, W
rington ?" Well, Lord Torrington rwea-: 111 [IF or'd To ry-
and the object, therefore, could not be"o on
from the colony; but from the cheers wtlicrhemhoevehe
rd
ger thheirme,
Colonin the House, be expected it mighotobveerntotnearslstailvl atehlie,
ial
Secretary or her Majesty's
sno more legitimate or Parliamentary object ;
but he considered that the means selected to attain that
object were neither, fair just, or Parliamentary,_
(Cheers.) If they winced to assail the Colonial Secre-
tary, why did they not *sleet a part of his Policy,
some
ect of his own, or move a general e ant of confidence, if not
in the Governmeee at leßst in the Colonial Department?
Why putea motion on the paper which was calculated
to hold up to the public execration as barbarous and ,
cruel, not only Lord Torrington but every civil and mi-
litary servant in Ceylon? Was that, he asked, a fair or
just course?—(Hear.) It was attempted to be proved that
some tax imposed be' Lord Torrington had crested the
disturbance, but the evidence which wits hostile to his
Lordship disproved that serertiote It was then said
that the disturbance Was of a mere trifling character,
but the evi knee add uci d against Lord Torrington retutee
that charge. So also did me same evidence completely
disprove the other accusations that there was no need or
martial law, and that even it it were seoessarY it had

. ,
I been continued improperly.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon.
'''..
tirty 44,- tto vik !
Baronet then went on to show that both Colonel
4.71/ eel Fraser, who was a very able officer, and possessed
Igreat experience in the colony, and the Executive
Council had adii-ed hits that martial law was im-
periously necessary, and that he ought to send a vessel
• to Madras for assistance. He asked them what a
governor in a distant colony could do but exer-
e;ae his judgment with the aid of the
C Juncil who was appointed to advise him ?
Every witness called before the Committee bad agreed
in the necessity which existed for martial-law being
proclaimed, but there certainly was a diversity
of opinion
as to its continuance. Now, the distinct charge made
against Lord Torrington by the resolutions before
the House was that he had continued martial-law
for two months after his chief legal adviser had ad-
vised its discontinuance. Why, was not that absurd?
Would the Bight Hon. Gentleman opposite the Secre-
tary of State for the Fume Department seek advice, if
disturbances were in a distant part of the king-
-es(tirione,ar ;
If they referred to the papers in possession of the e
o.
fdroomm, f
trho
eine l
r ait:
eta tAbettog
reuneeyralaonfd the district
they would find that the Governor had consulted the
Executive Committee, and was advised by them
unanimously to continue martial law. He came now
to the position of Colonel Drought. When martial
law was declared the Gallant Colonel wrote to Mr.
Selby, the Judge-Advocate, for advice, but that
Learned Gentleman refused to give it unless the ap-
plication came to himself through the ordinary official
channel. Now was that a proper course for the Learned
Gentleman to have adopted? Certainly not ; and he had
no hesitation in saying that had Mr. Selby held his office
in the East Indies instead of Ceylon, his refusal would
heae subjected him to severe censure if not to tho loss of
after
the martial.
rulesia l. It was said I
his official situation.—(Hear, hear.) Some objection bad
werebeen nottaconducted
k ento th
ecourts ar
and theyf
regulations o
cimilar tribunals in the mother country; but if the
Et-ouse would take the trouble to look over the mili-
tar,v evidence taken before the Committee, they
find that the proceedings of these courts-martial were
not oily quite regular but they were afterwards by the
commanding officer of the colony. Fault however was
found with the proceedings of these courts-martial, because
they were not presided over by the judge-advocate or his
deputy; but with whom did the blame for that omission
rest? Not with Lord Torrington. No, but with Mr.
Selby, the Judge Advocate himself, who refused to
attend or to allow his deputy to attend.—(Cries of
" Hear, hear.") These courts were held in public,
open to all corners, and so far from their being secretly
conducted, or so far from their at all exceeding
the limits of the constitution or the law, all
the evidence produced before the Committee went to
show that they were strictly legal, and honourably
and humanely conducted.—(Hear, hear.)
(LIFT EPEAKE4G.)

SUPPLY of WATER to the METROPOLIS.
The following is a copy of the scale of water rates
proposed to be inserted in schedule (B) of the Metro-
polis Water Bill, now before Parliament. It will be seen
that the charges are enormously high, and that the
remedy, in many cases, will be worse than the malady
which the measure proposes to cure:—
For water supplied to any dwelling house for domestic
purposes;
Where the helpe contains not more than one room, a
rate not exceeding 3s. per annum.
Where the house contains two rooms and no more, a
rate not exceeding 54. per !thrum.
Where the house contains more than two rooms, a
rate to be charged according to the number of rooms in
each house, at not exceeding such amount tor each room
as bereiniafter mentioned; that is to flay,
Where the house contains mere alit:, two and not more
than biX rooms, at not exceeding 3s. per annum for each
room.

14 here the house contains more than Rix and not more
than nme rooms, ,At nut exct,ecng 3d. 6•i. per hunum ;or
each room.

And where the house contains more than nine rooms,
not exceeding 4s. per annum fur each room.
If there be a bath in any dwelling house, then, in ad-
dition to the rate above specified in respect of such dwel-
ling.house, the sum of ss. per annum for each such
bath shall be payable.
[Bet no addition to the rate above specified for the
water supplied to any dwelling-house shall be charged
in re •peel of any watercloset therein.]
For water supplied to any stable a rate to be charged
according to the number of stalls in such stable, not ex-
ceeding 3s. 6d. per annum for each stall.
For water supplied to any coach-house, where the
same is constructed to contain one carriage only, a rate
not exceeding 3 6d. per annum; and where the coach-
house is constructed to contain more than one carriage,
a rate to be charged according to the number of car-
riages the same is constructed to contain, at not exceed-
3s. 6d. per annum for each carriage.
For water supplied for the purposes of any manufac-
ture or business, such rates as may be agreed on be-
tween the company and the person supplied, not ex-
ceeding 6d. for every 1,000 gallons.

ITALY.
The Corriere Mercaletile quotes letters from Nice,
from which it appears that the agitation existing
there has degenerated into acts of open violence.
Signor GIOAN, one of the persons who had signed the
protest against the commercial reforms contemplated
by the Piedmontese Government, bad been dismissed
from a judicial °Mcc lie licit]. Tho proquatar had
been withdrawn from Signor AVIGDOR, consul of
Prussia, and Signor CABLONE, consul of Sweden ;
and the former had even been put under arrest.
Orders had been also given to arrest the latter, but
he had left home when the police arrived. These
measures gave rise to a serious disturbance on the
19th. The Communal Council was loudly cheered
by a large mass of people while leaving the Town-
hall, and Signor JUGE, whose arrest had been spoken
of, was accompanied home by a crowd singing
the Marseillaise, and giving loud cheers for the
free port. A number of workmen proceeded to the
prisons, and attempted to break open the doors, but-de-
sisted upon Signor AVIODOR appearing at one of the
windows, and recommending them to disperse. At
this moment a report of fire-arms was beard, but
the cause was not ascertained. The crowd then
moved towards the palace of the Intendance, but was
met by a party of troops who dispersed it. At noon
the crowd on the principal square was dispersed by a
detachment of infantry, the legal summons not hav-
ing been obeyed. Some women and children were
severely bruised in the contusion. Towards evening
order was restored. On the 20th the police ordered
all the clubs to be closed ; the military posts were
doubled, and strong detachments of troops stationed
around the prisons. Orders were given to arrest
other persons, but it was found they had crossed the
frontier. The Intendant of the province issued a
proclamation, recommending toe inhabitants to be
calm ; assuring them that the Government was de-
termined to respect constitutional liberty, aid to
examine the grievances complained of but could not
give way to menaces or to sedi?i ii ; and advi.in
them
to nave the greatest confidence in the e g
quit 01
the Government sod the Chambers. The spriy ng
session of the Municipal Council was closed on the
20th. On that and the following day public order was
not disturbed.
In its sittings of the 24th, the Senate of Turin
commenced the discussion on the treaties of com-
merce with Belgium and England.
The Giornale di Roma announces that, on the
17th, his HOLINESS returned the visit of Bing Louis
of Bavaria. In the audience of the 14th, the Holy
Father named the municipal councillors of several
communes, according to the new law. Other nomi
nations were made on the 17th.

LATE FATAL DUEL AT BOULOGNE.
The following is a more detailed account of this affair
than that which appeared in our paper of Wednesday.
It is from the Boulogne British Press :--
BOI7LOGNE, MAY our second edition of Satur-
day we gave some particulars of this unfortunate and
tragic affair, which became known in the town about noon
on Saturday. It was then currently reported that the
duelists were French and English respectively; this,
however, turns out not to be the case. The following
are the acts relative to the affair:—
On Wednesday last among the passengers from
London by the steam-ship Seine were four persons, ap-
parently Frenchmen, whose conduct on board exhibited
no particular animosity towards each other, but, if any-
thing, the reverse. These men were the duellists and
their seconds.
On reaching Boulogne they severally gave their names
asli4inGPetit, George It eissell, Joseph Johanny, and
the arfairuiffard. The two former were the principals in
tFrom what has since transpired it would appear that
wt.heiyetaitaseeeoevte.r expressly to fight a dual a ntort; a duel
conditions wermeued until one party falls; that all the
the
met
in writing; and that it was ar-
ranged that
and, if the shots were Should first be set up at 25 paces,
brought nearer to eaeehinehfrective'that they should be
renewal of fire, until, vet-er by five paces, with every
; anotLnrecessary, they should be placed
breast to breast
poir ndition was that one party
should provide the wea
ammunition. (pistols), and the other the
These men upon landing w„t .
a small houselll22
Bristol et Douvres,
the Rue Siblequin.
a body to the Hotel
the preliminaries, and
Thursday was spent in arranging
accompanied by ahr.ms. For
the early part of Friday in procuring the
this latter purpose Roussell,
visited the proprietor of the Val d'Andoire,is at Ca
that for the purpose of firing a Capii-
cure, representing
salutes
at a wedding in the country they wanted some
largeto
pistols, which they wished to hire. The pr •
offered them a pair of blunderbusses, which they re.
jected, and finally purchased a pair of common pistols
for 35f
In the course of Friday afternoon Roussell and his
friend went by railway to Pont-de-11Aces, and at four
O'clock Petit also, accompanied by his second, and the
commissionaire the hotel, walked to Pont-de-Briques
by the road, the latter going with them without know-
ledge of their purpose, but as a guide.
Before leaving the bo:el, Petit particularly ordered
'nipper for Line o'ckck, and desired that some stewed
rabbit should be prepared for him. He also treated his
paArtryrto beer three sepsrste times while on the road.
Arrived at Pont-d B
other tom. the e-• :Agues, they were joined by the
them to mendULW:MMi"l"Sire wee re ques!,(l to show
about two relies from I", the neighbJulho.A of Coouelte,
the
ent de-Briques.
parec Arrived
mltheelrae_
wnature of their designs became sp-
ill areiqt up at 114$ paces, and fired,

but without effect. They were then set up at 20 paces,
but without further result. They were then placed f)r
the third time, but at 15 paces, wneu Petit fell under his
adversary's fire, the bullet caving entered his left breast,
just above the heart, and passed quite through his body.
The death of this unfortunate man must therefore hare
been instantaneous.
I. was now past seven o'clock, and the commissionaire
was dispatched to Pont-de-Briques for a doctor, with
whom, as also with the Maire of the commune, he re-
turned in about an hour. But the party had fled, dark.
ness had likewise set in, and it was only with great dif-
ficulty, and after an hour's search, that the body of the
deceased was discovered, lying upon his back, his feet
imbedded in the sand, his hands clasped together,
and his arms pressed upon his breast. His compa-
nions had left upon the ground an instrument for
probing the wound, and also a rapier cane. Upon the
person of the deceased were found his passport, a franc
piece, and a book of the laws of the first republic, in
which was inscribed the name " Jean Petit, and his
place of birth, " Roubaix, Belgium." Upon his breast
was laid a fine cambric handkerchief, in a corner of
which the initials " R. 8.," surmounted by a coronet,
are worked; this circumstance, simple as it is, by no
means tends to dissipate the mystery in which tho
matter is involved.
Roussel', who was not seen at the hotel, after the duel,
is supposed to have left by the Folkestone boat at four
o'clock on Saturday morning. The seconds returned
to the hotel to supper, and excused, without exciting
suspicion, the absence of their companions and the com-
missionaire. They returned to England by the Seine
on Saturday morning, at seven o'clock.
When the body of Petit was discovered, the Maire of
the commune of Pont-de-Briques found that it was be-
yond his jurisdiction, and this, as fresh information had
to be gi►en, led to considerable delay in forwarding the
news to Boulogne.
The body was yesterday at the hospital for recogni-
tion. Petit appears to have been about thirty years of
age, of middle stature. His appearance is by no means
extraordinary. His dress consisted of a brown paletot
coat, black waistcoat, and puce-coloured trousers. He
wore a pair of seemingly new shoes, and two shirts. His
watch, money, and papers (if he had any) are supposed
to have been secured by his companions. His adversary
Roussel', who described himself as a surgeon, is said to
have been only twenty-four years of age, and of by no
means prepossessing appearance. At a late hour yes-
terday it was not altogether decided whether the corpse
of the unfortunate man should be interred last night or
this morning. At present there are various surmises
afloat as to the cause of the duel; but the affair is in-
volved in mystery. A political reason is the one gene,
rally attached to it, but of a character which it would be
unwise to mention.

EARL FITZHARDINGE and FREE TRADE.
The following letter has been sent by Mr. Cooke, Earl
Fitzhardinge's land steward, to his Lordship's tenants
on the Berkeley estate:—

" Berkeley Castle, April, 1851.
" Sir,—l have to inform you, by the direction of
Earl Fitzhardinge, that the sum of will be returned
to you out of the half-year's rent due on the 6th of
April inst.
" This is considered by the practical men whom his
Lordship has consulted to be a fair and reasonable
abatement from the landlord towards meeting the diffi-
culties arising from the present depressed state of agri-
culture. Ii is undoubtediy !sir and right that the land-
lord shoul.l '.- e called upon to contribute his share to-
wards meeting the present depreseion ; he has now done
so; and I am authorised to a:ste that should prices fall
lower, future abatements will from time to time tse
made, to equalise the rents on this estate, and fur tees
further relief of all such as may hereafter be able to
prove thst flsey hsve reasonable grounds for complaint.
" In my daffy communications with the tenants of the
Berkeley estate, I find msny lahourisg under (what I
conceive to be) mistaken notions with regard to the
claims tiny alp, s: aux ilus to iubi.7li; to their laudlessi
for relief. I therefor., propose to allude to a few matters
which I think ought to be considered differently by un-
prejudiced farmers. I think that tenants should look
for relief from other sources, as well as from their land-
lord; and I shall endeavour to poins out a few of the ad-
vantages which appear to me to be the natural result of
the free-trade system; they are briefly these:—
" 1. The wages of agricultural labourers are already
lower by at least 54 per annum for each ablebodied
man employed on a farm.
"2. Clothing, food, and almost all other necessaries
of life are much lower, enabling the farmer to maintain
his establishment at a cheaper rate than formerly; while
the labourer is at the same time better able to live and
maintain his family by his exertions than when bread,
meat, and other articles were kept at a high price by law,
" 3. Tithes are becoming lower annually through the
effects of the averages of the present low prices of corn
against the high rates of 1846 ann 1847; and tithes
must remain low, when the high prices of those years
cease to affect the more recent averages upon which
tithes are fixed.

"4. Poor-rates, highway-rates, church-rates, and other
payments are gradually becoming lower, and many other
of the ♦arious taxes which tend to oppress an occupying
tenant are either lowered, repealed, or not charged upon
him at all.
" 5. In stocking a farm, 6001. will buy about as much
stock as 1,0004 used to do under the system of artificial
high prices. This enables many persons to occupy
farms who formerly had no change whatever of doing
so with advantage either to themselves or to their laud-
lords.

(~ Tt is morally certain that tenants who have the
means of stocking their farms will find that under these
and other advantages they can obtain as good a retur❑
for their labour and the interest of their capital now as
formerly. I think that many farmers who are fortunate
enough to possess both capital and skill will (unex-
pectedly, perhaps, to themselves) find their condition
materially improve under the present state of things,
especially if by a steady perseverance in the managemen
of their affairs they continue to pursue that coarse of
economy which has seldom been known to fail.
" The occupiers of dairy farms must find the benefit
of present low prices, because their expenditure will be
proportionably diminished thereby, as well as from
other causes alluded to above; and I suspect many of
them will yet live to find oat that they can produce
cheese at two guineas per cwt. at a profit.
" In conclusion, I have oaly to remark that a landlord
can in no degree be held responsible for fluetuations in
the markets; he may fairly be ;expected to meet a per-
manently depressed state of agricultural affairs, and to let
his farms, so that tenants may be enabled to live by their
exertions one year with another; but for variations in
the vales of stock, bad seasons, &c., no landlord can be
expected to interfere.—l am, Sir, you: obedient servant,
" T. H. COOICE."

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EXETER- 11-10C,_ 'ESAMs .NOD.
The following are the mutters which will be considered
at the diocesan synod which is to be held in the Ca-
thedral at Exeter, on Wednesday, 25th Juno next, and
the two following- mays:—
On the 25th will be proposed—
I. A declaration of adherence to the article of the Ni-
cene Creed, " I ark nowt, dge One baptism for the remis-
sion of sins;" and eepeciafly to the doctrine of the Ca-
tholic Church, and the articles and loinsularies of our
own Church, on the spiritual grace given to infants in
the Holy Sacrament of Baptism.
IL A ficeleration of edliereece g.oaerelly to the dor—
triue and diseiplino of the Church of England, as now
set forth in the Articles of Religion, and in the Boole of
Cemason Prayer; and of our firm belief that secession
from nur Church, being a sound branch of the Catholic
Church, to any other religious community, is an act of
schism; and, in particular, that secession to the Church
of Rome involves the abandonment of truth for error,
and is perilous to Helvetian.
111. A declaration against the recr.rit schismatical as-
signment of a Bishopric of Plymouth by the Pope.
On the 26th and 27th the following subjects will be
considered, so far as the time shall admit:-
1. Educaticn according to the principles of the Church
of England. Schools for the poor—middie schools—
training college of masters at Exeter, of mistresses at
Truro. Inspection of schools.
2. Catechising.--Best mode of carrying out the re-
quirements of the Church, as stated in the rubrics and
canons.
3. Continued pastoral superintendence of the young
who have left school—especially the encouragement of
the living together of young agricultural labourers, on a
plan at once economical, and under regulations for self-
discipline in agricultural colleges. (See " Parochial
Work" by Rev. C. Memo, p. 184-198.)
4. Increasing the number of authorised teachers and
assistants of eniniabers by the ordaining of permanent
deacons, especially of teachers duly recommended from
the Training Collego at Exeter.
5. Assistance of lay parishioners to the parochial
clergy, especially by encouraging voluntary associations
for good works.
6. More frequen t Divine Services in churches on
week-days. Due ofiservance of the days appointed by
the Church to be kept holy. On Ascension Day the
Lord's Supper to be always administered.
7. More frequent celebration of tho Holy Communion.
8. Separation of Services—especially in connexion
with the two immediately preceding questions.
9. Public perfores ,ance of public baptism of infants,
and right of parents., giving due notice, to require the
public baptism of thi4ir children on holy-days.
10. Care to be tat ten in reminding sponsors of their
real responsibility, e nd correcting false notions of that
responsibility.—The encouragement of bodies of persons
(especially Sunday S shool teachers, district visitors, and
other lay parishione re) agreeing to undertake the office
of sponsors in cases where it will be found necessary.
11. Churching of women after illegitimate births,
under what regulations?
12. Whether the office of burial ought not to be
always fully, and equally, performed over all that are
buried (except the to king the corpse into the church,
where there is da oger of infection):—advising the
minister, who may ch lubt whether the party to be buried
fall within any of t he exceptions in the first rubric
before the office oft Luis), to refer his doubt with as
little delay as poasibl e to the bishop, for his solution,
according to the c lireetion contained in the preface
" Concerning the Ser vice of the Church."
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1 Selection of z lett:cal verses of psalms, and of
hynole
14. R'eehing pers Dr:s into the Church from the Ro-
manis,., Schism iu alit ; country, or from other Belli:ens-
ruacla cases 113s°enSTrttPletsoi—sirelettlie
15. Whether
viously married bee; r
blessing of the Chierel h?
P'tell- previous reference of the seve-
• ee hishihrec;ion.
marry t ose who, having been pre-
viously the regietrar, may desire the
l'n;:re it:. ne—ieeveTellef
S. Gluvias, M ev 2.11. 1851. H. ExETER.
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