The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

MALTA.

We have received a Malta Mail of the 30th of
March. It contains a protest of the Bishop of Gib-
raltar against certain articles in the proposed code of
criminal law for the island, as also against an over-
bearing disposition displayed by the Roman Catholic
members of the Council of Government entrusted
with the amendment of the said code. The follow-
ing is the protest :
" We, the undersigned, George, by Divine permission,
Bishop of Gibraltar, being by virtue of our office, and
by the authority of her Majesty's letters patent, invested
with the power of exercising episcopal jurisdiction
according to the ecclesiastical laws of England in all
places belonging to the Church of England with-
in the island of Malta, and being ordinarily resi-
dent within the said island, have considered it
to be our duty to examine those articles of the
proposed code of Criminal Laws for the said island
which are entitled Concerning offences against the
respect due to religion,' as amended by the council of Go-
vernment, and having found that it is therein proposed to
make the Church of Rome the dominant Church in Malta;
to declare it to be exclusively the Catholic Church; to class
the Church of England and the other religious bodies of
her Majesty's subjectssas dissentients from the Church of
Rome as it at present exists in the said island; and to
enact heavier penalties for offences against the Roman
Catholic worship than for offences against others; there-
fore we, the bishop aforesaid, do hereby protest in the
strongest manner against the adoption of the said
Article', for the following reasons:—
" 1. Because whatever may be the privileges granted
to the M,ltese, the supremacy of the English Crown
carries with it of necessity the supremacy of the religion
of the Queen and of the people of England, and estab-
lishes it by the law of the land in es ery colony and de-
pendency of the empire, Malta included.
" 2. Because this proceeding of the majority of the
Council in attempting to make the Church of Rome
dominant in Malta, and to declare the religion of the
said Church to be exclusively the Catholic religion, is
an attack upon the supremacy of the Crown and the fun-
damental laws of the empire, and an invasion of the
rights and privileges of the Catholic and apostolic Church
of England.
" 3. Because the attempt to class the Church of Eng-
land and other bodies of her Majesty's subjects together,
as being merely dissenters or dissentient from the Church
of Rome as it at present exists in Malta, is an insult to
the religion of the Queen and of the people of England.
"4. Because the enactment of greater penalties for
offences against the Roman Catholic worship than for
offences against the worship of other Christian churches
is a violation of the principle of equal protection for all
classes of her Majesty's subjects, and of the rights and
lihertiesof Englishmen.

"5. Because—neither the clergy nor the reople of the
Church of England in Malta have given the least occa-
sion for any such proceedings, they having been careful
on all occasions to avoid giving offence to their Maltese
cts in all things connected with their
religion.

"—Given at Gibraltar Palace, in the city of VaData,
this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty. "G. GIBRALTAR.
" To his Excellency the Right lion. Richard
More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, So."
(From the Malta Mail, d March 30.)
On Sunday last, we are informed, notice was given in
the Roman Catholic churches, that for the future no
intermarriages would be permitted between parties, one
of whom professed the Roman Catholic and ttie
odic'. the Protestant faith, except under a solemn
promise that the children to be born thereof should be
brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. On the same
day, public notice was given fee= the altar of the
cathedral church of St. Paul, that for the future
no banns of marriage would be published, or the
solemnity performed between parties as above, of
opposite religious faith, if either bad sworn, in the
court of the Roman Catholic Bishop, to bring up the
children in the Roman Catholic faith. his Lord-
ship the Bishop of Gibraltar concluded, and we th►nk
with much reason, that the parents who would consent
to such a sacrifice had better themselves embrace the
profession to which the children are thus, by parental
weakne.ts, so unceremoniously condemned.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 6, Ibso.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l5B
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ...
~. 54

Tubercular Diseases 186
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 162
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 37
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 253
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... 63
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. 11
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 11
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2
Malformations...
Premature Birth ••• ••• ... 31
Atrophy
—• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ... 26
Sudden ... 17
Violence, Privation Cold, and Intemperance 35
Causes not speelfied 1

THE SEQUEL—Pursuit was made early in the
morning after Mr. M—__
and his affianced bride.
One party, along with the Commissioner, started in
one direction, and a servant, headed by a stout
disciple of Malthus, who is one of the larger tenants
in the north of the island, set off in another ; and
these, along with a gentleman on a neighbouring
estate, immediately proceeded further north, to the
Bay of T--. The vessel cf Mr. M-- had
pre-
viously entered that bay, and Jay quietly at anchor.
He little thought that chase would be given in that
direction; and while he and his betrothed were com-
fortably seated at tea in the small cabin in the even-
ing, the pursuers boarded the vessel. The door of
the cabin was violently -burst open, and here a scene
occurred of the most painful and yet interesting
nature. Mr. M------ was assailed with the warmest
invective, and the object dearest to his heart was tried
and tempted in every way to leave him—but all in
vain. She clung to Mr. M----a virtually using the
words of the favourite song of her own. 1
"Before I'm forced to break my faith,
I'll lay me down and dee:
For I hae pledged my virgin troth,
Brave Donald's fate to share,
And he has gi'en to me his heart
With a' its virtues rare:'
After a long interval, the fair fugitive and Mr.
AI---- were decoyed on shore, on the assurance that POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The United States' Go-
they were not to be separated. Scarcely, however, vernment having established mail packets between New
had they stepped ashore, when the promise was York and Chagres, in connexion with a line of packets pro-
y seeding at regular intervals from Panama to San
shamefully violated •; for the lovers were instantl
horaencisocto, the public. may avail . themselves of this
separated, and, most cruelly, not permitted to ex- communication for their correspondence to
change either looks or words. Galifornia and Oregon, by specially addressing " ria New
11Ir. M---- proceeded to —, and next day the York," ur via the United States," any letters or news-
uncle carried off his niece to R —7-. A stormy week papers they may desire to be so forwarded. The corn-
ofl(.;ia7fd British. and United States' postage upon letters for
wind and rain succeeded. The wind moderated
paid, and
andwili
iti.iereogoonn,
aselnettterbyr;ottheis‘creoeudt.e, ri:listanbeollnreee-
however, and favoured Mr. M-- in the daring ad-
and a company
venture now to be narrated. He arrived off the coast
Donald." in weight, 2s 51/2d., pexceeding Ida an-Ouncena)gndliot exceed-
ofing 1 ousts, 4s. lid., and so on, according to the scale in
H--- at night, with two large half-decked boats,
of some twenty-four brave retainers, operation for charging inland letters. The postaga will be
the same, whether the letters be conveyed from this country
The man on guard at R-- was instantly tied be liable to a combined British and United States' postage
who would venture their lives for gallant "young
access into the house, by B. :iiish or by United States' packets. Newspapers will
succour. Arr. Ai— and his men speedily obtained EMBEZZLEMI,IST.—On Saturday, Mr. Peter Hay,
to the post of the gate to prevent his procuring any of 2d. each.
and, without entering into de- the superintendent of police at Stroud, received a telegraphic
tails, suffice it to be said that Jessie, who was in the message from Stafford, via Gloucester, that a man named
same bedroom with her aunt, was quickly awakened, Williain Pride,,liacl absconded from Glasgow, having em-
asevt soon dressed, and in the arms of her protector and
7r. ex
liezzled the sum of .50t /. belonging to his employers, and that
dearest friend. The uncle, of course, was also aroused p;ircteldiatto, cbamllndat,tho.trtseand
p teora,oSntraonusdweproisit,-,offittemee
dioer
from his slumbers, but only a lel
to act a most unexpected scription of Willia;u Pride had arrived in Stroud the previous
part. Mr. M____. peremptorily asked the uncle, in evening, and proceeded on to Nailsworth by the omnibus
the presence of all, " Are you a magistrate ?" and on which left the former place at half-past seven. Mr. hay
his answering in the affirmative, Mr. 111--e- then nut thereupon made the best of his way to Nailsworth,_ and as-
the question, at the same time taking her hand, "Jes- chieorttkclineidr ttliii zat tt 1:0;
Ni%dne. had
He taken
happened u pllis
to be
quartersjust atthtehne
abroad,George
sie, are you my wife ?" and on her emphatically say- so the superintendent determined to wait. Alter the lapse
ing "Yes," he replied, e And lam your husband " of an hour, Pride appeared, and was forthwith taken into 1
This was a meat adroitly executed part of the drama. custody. A 10/. note and 26 sovereigns were found on his
The uncle must have felt keenly the awkwardness of itrmerso,rnii; anidaotltioeurek rovansdear ghriesateagritialryidoef lisugigtaigiae,tiNiv,heicolit.
his position—when, instead of proving, as he thought
the protector of his niece, he was, as a Justice of
---7 Nailswcoerrtha, but has not resided there for several years. He
has been conveyed to Glasgow, where the case will be en-
the Peace, called upon to act a most important ; tried into before the proper authorities.—Che!teaamJouriud,
part in the solemnization of the marriage he was ' nunetN, APRIL B.—Wind S.S.E. to .E.—A, rd.
so heartily opposed to. We dwellers in Scotland I Harmony, Abeeata, l3arbadoes; Ouzel Galley, Trinidad.
'verily believe, that a marriage valid and legal in the ! SW. Xenia, 13abaloes.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,124
Population Deaths in corro- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1841. of 1849. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 163 ... 182
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 192 ... 210
Central Districts 374,199 ... 173 ... 187
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 176 ... 224
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 290 ... 321

---
T0ta15........ 1,948,369 ... 994 ...' 1,124
Males ... ... ... ..• ... 560
Females ... ... ... ... ... 564

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 697
Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 646

Total ... ... 1,343
*ln this number are included 17 by Scarlatina, 34
by Typhus Fever, 15 by Diarrhoea. and 2 by Cholera.