The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

SECOND DAY.

Wednesday the sittings of the Convention were resumed at
the Crown and Anchor, Strand. The room was filled with
delegates, upwards of 1,000 being present.
At eleven o'clock the Rev. Dr. YOUNG, of Perth, took the
chair, and congratulated the delegates on the spirit which
had been manifested on the preceding day.
The Rev. Mr. SHOEBOTHAM, of Dundee, was then an-
nounced. A short time since he and his fellow countrymen
thought that they were to have the battle all to themselves
in the north, but now they had crossed the border to vitness
the scene of conflict in England.—(Loud cheers.) As in
Scotland, so in England, moral suasion and moral force must
be employed; in moral measures there was enough of power
to throw off the incubus which a national Establishment had
placed on Christianity. They (the Dissenters) had been
taunted by the charge of belonging to the movement party.
lie, for one, did not deny it. Change was the law of the
universe ; everything changed but Jehovah, and as to be-
longing to the movement party, he gloried in it, and forward
they would proceed in their course until they succeeded in
obtaining the full triumph of the Gospel.—(Loud cheers.)
The Rev. Gentleman addressed the meeting at great length,
and concluded by proposing the first resolution, which was a
summary of a paper read on the preceding evening. It
affirmed that in the judgment of the Conference the union of
the Church with the State had been proved, by a long and
varied course of experience, to be highly injurious and
productive of the most deplorable results, both political
and spiritual ; that all historical evidence led to the conclu-
sion that national establishments for securing the stated ob-
servance of Divine ordinances and the promulgation of reli-
gious truth, were maintained chiefly for political purposes,
were essentially secular rather than religious institutions,
and merged the spiritual interests of men in the attempt to
further,the ends of civil rulers; that the endowment by the
State of any class of clergy had never failed to render them
tha abettors of oppression ; that State churches, wherever
they existed, and under every variety of modification, tended
to enhance the bitterness of political strife, to deepen feel-
ings of alienation between class and class, and to infuse into
the discussion of all leading topics of national policy a spirit
of intolerance and bigotry; that the claims which they set
up and enforce restricted in every way the rights of citizen-
ship, rendered just, impartial, and comprehensive legislation
an impracticability, checked the free action of political insti-
tutions, and clogged the whole machinery of civil govern-
ment, seriously retarded the progress of popular education,
and threw a seemingly religious sanction over the most un
righteous principles of State policy; that, great as were the
political evils resulting from the union of Church and State,
they sunk into insignificance when compared with the in-
juries inflicted by it upon the spiritual interests of mankind,
and that Christianity had had to contend with no external
and institutional impediment more formidable than State
churches; that by establishments the amount of pious and
benevolent zeal on the part of the people was repressed; and
that the union of Church and State was the largest, the most
specious, and the most fatal obstacle which Christianity in
these realms had to encounter.

The Rev. Mr. EDWARDS (of Nottingham) seconded the re-
solution.
The resolution was put to the meeting, and carried nem. dis.
The Rev. J. W. MASSIE (of Manchester) then read a
paper reviewing the various forms and degrees in which
the principles of the union of Church and State is carried
out in the ecclesiastical arrangements of the British Govern-
ment, both in the United Kingdom and in the colonies and
dependencies of the empire.
On the motion of the Rev. J. E. Gluts, of Leeds, seconded
by the Rev. Mr. KING, of Cork, a resolution embodying the
facts of Mr. Massie's paper, was put to the meeting and car-
ried with but two dissentients. This cii cumstance was oc-
casioned by some reflections on the Unitarians, but the re-
marks objected to were eventually struck out by mutual
agreement. -

-It was resolved,—" That in contending for the separation
of the Church from the State, this Conference contemplates
an ultimate appeal to the Imperial Parliament for the fol-
lowing objects :—First, for the repeal of all those laws which
render either the profession or the disavowal of any form of
religious faith and worship, or the subscription, or recital, or
adoption, in any way, of any declaration containing or im-
plying a pledge of a certain line of conduct towards any re-
ligious body or institution, a necessary qualification for the
exercise of any public office or employment, or which confer
on the ministers of any religion, in any of its forms,
public
office, the
right, as such, to fill any Parliamentary station or
exclude all ministers of religion, except
ices of religion on omit-
office, or to perform any public
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specified sect, from conducting
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any nature, honourable or otherwise. Secondly, for the
enactment of laws, entirely abolishing public exactions in
support of anv form of religious faith or worship, and re-
suming into the hands of Parliament (with due regard to the
life interests of actual beneficiaries, and to the equitable
claims of all other parties), for application to purposes strictly
national, and purely secular, all lands, buildings, and other
property, at any time granted by Parliament for the sup,-
of religious faith or worsnip in any form, or for the
use of men or bodies of mcn, professing or m tad;
ita;wing any
description of religious faith or worgb:-
After the transaction
:ome routine lytsiness the Confer-
ence was adjounaP,' i its deliberations

POPE/ill% OF THE BRICELLTERsi ARMS STATION
OF TIIE CROYDON RAILWAY.—On Wednesday the brar.s
line was opened, despite the lamentable accident which hap-
pened so recently. Everyffing
greatest pains is again restored, and the
'peen taken to render safety doubly
scure by :.:ross braces and struts to the roofs, &c. The wholes-
Of .one Platform, passages, and waiting-rooms, to the extent
of at least 40,000 feet, have been laid by the Seyssel Asplaske
Company, and present a remarkably even surface.
..nd is
indeed so close a resemblance to a light colourPo
until the spectator's attention is drawn slate, that
.
serted here and there in the asphalt p - the tablets in-
as to the manner in which so is left in surprise
formlv laid down. There ...ge a surface could be so uni-
nade laid with the ste _As also the flat roof of the colon-
five thousand f ' -ne material in lieu of lead. It contains
cessary to - _et, and is free from those rolls which are ne-
terini- secure the joints of that metal. The fi, Fade of the
..us is a very novel one, and reflects great credit upon
-Jr. Lewis Cubitt, the architect; and the whole of the works,
' which have been entrusted to Messrs. Grissell and Pete, are
finished in the best possible manner.

The annual distribution of prizes awarded to the successfit
competitors connected with the medical classes of this Insti-
tution, took place on - Wednesday, in the lecture-room of
the Hospital. The room was crowded with students and
visitors, the majority of the latter being ladies and contribu-
tors to the support of the Hospital. The Rev. Dr. Worth-
ington took the chair, and was supported by the odic,ers of the
Institution and the professors of the different classes, who in
succession declared the parties to whom the prizes were
awarded. The great majority of the prizes were given for
pre-eminence in the various branohes of the .profession, a
few being distributed for general good conduct.
IVe subjoin a list of the successful competitors :
SUMMER SESSION, 1843.
BOTANY—Silyer Medal—Mr. Alfred Clark, Twickenham
—Certificate : 111 r. William Bainbridge, London.
MIDWIFERY—Students of Three Sessions—Certificate,
Mr. G. F. Burroughs, Shepton Mallet. Students of Two
Sessions—First Prize, Mr. Elisha Novice, London ; Second
Prize, Mr. John Terry, Bath.—Certificates, Mr. J. E.
• Huxley, Ealing; Mr. R. R. Crucifix, London. Students of
One Session—First Certificate, Mr. Alfred Clark ; Second Cer-
tificate, Mr. Frank Cooper.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDMCCE—MT. R. R. Crucifix. .
WINTER SESSION, 1843-4.

EXHIBITION OF 151. PER ANNUM—Mr. Joseph Bennett,
London. _ .

MEnicntE—Senior Class—Prize, Mr. Thomas Weeden
Cooke, London. Junior Class—Prize, Mr. R. R. Crucifix,
London.
SURGERY—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. R. R. Crucifix ;
Second Prize, Mr. George Chessman, Southampton. Junior
Class—First Prize, Mr. Alfred Clark ; Second Prize, Mr.
Frederick Nicolle, Jersey ; Third Prize Honorary Certificate,
Mr. N. C. Hatherley.
MinwtrEnr—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. G. Chess-
man ; Second Prize, Mr. R. G. M. Norris. Junior Class,
Mr. F. Nicolle.
PnreaoLoGY—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. Alfred
Clark; Second Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett.
PRACTICAL ANATour—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr.
Frederick Nicolle ; Second Prize, Mr. Alfred Clark. Junior
Class—First Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett; Second Prize, Mr.
C. R. Durell, Jersey.
CHEMISTRY PRIZE—Mr. Philip H. Harper, Walsall.
MATERIA MEDICA—CIass Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett ;
Essay Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett.
DILIGENCE AND GOOD CoNnucr—Mr. Frederick Nicolle,
Mr. George Chessman, Mr. R. R. Crucifix.

GUYS HOSPITAL.
I Wednesday the annual distribution of rewards to the stu-
dents of the above hospital who had distinguished themselves
during the last session, took place in the large theatre of the
museum. The whole of the medical and surgical lecturers
of the various classes were present on the occasion, and the
theatre was crowded with the medical students and their
friends.
The prizes and certificates of distinction were awarded as

follows, viz.:—
Medicine—Gold' tnedah- Mr. G. F. Wills, of Crewkerne ;
silver medal, Mr. W. Pearce, Bradford, Yorkshire; certificate,
Mr. G. J. Rose, of Swaff ham.
Surgery—Gold medal, Mr. 11. A. Oldfield, Camberwell ;
.certificate, Mr. W. Pearce.
Opthalmic Surgery—Gold medal, Mr. G.F. Wills.
Anatomy—Senior Division—Gold medal, Mr. J. B. Hicks,
Lymington ; silver medal, Mr. F. Whitbaume, Godalming ;
certificate, Mr. J. J. Cole, boaton, Pembrokeshire. Junior
Division—Silver medal, Mr. M. Walling, Kendal.
Practical Midwifery—Silver medal, Mr. R. B.Yeats, Kirkby
Lonsdale.

Pathological Anatomy—Silver medal, Mr. H. I. Fotherby,
Louth.

Materia Medica—Gold medal, Mr. R. Ffinch, Greenwich ;
silver medal, Mr. Caparn, Newark ; silver medal, Mr. G. H.
King, Southampton.
Chemistry—First prize, Mr. Walter Johnson, London ' •
second prize, Mr. Metcalf Johnson, Wisbeach ; certificate, Mr.
G. H. Ring.
Practical Chemistry—Prize, Mr. Metcalf Johnson; certifi-
cate, Mr. R. Ffinch.
Medical Jurisprudence—Prize, Mr4G. Ayton, Kenilworth ;
certificate, Mr. H. I. Fotherby ; certificate, Mr. G. A. Lewis,
Leominster.

Botany—Prize, Mr. J. B. Hicks ; certificate, Mr. S. Rani-
skill, Clapham.
Natural Philosophy—Silver medal, Mr. J. B. Hicks ; certi-
ficate, Mr. W. H. Greenwood, St. John's, Southwark ; certifi-
cate, Mr. H. I. Fotherby.
The Clinical Society—Prize, Mr. H A. Oldfield ; certifi-
cates, Mr. E. Arnold, Mr. H. A. Ebden, Mr. J. C. Forster.