The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

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—YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
oudy. .
ti °EPT 6.—Wind southerly, light breezes, and
.
PoR
TSMOUTU, SEPT. s.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Sarah,
Ter, Matanzas.
lieitltntorrit, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Finland, Cadiz for
Ita,,'sg,forg, with bows stove and considerab!e damage,
leaoreienngiwn contact with a large ship last.night, Port-
N., distant about eight miles.
/4„! PENzANcE.—Volunteer, Mauritius ;May 25).
ERPOOL, SEPT. s.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd.
(10:1113°rt, Parry, Bombay ; Higginson, Hogg, Barba-
ehfter being ashore for an hour, but without ap-
§iitt Sld. Lady Lilforkl and Sir Peregrine,
Gar °e ; Agnes, Bahia ; John Cuming, Savannah ;
km"ifter, Warsaw, and Providence, New York ; Eliza
6; and her Majsty's ship Alcyon, St. John's, N.B.
SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Flita, Bayley, Cuba, for Ham-
&t EN, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Frankland, Christie,
Ca' Off Ennerdale, Boodle, Calcutta.
ltsTP°llT, SEPT. 2.—Sld. Victoria, Quebec.
Ztbt`t,,BT, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Emulous, Barbadoes.
oErr. 4.—The Christiana, Pitcairn, from the
ittire,to Demerara, went on the rocks N. of Lady Isle,
s Aroo-
ut_this morning, but is expected off next tide.
,:T°N BAY, AXMOUTH, AUG. 31. Arrd. Alert,
eliPurt, leaky, and must discharge.
Wollcli
Vet SEPT. s.—Arrd. Caroline, Behrendt
oast, ry leaky, and saila damaged.

CAlke::rtfo, iillloAivinL
_ITY- in the METROPOLIS
are the results of " A Table of Mortality
aretroolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
Zlll3eB registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
theUgust, 1844," The Table is issued from the Office
itegistrar-Cienral

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five years.

CAUSES OF DEATH.
?ieletni
b!„.--e, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 225 178
I/4,73a variable or uncertain seat B5 111
D 181/44'
~,es of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses ll9 157
It, 78 of the Lungs, and other Organs of
1),,,..._. BPiration 196 286
bise' -14e5... of the Heart and Blood-vessels 23 21
Or" of the Stomach, Liver, and other
65 69
"'s e 1 of Digestion ..
likb. of the Kidneys, &c 6 5
i2rth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10
111%8 of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6 6
Ores of the Skin, &c
Ily 17,ge, or Natural Decay 39 71
tn"°lence, Privation, or Intemperance
h.'s Specified --..itl_ ~
bitA us front all Causes • 798 946
TILS r
ROIL TSAR PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.
Yesterday a general Court of the Governors anti Sub-
scribers to the Caledonian Asylum took place at the
Freemasons"ravern, for the purpose of confirming the
minutes of a previous court, with respect to the appoint-
ment of a master to the Institution, who should be a
member of the Established Church of Scotland, and on
other business.
The Duke of Buccleuc'e, the President of the Institu-
tion, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Mar-
quis of Bute. Sir C. Forbes, Sir A. Grant, General
Aitcheson, Captain Forbes, The Chisholm, the Eon.
Captain Kincaid, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Rev. J. Hamilton,
Colonel \Vigram, Dr. Stewart, Sir R. Campbell, &c. The
room was densely crowded, and the meeting excited con-
siderable interest, on account of its being understood that
an attempt would be made, on the part of the Free
Church party, to von-confirm the minutes.
The. Noble CHAIRMAN having requested that the
minutes referred to should be read, submitted them to
the meeting for confirmation, when
Mr. GILLESPIE said, as a member of the Free Church
lie felt it his duty to allude to the imputations which had
been put forth against his party, and which were utterly
groundless. On a previous occasion the Court had de:.
aided that the offices of the Institution should not be
filled by other .than members of the Established Church
of Scotland. Now, however much he and those gentle-
men who belonged to the Free Church party differ, d
from that resolution, it was not true, as stated in some
of the public journals, that vigorous efforts were to be
made by the friends of the Free Church to upset the re-
solutions of that day.
Mr. NISBET also denied this assertion, and amidst
some confusion,
Mr. GILLESPIE again rose, and declared that the con-
duet pursued by the Established Church party was most
ungracious, seeing that the Free Church party were the
greatest subscribers to the charity.
The CHISHOLM rose to order. He denied the latter
assertion of Mr. G il'espie, and thought the course he had
pursued was tke most unusual, to attack a whole body
for that with which they had nothing to do.—(Cries of
" Hear, hear.")
Dr. STEWART suggested, to bring the matter to a
close, the best way would be to enter their protest against
the proceedings altogether, and which ho now did.—
(Cries of " Oh, oh.") There could be no doubt but
such a motion as this entirely shut out Mr. Lightfodt,
the present excellent master, from becoming a candidate.
In taking this course, however, he begged it to be un-
derstood, that it was without the intention of making any
attack on the Established Church.—(Hear, and Oh, oh.)
After some further discussion, the minutes were put
and confirmed by a large majority.
On a resolution being submitted, that the office of
secretary, now vacant, should be placed in the hands of
the Directors, and to invest them with the power of
electing a person to fill the office,
The CHISHOLM rose to move an amendment, that such
power only be granted to the Directors on the condition
that the person elected should belong to the Established
Church of Scotland. He said he was induced to do so as
he had been given to understand that attempts might be
made in the directory to defeat the resolution which the
court had previously come to.
Mr. GORDON DUFF said that would place the Directors
in a very awkward predicament, as one of the six can-
didates was a member of the Church of England. He
thought that in this respect the question mattered very
little, as the secretary would have nothing whatever to do
with the education of the children.
Mr. NISBET said, the Hon. Gentleman need have no
fears on the matter, when he informed him that not one
of the six candidates admitted was a member of the Free
Church of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.)
The Criesnorea said, under these circumstances, he
would withdraw his amendment ; and the resolution was
then carried.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING then rose and said, he wished
to bring before the Court a subject of immense import-
ance as related to the education of the children. It had
been the practice, until the last year, that the annual
examination of the children should be conducted by the
ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of London, but on the
last occasion that course had been deviated from, and the
question he wished to ask the Noble President was
whether all future examinations were to be conducted
ex officio by the ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of
London to be extended, as was the case during the last
year, to the ministers of various denomination.
The Noble PRESIDENT said, as he gathered it from
the prospectus and regulations of the Institution, he had
no doubt but the right of examination was peculiarly the
province of the ministry of the Church of Scotland.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said, if that principle was
laid down he should be most happy to see it carried out.
He had no desire in mooting this question, still further
to disseminate the unfortunate feeling which of late had
existed in consequence of differences in the church, and
in order to prove that such was the case he was most
desirous that the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, the Rev. Mr.
Lorimer, and other gentlemen who differed from himself
should be present during such examinations. All he
wished was, that the official examination should be un-
derstood to be vested in the Presbytery.
Mr. DALLAS regretted that the Rev. Gentleman had
mooted such an,importantsubject on the present occasion.
It was a mere question of detail, and he thought the
Directors of the Institution were not at the present mo-
ment in a condition to answer it. . . .
General AITCHESON said he thought the question was
a very simple one, and was easily answered ; he had
himself become a subscriber to that Institution, believing
that the education of the children was conducted solely
on the principles of the Established Church of Scotland.
He found that such was prescribed by the laws made for
its government, and he denied the right of the Board of
Directors to deviate from the principle laid down. -
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said that, for ten years pre-
ceding the last year the ministers of the Presbytery of
London had conducted the various examinations of the
children, but last year it was thrown open to ministers of
other denominations. He was extremely desirous of
ascertaining the opinion of the Court in the matter.
Mr. A. ROBERTSON said, be had been a member of
the Institution since its foundation, when it flourished
under the auspices of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes
of Kent and Sussex. The very spirit of the institution,
as laid down by those most distinguished and gifted
members of the Royal family were upon the most ex-
tended principles of liberality, upon principles entirely
adverse to the exclusive principle now suggested by the
Rev. Gentleman. It was understood that the children
should have no restriction placed upon the religious opi-
nions in which they had been brought up, and even if
the parents were Roman Catholics and wished their
children educated in the tenets of that religion, no ob-
stable was to be thrown in their way. They had no
rub whatever to guide them except that which he had
quoted, and which was, that the most perfect liberty in
religion should be allowed. If, therefore, they adopted
any resolution upon the suggestion of the;Rev. Genale-
man they would be departing from the original prin-
ciples upon which the institution was founded.—(Hear.)
Mr. GILLESPIE remarked, that if a resolution, founded
on the suggestion of the Rev. Dr. Cumming, were passed,
it would be as much as to tell those who were members
of the Free Church that neither their money nor their
services were wanted.—(No, no, and Hear, hear.)
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said, after the resolutions
which the Court had confirmed that day, he took it to
be as 'a matter of course that the ministers:of the Pres-
byter?, of the Church of Scotland in London must be
ex officio the examiners of the children in the Asylum.
The CnismoLet said, if it was not considered as a
matter of course, he should, to set the matter at rest,
move it as a substantive resolution.—( Hear.)
The meeting assented to the decision of the Noble
President without a division.
On the motion of Mr. NISBET, seconded by Mr. Gou-
DON DUFF, a resolution was proposed to alter by-law 41,
which prevented a gill and boy of one family becoming
candidates for admission at the same time, and substi-
tuting in lieu thereof one which would do so.
General AITCHESON moved an amendment in the ne-
gative, which was lost, and the motion having been
adopted, thanks were awarded to the Noble Chairman,
who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the
, • meeting separated.
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THE REVIEW.—HiS Royal Highness Prince Albert
came to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, to
witness the review in Hyde-park. His Royal High-
ness the Prince of Prussia and the gentlemen of his
suite, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander.
in-Chief, and a numeroue staff of military officers
were present. The illustrious party arrived on the
ground at eleven o'clock when the review immediately
commenced.
THE EIGHTON MURDER.—Two PERSONS ARRESTED
ON SUSPICION.--On Wednesday last, at the Justice-
room, Goat Inn, Gatcshead, before J. H. Williamson,
Esq , and J. A. Ramsay, Esq., the inquiry
into this
mysterious affair was renewed, John Fleck and James
Jefferson were brought up at the instance of 11dr. Ingo,
superintendent of police for the Bishop Aucland district,
charged on suspicion with having shot Thomas Robson,
on the night of the 10th of August. The prisoners were
apprehended on Monday evening in consequence of some
further evidence being obtained, contradicting their
statements made to the jury relativet to the unfortunate
ra
tnde
r evidence
t h i s
ay• h dceoautrht,o fhlultobn ;h usoo f
u eybeargeaorffeedrebdefearge theainst
and-Jefferson, that although gei.. The Bench informed Fleck
them theKwere disehar
evidence obtained b the there had been some further
suf-
ficient nature as wouldy Nvaprorlaienet'ytlewtiirt
of the coroner's taking
not
og of that t
he case
out
hands at present, and they were there-
fore no longer_ in custody. Fleck and Jefferson then
withdrew.— Tyne Mercury.
I RIGHTFUL ACClMENT.—Yesterday afternoon a
shocking accident occurred in the Edgeware-road to a
man named Poulton. the driver of a waggon belonging
to Mr. S. Roche, of lloddcsdon, near St. Alban's. It ap-
pears that Poulton was returning from London with the
waggon heavily laden with goods, when a large cask of
porter, which was lashed with a rope to
fondc the hipure art of
the vehicle, becoming loose, he attemptedit,
and in doing so the rope gave way, and the cask fell with
sill its force upon him, the sharp edge of it nearly
cut in autting
off one of his feet above the instep, and crug
west frightful manlier ; in addition to which the poor
fellow sustained very severe internal injuries from the
cask falling on him. lie was picked up in great agony,
and the attendance of a medical gentleman having been
obtained, he pronounced it as his opinion that to save the
man's life amputation of the limb would be absolutely
necessary. It is stated, but we trust it may prove other-
wise, that the above accident occurred from a trick
which had been played by some mischievous fellow, who
had cut and loosened the rope which was used for fasten-
ing the cask to the waggon. If such is the fact, we sin-
cerely hope the party will be discovered and punished
for his wanton mischief.
O'CONNELL'S LIBERATION.—The members of
Cogers' Hall, established in 1756, have resolved, it is
celebrate, o
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O'Connell and his fellow traversers.