The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-04 00:00:00

THE CUSTOMS ACTS.

The following are the Resolutions to be proposed in Com-
mittee on Customs Acts, on Monday, 6th May, by Mr. Wad-
stone :-
1. That, in lieu and instead of the duties of Customs now
payable in respect of the articles enumerated in the annexed
schedule, upon their importation into the United Kingdom,
there shall be raised, lewd, collected, and paid, the rates or
duty specified in the said schedule, viz.:—
Cocoa, of or from foreign countries, the lb. £o ea 9
Coffee, of or from foreign countries, the lb. 0 0 6
Chicory, or any other vegetable matter applicable
to the uses of chicory or coffee, viz. :-
- roasted or ground, the lb.
-- raw or kiln-dried, the cwt
Currants, the cwt
Confectionery, the lb.
Cordials and liqueurs, except rum shrub, being the
produce of any British possession in America,
or of any British possession within the limits of
the East India Company's charter, in regard
to which the conditions of the Act 4 Vie., c. 8,
have or shall have been fulfilled, sweetened or
mixed with any article, so that the degree of
strength thereof crnnot be ascertained by Sykes'a
hydrometer, the gallon
Bottles of glass, not otherwise enumerated or de-
scribed, the cwt. ***** •••
and further, on atszinunt of the Excise

O 0 6
1 0 0
O 15 0
O 0 6

0 9 0

duty, the cwt.
Flint and cut glass, for every 1001. value
and further, on account of the Excise
duty, the cwt.
Glass manufactures, not otherwise enumerated or

described, and old broken glass fit only to be
re-manufactured, the cwt. 1 0 0
and further, on account of the Excise
duty, the cwt.
2. That, in lieu and instead of the duties of Customs now
payable in respect of the articles enumerated in the annexed
Schedule, upon their importation into the United Kingdom,
there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid, the rates of
duty specified in the said Schedule, viz. :
Alganobilla seed, the cwt, .C.O 0 3
Lard oil, for every 1001. value
Myrobolane berries, the ton
Vegetable wax, the cwt.
Colchicum seed, the cwt.
Kernels of walnuts and kernels of peach stones,
commonly used for expressing oil therefrom,
the ton
Croton seed, commonly used for expressing oil
therefrom, the quarter
Prussiate of pet ash, the lb. 0 0 2
• Tallow greaves, the ton 0- 1 0
Scrap steel, the ton
Gallic powder, the ton
3. That the said duties shall be subject to the additional
duty of 51. per centum on the amounts thereof respectively
imposed by the Acts 3 Vic. c. 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47,
except with regard to cordials and liqueurs, which shall be
subject to the duty of fourpence per gallon, also imposed by
the Acts aforesaid.

0 1 0

4. That the duties new chargeable upon the importation of
sheep and lambs' wool, and upon wool of the Alpaca and the
Llama tribe, and upon goats' wool or hair, and upon the ex-
portation of wools and skins, and upon " manufactures or
pretended manufactures slightly wrought up, so as that the
same may be reduced toand made use of as wool again, and
upon mattresses or beds stuffed with combed wool or wool tit
for combing or carding," be repealed.
S. That the duties now chargeable upon flasks in which
olive oil is imported, be repealed.

THE ANTI-STATE-CHURCH
CONFERENCE.

THIRD DAY.-CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.

Thursday the sittings of the Conference ;;Wre;umed at
the Crown and Anchor, Strand. John Dunlop, Esq., of
Brocklock, took the chair.
A long discussion as to forms of proceeding took place ; a
paper (a laudation on Dissent) was read by the Rev. J. P.
Murswell, of Leicester ; and the Rev. Dr. Jenkyn, principal
of Coward College, London, delivered a speech, and pro-
posed a declaratory resolution as to the objects and efforts of
the convention.

Finally, it was determined that a society should now be
formed, entitled ",The British Anti-State Church Associa-
tion," based upon the following principle—" That in matters
of religion man is responsible to God alone ; that all legisla-
tion by secular governments, in affairs of religion, is an en-
croachment upon the rights of man, and an invasion of the
prerogative of God; and that the application by law of the
resources of the State to the maintenance of any torn or
forms of religious worship and instruction is contrary to
reason, hostile to human liberty, and directly opposed to the
genius of Christianity." The object of this Society would be
the liberation of religion from all governmental or
Witt w,anu be sougm. uy =mut, peaceful, taut
Christian means, and by such means only. Any person sub-
scribing to the principle upon which the Society is based,.
and contributing not lees than Is. per annum to its general
fund, to be admissible as a member. It was also determined
that a Conference should be convened once in three years.
Dr. Cox, Mr. E. Miall, Mr. J. M. Hare, were elected secre.
taries to the new Soctety ; fifty gentlemen were appointed an
Executive Committee, and a Council was formed consisting of
500 persons from various parts of Great Britain and Ireland.
After a very long discussion, it was resolved that the fol.
lowing should be among the modes of action to be adopted
by the Society :
"1. The collection and digest from Acts of Parliament,
Parliamentary returns, and otherauthentic public documents,
of all such information as may throw light upon the nature.
and tendency of State churches.
"2. The securing, by means of small prizes or otherwise,
original essays on the question of State churches, adapted to
the popular taste, and fitted to supply to the public, and es-
pecially to Dissenters, needful and useful information on the
subject.
"3. The employment of lecturers, voluntary or otherwise,
under the sanction and direction of the Executive Committee,
to explain and enforce the fundamental principle of the So-
ciety, to expose the evils which have resulted and are inse-
parable from any form of alliance between Church and State,
and to rouse the public, and especially p.ofessed .Noncon-
formists, to a due consideration of their duty in this matter.
"4. The division of the United Kingdom into convenient
districts, with a view to the holding of district conferences.
" 5. The formation, wherever possible, of local associations,
for the purpose of diffusing correct information, and of bring-
ing public opinion to bear, as prudence may dictate, upon the
composition of the House of Commons, and upon the decisions
of the Imperial Parliament.

_ .
" 6. The promotion of the return to Parliament, wherever
practicable, of men of known ability and integrity, conver-
sant with the principles of the Society, and disposed to avail
themselves of all suitable occasions for exciting discussiots
upon them ; and the furnishing of such Members, when re-
turned, with all tho special information the Society can
command.

" 7. The support of such Members whenever, upon intima-
tion from them, the council shall deem it advisable to agitate
the question of State churches in the Legislature, by means
of petitions to the Houses of Parliaments, and memor.als to
the Throne, and in other appropriate and constitutior_Al ways.
" 8. The removal of the question of nations:i religious
Establishments as much as possible from under the influence
of party feeling; the placing it upon the ground of what is
due to Christianity itself, and to the best interests, temporal
and spiritual, of the people, and the enlistment of the sin-
cerely religious of all sections of the Church of Christ, by
energetic appeals to conscience.
" 9. The employment of whatsoever means, consistent with
the spirit of Christianity, may be adopted to promote the one
great object of the ' British Anti-State Church Association., "
Some minor matters having been transacted, votes of
thanks were passed to the gentlemen who had acted as Chair-
men, and to the Secretaries, and the Conference broke up.

OXFORD.
of unusual excitement.
Oxford was on Thursday the scnen
vast numbers of the clergy, all ap-
parentlyof the country, brought up
mind, as was proved by the
and of one
on one errand,filled
the Convocation-house wasto
result. At two o'clock
The morning trains from town, a d tahe coaches from all parts
Vice-Chancellor proposed the new
over-flowing, and the
mention here, that its object '‘,vas to
It will be sufficient to
..
as to the conditions anet exer-
cises settle the existing 1
theological degrees, by creating anj, gi Ant--
statute, which has already been fully discussed in our col'amns.
cises requisite f9r
Professor of Divinity (Dr. creating
at.
ing to the Regiusabsolute doctrinal authority in the mr,ttv,r with:
present)
reference,anon questions of form, to the Vice-Chan ce'
a 'liestatute was proposed in four clauses. The-. , Abject of
the first was wholly irrelevant, relating to degree-t°
,t; law, and
seemingly introduced to embarrass the voters, - ,oramitting
them, however, to a certain mode of examinatior :
~ in a matter
it showed the fate of the rest of the s'
in which they would probably feel indifference By antici-
pationdor.
,atute, and was
rejected by a large majority. The second 1 :lame contained
the proposed form of exercises, and was f ho substratum of
the two remaining. It was rejected by a ' majority of 341 to
21 1 On the result being declared the Y wo last clauses were
discreetly withdrawn by the Vice-Cla .ncellor, and the Con-
vocation dissolved. It is said that Dr- . klampden himself and
his friends voted against the p':oposed statute, on the ground
that the reference on questivAis of fowl. to the Vice-Chancellor
was an invasion of hit 'supposed 9;otolute and irresponsible'
power in granting der.ees. Among the non-resident mem-
bers
Manning, Mr. Ea
were Dr. Hool' ' the Dean. of Chichester, Archdeacon
tors well-kne,er a by name both' and a host of other charm:-
tors and elsewhere.—Times.
-.4;1'-d Churton, m:-

AccrVENT TO THE EARL OF BANDON.—On Thurs-
day aft ernoon, about half-past three I-o'clock, an accident
°cculisc x 1 to the Earl of Bandon. The Noble Lord, attended:
by his ,groom, was riding up Bond-street, in the direction of
Cor.l-street, when, on arriving at the corner of Union •
street, his horse stumbled, and threw him over its head with
great violence. his Lordship's forehead coining in contact
with t he ground, lie was rendered insensible. He was in-
stant] y assisted by the bystanders into the shop of Mr.
Fisher, surgeon, of 76, New Bond-street, where, on examine-
tui ornv,. i ,tAwabsrudiissee discovered ehr
his forehead
lhiaadvinsugstbaeirnneddbreustsesdli,ghhet
winia;
ibl( ena to remount his horse, and procee'i to his residence iu
Cosine ,sight-terrace.
he
Th e anniversary of the birthday of the Duke -of
Wellii xgton was celebrated by his Grace's tradesmen oa
Wedn esdav, the Ist of May, by dining together at the
Albiot ~ Aldersgate-street. The toasts to the Queen and the
Royal _Family were drunk with the greatest demonstrations
of recaps !Ct and loyalty ; but the toast of the evening, " Eng-
land's h ,ero and pride, the Duke of Wellington, and lorg
he hye, "was carried with enthusiastic applause. The Wei.-
fnttiroooor3 /f\ri.esHsrust.lsosttiapanieds, otthheepr
ropprroifioneetsosrsoaflogeen:l:tma,
sure of the evening was increased by some excellent s'; gin.
enterts inment was in every respect worthy of t', eputa-
and at; go of the occasion which it was intended to comme
morate ,

•
Tlu tre is a rumour in the more select political
circles that Lord Wharnclifie will pro' oably be appointed
Gover) nor• General of India in the room ~f Lord Ellenborougb
—Poe t„