The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

CLEANSING THE CITY STREETS,

The Lord Mayor, on Wednesday, intimated to Mr. Charles
Cochrane and the other gentlemen who last month waited
upon his Lordship for.the purpose of requesting the corpora-
tibn to prevail upon the Commissioners of Sewers of the City
of London to make experiment of the machine by which
Regent-street and Oxford-street were cleansed, that he had
received an answer from the Commissioners of Sewers, to
whom he had made the statement from the, deputiltion, to
the effectthat they had received the specification for cleans-
ing and performing the other duties connected therewith, and
that they hoped the revised specifications would meet the
wishes of the►r fellow-citizens.

The following regulations, which are the revised ones,
are selected from the large number of which the specification
consists :

" The contractor or contractors shall cleanse the following
streets daily (Sundays excepted) throughout the year, and
shall complete the same respectively before eight o'clock in
the morning of each day from Lady-day to-Michaelmas-day,
and before nine o'clock in the morning from Michaelmas-day
to Lady-day, namely :—Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill and street,
south side of St. Paul's-churchyard, Cheapside, Newgate-
street, Poultry, Watling-street, Budge-row and Cannon-
street, Mansion-house• street,. Cornhill, Leadenhall-street,
Aldgate-street, and Aldgate, King William-street and Lon-
don;bridge, Fenchurch-street, Moorgate-street, the Pave-
ment, and Princes-street.

" The contractor or contractors shall cleanse the following
streets three days in every week throughout the year,
namely:—Holborn, Holborn-bridge, Skinner-street, Old
Upper and Lower Thames-
Bailey, St. Paul's Churchyard (north side), Lombard-street,
as 18 within the jurisdiction
gdon-street, Aldersgate-
Beßaorridmbigmcaein-sitißreeoneeirshso-,stl,raeitrn
street, and St. Martin's- e-Grand, Finsbury-place South,
Gracechurch street,. Bishopsgate-street Within and Without,
ofsLt or
Thames-
street,
theegt: l Newasan i Long-lane,
the Minories.
6" The whole of Smithfield- market, Farringdon-market,
Newgate-market, Leadenhall-market, and the market in
Aldgate High-street, with Harrow-alley, and Chequer-yard,
and the several approaches thereto respectively, shall be
severally cleansed daily, excepting Sunda—,
7 throughout the
duration of the contract.
~ The *dust, ashes, dirt, rubbish, refuse vegetable and animal
matter, and all others, the usual refuse of a house or building,
by the contractor or contractors for that work, at least twice
in every week, and oftener if required by the housekeepers or
their servants, without fee or reward, and before ten o'clock
in the forenoon, from the houses situate in the streets herein-
before, required to be cleansed daily, or three days in every
week.
" For every street, lane, court, alley, or place required to
be cleansed as hereinbefore described, for every day the same
shall be omitted or neglected to be so cleansed, the sum to be,
inflicted 405."

REACTION in the FREE CHURCH.
,The Dundee Presbyter y met last week, when a peti-f
tion from the Mariners Congregation, with nearly 400
names attached, and from Mr. Law, the minister of that
church, were given in and read. They expressed sorrow
and regret for having withdrawn . from the EstabliShed
Church, and desired sincerely to be admitted again to
her communion. After holding a conference for some
time with Mr. Law, the Presbytery gave the following
deliverance:— -_

duly deliberated on the
subject gpetitions, and heard parties
"l'he
anPdr prayeresby Presbytery
these
vsien
thereon—and having, in a friendly conference with the.
Rev. James Law, learned his views as to his re-I
flouncing all connexion with the Free Church, and his.
reasons for seeking to be re-admitted to the fellowship
of the Established Church,.-and also his determination,,
through the grace of God, henceforth steadily and per-
severingly to adhere thereto, tibtwithstanding any re-
proach or obloquy to which he May thereby be exposed'
—and Mr. Law having, in the presence of the Presby-
tery, subscribed the Confession of Faith and Formula
of the Church, ex animo, as required by the lam and
constitution of said. Church, on the ordination or ad-,
-mission of ministers into the Church, in testimony of
• his approbation of its doctrine, discipline, and wor-
ship, and of his resolution steadfastly to adhere thereto:
in all time coming—and the Presbytery being well and.
ripely advised in the whole of this matter, and atter
prayer by one of the brethren for Divine direction, they.
did, .and hereby do, in the circumstances of this par-,
ticular case, admit the Rev. James Law, lately minis-,
ter of the new Secession Church, Reform street, Dun-.
dee, to the communion of the Chdych of Scotland, and
to all the privileges of an ordained minister of said
Church. The Presbytery farther did and hereby do
adinit the communicants lately belonging to Mr. Law's
Chapel, Reform-street, and who have prayed to be ad-
mitted to the communion of the Church of Scotland, to
such ,conimunion, subject always, as all its members.
are, to the constitutions and laws of said Church,' and'
they are hereby so admitted accordingly." This part
of the proceeding was closed with an earnest, eloquent,
and impressive prayer by Dr. Citnnan. After disposing
of some routine business, the Presbytery adjourned.

EGLINTON PARR MEETING.---The races at Bag-
side commenced to-day under the most favourable
circumstances. The gay company, with whom the
castle of the noble patron of the sports has been
filled for the last few days were early on the
ground and the crowd was much greater than
usual on the first day
i of the meeting. Upwards of
fifty horses have arrived, as competitors for the
various prizes ; and though eight of the races are
not yet closed, there were, last night, not less than
ninety-seven entries, so that unprecedented running
may be expected. The steeple chases, on Friday, will,
as usual, be of absorbing interest. Lord
.Eglinton,
tho Marquis of Waterford, Lord Glenlyon, Lord
Drumlanrig, Sir William Scott, A. Moore, Esq.,
John. Campbell, Esq.,
J. 0. Fairlie, Esq., and other
crack riders, take part in the competition. The
course is in capital order ; somewhat too hard, perhaps,
in consequence, of the continued dry weather, though the
shower of last night moistened it a little.—Ayr Observer
of Tuesday.
FIRE AT THE LIVERPOOL TUEATRE ROYAL.—
While. the World of Dreams was being performed at the
Theatre Royal last night (Monday), part of the light-
coloured hangings used in the piece, and which were sus.:
pended contiguous to one of the side lights, accidentally
caught fire, and burned with great rapidity. The audience,
supposing the blaze to have been necessary to give due effect
to the representation, and not by any means the result of ,
accident, fortunately sat still, and manifested, little, if any,.'
symptoms of alarm ;• and the fire having been sPeedily-ex-
tinguished, the performances proceeded as if nothing had
Vccurred.--Nanchester Guardian.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Miy 9.

Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock.
Lord COTTENHAM presented several petitions
-from places in Somersetshire, in favour of the Dissenters'
Chapels Bill.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Yorkshire, in favour of protection to agriculture ; also a
petition from Aberdeen, praying for the abolition of
religious tests in the Universities of Scotland.
Lord KENYON presented several petitions against
the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented petitions
against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions
from Ireland, praying that Presbyterian mixed mar-
riages might be legalised ; also petitions against the Dis-
senting Chapels Bill.

Lord REbESDALE presented a petition agreed to at
a public meeting at York, in favour of protection to
agriculture; also fifty-three petitions to the same effect
from Gloucestershire.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
tion from London, against the proposed new tax on
coals imported into the port of London. He expressed
a hope that the Government would take the prayer
of this petition into their earnest consideration.
He would call on the Government seriously to recon-
sider the subject, and not to impose this new tax upon
an article so necessary to the poor inhabitants of London.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that on the occasion to
which the Noble Marquis referred he had only stated
his own opinions, and not those of the Government.
Earl FITZWILLIAM said that the coals subjected
to duty were of that kind which would be quite waste if
retained at home.

Several Bills from the Commons were brought up,
and, according to form, read a first time.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON the
Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second time, committed,
and read a third time and passed.
DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.

Lord WHARNCLIFFEsmo;eTThe third reading of
the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
The Bishop of EXETER opposed the third reading of
the Bill.

Lord MONTEAGLE contended that the gentleman
who had been so frequently alluded to at dif-
ferent periods by the Right Reverend Prelate—namely,
the Reverend Mr. Hincics---had been a person who
was a minister for upwards, of thirty years, having
been ordained in. 1790, and during that time had
merited the highest respect, and although the gentle-
man still continued qttached to his original opinions, yet
his two sons were_ new clergymen of the Established
Church.

The Bishop of EXETER said that in the year
1790 the ministers of the. Presbytery of Munster
refused to ordain him, and, he- was compelled to apply
to his brethren in Dublin to gain his ordination.
The Earl .of WTNCHILSEA wished to record his
decided hostility to this measure, and he could assure
their Lordships that nothing but a conscientious con-
viction that this measure was not founded in justice, but
was at direct variance, both in a religious and civil point
of view, to the interests of the country induced him to do
so. He contended that the great body of these Dissenting
meeting-houses were originally intended to be used for
the observance of religious worship by Trinitarian Dis-
senters. The ground upon which he founded this
opinion was, that the endowments took place long before
Socinianism, or Unitarianism, had a legal existence in
this country. It was with deep regret that he felt him-
self compelled on that occasion to differ in opinion from
the- Noble and Learned Lord on the woolsack ; but he
held that Unitarians and Socinians were not to be con-
sidered true Christians, for whomsoever denied the
divinity of Christ denied both the Father and the Son,
and, therefore, such persons could not be looked upon as
Christians.

Earl FITZWILLIAM said he wished to express his
gratitude to the Right Rev. Prelate for what he had
done on that occasion. He also wished to express his
gratitude to the Noble and Learned Lord on the wool-
sack for having brought this Bill before Porliasient, in-
asmuch as thereby he had done a great public service.
He felt gratitude to the Right Rev. Prelate (Exeter) for
his having taken upon himself the office of chatechist.
He could not understand that the usage of the congre-
gation was to be interpreted as the doctrine of the
preacher. He thought that their Lordships would do
well to leave to the congregations the power of disposing
of their property according to their own wishes and their
own consciences. He believed that all that posterity
would ever know of the Bill would be that the House of
Lords bad agreed to a Bill of which the object was to
enable persons of particular religious opinions to endow
chapels for the performance of their own worship. Such
a Bill would be no interference with property—it would
be no violation of God's law. It would leave the reli-
gious part of the people in the possession of their right
to worship as they pleased.
Lord KENYON, as a Christian, thought it was his
duty to oppose the Bill,'and he would take the opinion
of the House.

Lord. MINTO defended the Unitarian body from the
aspersions which-had been cast upon it by the other
side, and especiafly by the -bench of Bishops.
The Bishop of EXETER denied that he had ever
said anything to justify the attacks which had been
made upon him. In the remarks which he had made
upon the conduct of Dr. Ilincks he never intended to as-
perse the character of the present Dr. Hincks.
Lord MOUNTCASHEL opposed the Bill as one of
spoliation.

- After some observations from Lord TEYNHAM, the
House divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading of the Bill
Against it
Majority for the third reading —35
The Duke of RICHMOND postponed his notice with
respect to Wool till to-morrow (this day).
POACHING BILL.
The Earl of STRADBRORE moved the second read-
ing of this Bill.

"The Duke of RICHMOND said that there ought to
be some delay before the Bill was xead a second time.
The Bill-was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed to-morrow (this day).
The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage,
and the House Adjourned at Half-past Seven o'Clock till
to-morrow (this day).