Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-10

The reviewer then goes on in triumphant strain
singing praises to thegenius of ree-trade and show
inc how the warking. classes have been relieved
from the burden of taxation.
The Parliamentary proceedings during the week
have not been important The window tax has
been abolished, and small house duty substituted
when the annual value exceeds g2O. The coffee
duties have been equalized and reduced, and the
duty on foreign timber reduced one-half. Mr.. An
DERuEv moved, on the 18th, for the appointment Of
a commission to proceed to South Africa, to in
ouire into the best mode of adjusting the relations
between England and the Kafiir tribes. Lord JOHN
RUSSELL moved, as an amendment, that select
committee Of the House of Commons be appointed
to make such inquiry. This amendment was car
ried by voterof, l3s to 60. Parliament adjourned
for the Easter holydays on the 18th, and will re-
assemble on the .2Sth. The second reading Of the
income tax bill is fixed for that evening; The Jews
disabilities bill will be brought forward on the I'd
Nav The Ecclesiastical titles bill will be discass-
ed on the -5th May. Bishop PH1LLPoTs will not
let this annoying question rest He has addressed
letter to hsclergy, in which he in so many words,
denies the royal supremacy in ecclesiastical mat
tiers, and announces his intention of refusing ndac
ton into bene6ces Of all clergymen holding opinions
on the subject Of baptism similar to those of Mr..
GoRHAM, though the law Of the land has declared
that they are entitled to such induction. Bishop
PHLLPoTs declares popular Protestanism" to be
g. far more pernicous than Romanism itself;" and
states his determination to hold synod Of his
clergy in the cathedral church Of Exeter; he has
issued summons for such synod, and proclaims that
no definite resolution which the synod agrees 10 is
to be adopted without his episcopal concurrence.
Mr.. HuME, in aliuding to this proceeding, in the
House of Commons, said, :" Was not the Queen
sheld to be supreme in ecclesiastical mattersl It
L., clo
at Exeter; orders had gone out for it very bad
example TO be followed. He hoped the noble lord
.[Lord J. RussELL) would exercise the power of
the Crown in reference to the matter to which he
had referred" The Bishop of ExETER's an.
nouncement will bring matters to crisis between
the Crown Of England and himself. The Daily
Neps says:
Tbe principle that through and directs and governs
Bishop Phlpo letter bis clergy, and this proposition to
hold synod, s simply iebellon-sebellion clothed in anti
quaan research and draped in petensons Of ecclesiastical
freedoms but not the less ebous in principle because ad-
vanced in the Of religion and behalf Of what is CALI
ed the liberty Of the church. The royal prerogsve the
church Of Engsndthe supremacy Of the soveregns of this
realm in affairs ecclesascal-is rightly and properly and
phosophcaly considered Of the most precious inhe
ances the people Of England and will continue so as long
as they have State church."
The good citizens OF London THAT is Of the city
proper) take the rejecting vote of the House of
Commons, relative TO their proposed improvement.
of Smithfeld Market in great dudgeon Lord JOHN
RUSSELL need not look for any more municipal
honor at their hands; fact which he is no doubt
aware Of, and braves the consequences Of their dis
pleasure. An idea is daily gaining ground that
ipe cattle market will not be continued in or near
London. Certainly such market in the heart Of
the metropolis will be done away with. II is now
a well-established fact that London is every week
receiving an increased quantity Of meat from the
Provinces, and diminished proportion Of live cat
lie. Carcasses of meat are now brought even from
Aberdeen, Leith &c. The facilities for the trans
mission Of the article are every day increasing, and