withdrawn. Should a like measure be proposed, it will not fail to meet with all necessary observation. It is impossible to pass without mention, the fate of that Act of the Jamaica Assembly, which so injuriously infringing on the rights of Dissenters under the Toleration Act, was on that account remonstrated against to the Colonial Office, and the Lords of the Committee of Council, and by them disallowed. This exercise of the prerogative in favour of oppressed individuals and liberal principles excited great indignation in the colony, as might naturally have been expected, and much petulance was displayed on the occasion; which, however, your Committee trust will have no greater effect on the measures of Government at home than similar improprieties, in former instances, have produced. The new form of the Register of Births has been completed, and your Committee have reason to conclude it has been attended with general convenience, and given proportional satisfaction. The Declaration of Trust for the Shares in the London University, held on account of this Deputation, has been prepared, and is in course of signature by the Trustees. The whole subscription upon these shares has been paid, taking the advantage of the discount allowed on anticipating the instalments; and your Committee have given a preference in filling up the nominations to which they are entitled, in the first place to Students for the Ministry, to be approved by them, and, in default of such, to sons of Dissenting Ministers. Your Committee may, perhaps, be allowed to observe, in conclusion, that having at length made this so consider able progress towards complete freedom to serve our God according to the dic-. tates of our own consciences, and to serve the State without objection on account of our nonconformity to the Church, our loyalty and attachment to the civil institutions of our country having been acknowledged and fortified by an equal participation in their benefits, it should be our constant endeavour to cherish towards our fellow-subjects every social and fraternal feeling; while we, at the same time, embrace every opportunity to accelerate the progress of truth, and to establish religious liberty on its true and firm basis- the indefeasible rights of conscience; thus securing to ourselves the only just and consistent claim to our own privileges, by according them to other men. But to do all this in the spirit of forbearance and charity, not expecting on every occasion the instant acquiescence of others in matters which may to us appear incontrovertible, but waiting patiently, as we may now wait securely, for that consummation so devoutly to be wished, and which, whenever it shall arrive, will bring every Christian grace and virtue in its train. In pursuance of the Resolution of the 11th July last, your Committee have prepared an Address to the country, respecting the funds of this Deputation, which is now on the point of being circulated. But, until the result of that Address is ascertained, it is impossible for your Committee to suggest any plan for enlarging or altering the constitution or object of this Deputation, as any such plan must depend upon the funds which the Deputation may have at their disposal. LISTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, WHO VOTED ON THE QUESTION OF THE TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS REPEAL. As several of our Correspondents have expressed a wish to possess in our work a record of the votes which were given upon Lord John Russell's motion, for a Committee of the whole House, to consider of so much of the Corporation and Test Acts as imposed the Sacramental Test, we have taken some trouble to supply the following lists, which, we trust, will be found correct, and prove acceptable to our readers. Coke, Thos. Wm. ....Norfolk ..Orkney Dundas, Hon. Sir R. ... Retford Easthope, John......St. Albans Ebrington, Lord...... Tavistock Ellis, Hon. A. F.......Seaford Euston, Earl of .Bury St. Ed. Fazakerley, J. Lincoln ... Ferguson, Sir R. C. Dysart, &c. Ferguson, Robt...Kirkcudbright Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. M. Kerry County Fitzgerald, John........Seaford Fitzgibbon, Hon.R. Limerick Co. Fitzroy, Lord C....... Thetford Foley, John H. H... Droitwich Forbes, John......Malmesbury Fortescue, Hon. G.....Hindon Frankland, Robert...... Thirsk French, A..Roscommon County Fyler, Thos. B. Coventry Gascoyne, Isaac......Liverpool Gordon, Robert......Cricklade Graham, Sir J......... Carlisle Grattan, James........ Wicklow Green, Thomas......Lancaster Grosvenor, Hon. R. ....Chester Guest, Josiah J. Honiton Guise, Sir B. W. Gloucester Co. Gye, Fred......... Chippenham Halse, Jas. ...... St. Ives Harvey, D. W.. Colchester Hay, Lord J... Haddingtonshire Heathcote, Sir G... Rutland Co. Heathcote, Sir W.... Hampshire Heneage, Geo. F.. ..Grimsby ...... Heron, SirR.B.Bt. Peterborough Horsham Rippon Jephson, Chas. D. O....Mallow Jermyn, Earl ... Bury St. Edm. Alcock, Thos... Newton, Lanca. Rye Wilton Baukes, Henry ....Dorsetshire Bankes, George ...Co:fe-Castle Barclay, Chas......... Dundalk Bastard, Edm. P... Devonshire Jolliffe, Hylton...... Petersfield Jones, John.... Carmarthen Kekewich, Sam. T. Exeter Kemp, Thos. R. ........ Lewes Kennedy, Thos. F..... dyr, &c. King, Sir J. D. Bart.. Wycombe King, Hon. R..... Cork County Knight, Robt. ....Wallingford Knox, Hon. Thos... Dungannon Labouchere, H...St. Michael's Lamb, Hon. G....... .Dungarvon Lambert, J.....Galway County Langston, J. H.........Oxford Lascelles, Hon. W. S. East Looe Lawley, F. ...... Warwickshire Lennard, T. B.........Maldon Lester, Benj. Lester ...... Poole Leycester, Ralph..Shaftesbury Littleton, Edw. J..Stafford Co. Lloyd, T......Limerick County Lott, Henry B......... Honiton Lumley, J. S. Nottinghamshire Lushington, Stephen... Tregony Maberly, John .Abingdon Maberly, W. L... Northampton Macdonald, Sir James.... Calne Mackintosh,SirJ. Knaresborough Maitland, Eben. F. Chippenham Mandeville, Ld. Huntingdonsh. Marryatt, Jos.............. Marjoribanks, S...... Hythe Sandwich Marshall, John.... York County Marshall, William... Petersfield Martin, John ...... Tewkesbury Milbank, Mark......Camelford Milton, Visc. York County Monck, J. B..... Reading Morland, Sir S. B. Bt. St. Mawes Morpeth, Lord........Morpeth Newport, Rt. Hon. Waterford Sir John, Bart.. [ .Morpeth Osborne, Ld. F.G. Cambridge Co. Owen, Sir J. Bt. Pembroke Co. Owen, Hugh O........ Pembroke Palmer, C. F. Reading Palmer, Robt. ......Berkshire Palmer, Chas. N. ......Surrey Parnell, Sir H... Queen's County Pendarvis, Ed. W.....Cornwall Percival, S.. Newport, I. of W. Philips, George R.....Steyning Philips, Sir R. B. Haverfordwest Phillimore, J. Yarmouth, I.of W. Phillips, G.....Wootton Bassett Ponsonby,Hon.F. Higham Ferr. Ponsonby, Hon. W......Poole Ponsonby, Hon. G... Youghall Portman, E. B... Dorset County Powell, W. E.... Cardigan Co. AGAINST the Committee. 1 Proby, Hon. G. L. Wicklow Co. Smith, Abel.......... Midhurst London Dover Thomes, John........ Warwick ... Gloucester Maidstone Western, Chas. Callis Essex Preston Campbell, Arch... Glasgow, &c. Cockburn, Sir G. ... Weobly Collett, E. J. Cooper, R. B. .Ryegate Cashell Gloucester Cooper, E. S...... Courtenay, T. P. Cripps, Joseph... Croker, J. W. Cuffe, James ...... Totness Cirencester .Aldeburgh Tralee Cust, Hon. P.......Lostwithiel Cust, Hon. P. F.......Clithero Dalrymple, A. J. Haddington,&c. Davenport, Davies....Cheshire Davis, Richard Hart.... Bristol Dawkins, Henry, Boroughbridge Dawson, G. R. Londonderry Co. Dottin, Abel...... Southampton Douglas, W. R. K. Dumfries,&c. Downes, Lord....Queenborough Drake, T. T.........Amersham Drummond, H. H..Stirling Co. Dundas, Rt. Hon.W. Edinburgh Dundas, Hon. H...... Rochester East, SirWm. Hyde Winchester Eastnor, Lord........Hereford Eden, Hon. Rob......... Fowey Egerton, Wilbraham ..Cheshire Eliot, Lord. ..Liskeard Ellis,Hon.G.J.W.A.Ludgershall Elphinstone, Jas..... East Lo08 Estcourt, T. G...Oxford Univ. Fane, John T......Lyme Regis Fane, Hon. H. S... Lyme Regis Fellowes, W. H. Huntingdon Co. Fetherstone, SirG.R. Bt. }..Longford Co. Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon.W.V. Clare Leicester Harwich Hill, Sir G. F. Bt. Londonderry Hodgson, Fred. ..... Barnstable Holmes, W..... Bishop's Castle Hope, Hon. SirA. Linlithgow Co Hope, Sir Wm. J. Dumfries Co. Hotham, Lord......Leominster Houldsworth, Thos..Pontefract Huskisson,Rt Hon. W. Liverpool Inglis, Sir R... .....Rippon Innes, Sir H. Bt. Kirkwall, &c. Irving, John..... .Bramber Price, Robert....Hereford Co. Rae, Sir W................... Harwich Rochfort, Gus....... Westmeath Rose, Rt. Hon.SirG.Christchurch Rose, Geo. P. ....Christchurch Ross, Chas.......St. Germans Scott, Hon. W. Newport,I. of W. Scott, Henry F.. Roxburghshire Scott, Hon. W. Gatton ....... .Monaghan Seymour, Hor. Bodmyn, Oxford Shelley, Sir J. Bart.... ... Lewes Shirley, E. J. Sibthorp, Chas... .. Lincoln Sinclair, Hon. Jas.... Caithness Smith, Christopher..St. Alban's Somerset, Ld. G. Monmouth Co. Somerset, Ld. R. Gloucester Co. Somerset, Lord Fitzroy.. Truro Sotheron, Adm. Nottingham Co. Spottiswoode, And.....Sa tash St. Paul, Sir H. D. C. Bridport Strathaven, Ld. East Grinstead Strutt, J. H.......Oakhampton Talmash, Hon. J....... Ilchester Talmash, Hon. F. J. Grantham Taylor, Geo. Watson Devizes Thomson, Geo. L. ..Haslemere Thynne, Lord John.......Bath Tindal, Nicholas C....Harwich Tomline, W. E..... Truro Townshend, Hon. J. Whitchurch Trant, W. H. Dover Trench, Fred. W....Cambridge Tullamore, Lord........Carlow Tunno, Edw. R. ...... Bossiny Twiss, Horace Wootton Bassett Ure, Masterton...... Weymouth Uxbridge, Earl of, Anglesea Co. Vivian, Sir R. H. Windsor Walpole, Hon. J... King's Lynn West, Fred. R... Denbigh Wetherell, Sir C. ..... Hastings Wigram, W......... New Ross Willoughby, Henry.... Newark Wilson, W. W. C. Cockermouth Wilson, Rich. F...... Yorkshire Wood, Thomas.. Brecon County Worcester, Marq. of, Monmouth Wyndham, W. .... New Sarum Yorke, Sir Joseph S... Ryegate LONDON UNIVERSITY. (Concluded from page 229.) "Arising as follows: 1567 Shares. Donations. ..... Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors. Forfeited Shares. - Extract from the Report. "Finances.At the last Annual General Meeting, the number of Original Shares amounted to 1405, and the Supplemental Shares to 153; making together 1,558.-At this day, the number of Original Shares is 1567: so that it has been in the power of the Council to annihilate all the Supplemental Shares, and to repay the whole of the money which had been advanced on them, amounting to the sum of £6,260. "At the conclusion of the Report will be found a detailed statement of the Receipt and Expenditure of the past year. In addition to this, it will be satisfactory to the Proprietors to have a general view of the finances briefly stated. "The capital amounts to £158,667.10s. £156,700 00 1,567 10 0 400 00 £158,667 10 0 £144,667 10 0 Leaving an unappropriated balance of £14,000. "The above Expenditure upon Buildings of £86,000, does not include the finishing of the interior of the Library, Museum of Natural History, aad Hall. The business of the University may, for the present, be carried on without them; but it is very desirable that they should be completed; more especially the Library, as the room now applied to that purpose is far too small for the reception of all the Books which will soon be collected, and for the accommodation of readers. The importance of having due accommodation in the Library will probably induce the Council to commence the fitting up of that part in the course of the spring, but they have not yet determined whether they shall proceed with the Museum of Natural History, and the Hall, or wait until there is an increase of the capital. They have hitherto undertaken nothing for which ample funds had not been already provided; and they will continue to act upon that principle, being satisfied there is no part of the duty they owe to the Proprietors more carefully to be attended to, than to guard against the possibility of pecuniary embarrassments. The unappropriated balance would be sufficient to finish the interior of the present building, but would leave a much smaller sum than it would be prudent to reserve to meet any possible contingencies, or to make up the excess which may be expected for some time in the annual charges over the receipts from Students. "To erect and fit up the whole building, with the proposed wings, and leave a surplus of £10,000, will require from £50,000 to £60,000, or 600 additional Shares. Were this accomplished, the expenditure would not then much exceed two-thirds of the sum contemplated when the University was first proposed. "No exertion will be wanting on the part of the Council to increase the capital; but to complete the original design with that expedition which all the Proprietors must anxiously desire, they must exert themselves, each in his individual circle, to obtain additional subscriptions. Without such co-operation, the efforts of the Council are of limited power; but a very moderate degree of individual activity in so numerous a body as the Proprietors, would realize all that is requisite in a very short time. "With the strongest desire to pursue a rigid system of economy, the experience of the past year does not permit the Council to expect that the business of the University can be properly conducted at a less annual charge than £5,500, exclusive of several expenses chiefly connected with the Library and Museums. The estimate is as follows:Salaries of Warden, Librarian, Chief Clerk, Accountant and Collector, two Office. Clerks, and Curators of Museums and of Apparatus. · £2,000 0 0 Housekeeper, Messenger, Beadles, Watchmen, and Women for cleaning.. Fuel, Light, and Housekeeper's petty disburse ments.. ..... 700 0 0 500 0 0 600 0 0 400 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 £5,500 0 0 "Judging from the average payments of the present Session, it is calculated that 1,100 Students will cover the regular annual charge of the institution; every addition to that number will raise the value of the property to the Shareholders: for the privilege of nominating Students will become more valuable, and means will thus be gradually afforded of paying interest to the Shareholders out of the surplus revenue, according to the conditions on which the capital was originally raised. "Students.-The number of Students enrolled amounts to 557. Of these, 269 have entered for branches of General Education; 123 for Law only; and 165 for Medical classes only. There are 100 in the Latin classes, 77 in the Greek classes, and 91 in the classes for Mathematics. The Students who are attending the three last-mentioned branches may be considered as only commencing their academical career, and destined to go through the course of General Education. If the Students of this description continue to enter in the same proportions as they have hitherto done, the number attending the classes of General Education will next year be twice, in the following year three times, and in the fourth year four times as many as they are at present. This calculation may be considered as within rather than beyond the limits of a reasonable probability. "The Council consider that they have great reason to congratulate the Proprietors on the number of the Students. Notwithstanding the moderate rate of fees, the receipts from that portion of them which is reserved for the purposes of the University, have amounted to nearly one-half of what it is expected will be the regular annual charge for conducting the establishment; £1,900 having been received at the 31st of December, and about £780 since that time. "It would be premature to enter into any particular details regarding the system of tuition followed in the different classes, because the Professors have as yet had a very limited opportunity of judging of the efficacy of their plans. If that which is followed should prove, upon due trial, to be defective, the Council, aided by the Professors, will spare no pains to profit by experience, and to introduce every practicable improvement. "Examinations and Prizes.--The Council have, from the commencement, uniformly attached great importance to examinations; and, with this conviction, it has been determined that, in addition to those for certificates at the conclusion of the Session, there shall be periodical examinations in several of the Classes. In the case of the Junior Students, all will be liable to be called up, but those of a more advanced age may claim exemption, if they do not mean to apply for the University Certificate, or to enter into competition for Prizes. The Council are now occupied in arranging, with the assistance of the Professors, the plans for conducting these Examinations. The important subject of prizes is also under consideration. In most, if not in all the classes, prizes will be given; but it has not yet been settled what they shall consist of, or how they shall be awarded. The establishment of scholarships for the three great divisions of the Classes, viz. General Education, Law, and Medicine, is felt to be of great importance; but this can only be accomplished by an extension of capital, or by the endowments of individuals. "Law Department.-The Council have marked, with great interest, the praiseworthy anxiety shown by young men engaged in the profession of the Law, and Students preparing for it, to avail themselves of the benefits of a Legal Education, now for the first time brought within their reach. It has appeared evident to the Council that those advantages will be far indeed from complete, until a systematic plan of Juridical Study shall be laid down, and a sufficient number of Professors engaged in executing it. "The principal Courts of all kinds being established in the metropolis, the consequent resort thither of the practitioners and the learners, and the opportunities afforded of seeing daily the whole practice of the Law, seem to render it peculiarly incumbent on the Uuniversity of London to afford the most ample means of attaining whatever contributes to form the character of an accomplished Lawyer. It is, therefore, in contemplation to fill up the Chair of Civil Law, and to add a Professorship of the Law of Real Property, and the Doctrines and Practice of Courts of Equity. This arrangement will leave the Professor of English Law more at liberty to enter minutely into the remaining branches of the Municipal Law, civil and criminal; and to illustrate his prelections, if he shall think fit, by practical discussions of cases actually tried in the Courts of London and Westminster,--as the medical teachers explain the practical application of their science by Clinical Lessons. Council Elected for the ensuing Year. The Right Hon. Lord Auckland, Geo. Birkbeck, M.D., Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P., James Rivett Carnac, Esq. Thomas Denman, Esq., Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Esq., George Grote, Jun. Esq., Henry Hallam, Esq., Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P, Most Noble the Marquis of Landsdowne, His Grace the Duke of Leinster, James Loch, Esq. M.P, Dr. Lushington, M.P., Zachary Macaulav, Esq., James Mill, Esq, James Morrison, Esq., His |