The Express. — London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

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Is sums Iss Illos Mil mass mom sassnas NS Off azorwora sr Moo sos TO 11111aa VISO Of /OIL a l Iv Mao 11141 Prdkls Freda i MUl4lle I I 4 • Wass •• a "' Plebs. All • • MISS 31:1 It t: 311 DAM? Man& Iltemem sd l/7. CHARLES DICKENS, T ONIGHT (6th), IMO. at 111•11111111 MALL. his - ...r....r.r. l awsly. awl tiltLI.V. OrP ort Illsmi nd abspisii MI Amnia/ ; owl as smiolaii. lase-em. IILTISTAL PALACIL—NOTICE.—Pannos and g4lwr Mine Ye Os Z I T A InItt A tICHTI I 4IIOII4 , FINA nommed•A la °Mr I. pperew &lop W We ben of Jo W AD or as We = 4.l. alm A AD Amide tamow irsi TIMMS 111 lIMI TbAp re ow te lei OWs .P. Paha. al We 0111•Wil OWN. 116. I. IbligNlN .Ar of Ilbs wad mAs Is the 04www. arlmpia, NW 4. Wit I. A. WA ll OIL ?maw MR mW MRS. OERMAN REEDS NEW IteT¢TA I elidier-The w Sena Mbedmilbes Mee. MM deie Mime T. Mende mil be repeeled dr= I 01empt VIM. me S. remesdar Ahmume £4..h le. L. rib. mewed Mewed elm diem at Se Mora llMMee dee o.r. Rionsairma Ilempedes. agnosomel; W Cbmesr. bee* W CRIOHNE DAILY. ONE SHILLING . 01.16 6 Belk 111111111111101 M. Draft& Po smovka. Sta. as MONT BLANC IN OPEN TO-NIGHT. EMICH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH AN NUAL 111111.61.91011 oFill et 'IMMO' 99 Weis Millie et nna Odra b NOW . es dm Prowl Whom Mk Psi M =plle E bb. iseirda Alksishos. m 9 DittlC A lINI3 ANATOMICAL sad PATHO os 1041. 111 1 11111J11. sa d 16, Rap. MID& LIC/8/111.11 DAILY by Dr. SIND i r l a l ta me r. D:in. E vian. nn 1, 24 4, mad se Dimon el IM al II tem 11 &gr i d= MI Dr. 1 is et klardso. Da. put Dist ea isolipl IS Doom gmALDWIELLII for DANCING.—OPEN EVERY STlllll3lo.—loomed Roo( and ISM flolloseloo of Donn to isolosa. AdoWM.. Si Ka whew lomookol ~. Pot goorom000roomor& •Nli Mir no.: Ett l e...Sl 10.—Doolool000l. arm— low Qom* Won XHE LEVIATHAN PLATFORM at HIGH /WRY BARN LI NOW MIN. Ad=Wok Or INIV *Wok 111.moL Opedeskr Ni. 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Piteallar• Mammal. Ire.. N EAR 13 gr I or. the Countries of Europe . .dotaftel Oa Clallit ama i 4 mm th Airedales By the Aleut at - Peep et Day Ie: Sc. illtrinisd Milt aanarau• WOOll =WS : T. lkiehard. 187. hndily. PT m AI/TllOll OF " MBAS BOHOL " PIMP OF DAY; ea. FAL°II7. Part 1.; or. Asia aad Australia glemllOsi. llcarismlli Thwireed. hp 4s. I SOFT Pot IL ; et Atria and AMMONS drorlbsi klettli Lulea: T. Flabarel. ISL /Ifstagn7. • 11111 W JUVIINILIe BOOK. Jietpile f ee. doe total 4. tel CIONSTANCE and EDITH ; Off Incidents of Mew Lies s reamers llneu. . If le b• We Met nor to /*My sod etah setersaerC Iwo the Iris Sem se the siustehee of rani seem drawer re e•S frees elk rod elre • freemen to she sot gre ... 4oege raft.= reels eldeb Ise •Ales we doll as= loodeo:rIlaaelord. IR. to I v01..11.r. dr. pro to. rATIIRFAMILIAIYB DIARY at EVERY 10DT1 !OWL NIF Niro P. Torn. &atm •I " Prover ......- DVIZZ morehls. sod as adlnbili• Inedlles immordia"- - Thie w ow Nub illm **bey thokor Or PPM at= row to row tor roollor girl no err UMW "itoroon Nor. worm owl g i.o rror Num tor or or ell the =lc i = z Croft 171111 T. J. ',ALDAN' 1177411117 11101111. le4 Sesesdllfto, I‘, MRMODRB ot the LIFE of the Rev. JAMS 'ALDAN" STILVART. M.A Radar d new. Ilty LP. Davie DA Ls @rowan.. Xi= MO =Maw Milk Partnit. :T. Ilatlig4 1 Pleandlll.. sad et um besimiar. thegan T il l ad 1111th. k that At. the. eleth per th. sad CE NOT atVANIANCR, Q with Ilarria Ritheleal thanathr. Platers thithaelbith thirthatha Iththrelase ef the thither Clethers ef therds. Joan IL Plum N.A. ardmicasea Oitheila Adam st - 14 thethellal Prird= . 4 awarded Triirregity." • T. Ethethard. UR, Piccadilly. TIWI WNW. hp., dot!. It. 13ROBABILITIEB: an Aid to Faith. By M. F. Terns. D.C. L. - It in Mimi{ to MOM bv extract. W abwi widdl I. AWN wr INW Wk. Time la. In tlis Woks venally of WWI. to lboo et WNW. W. the WWW Ns worw etwo. I anuml owl eiled .101 ww—CIWW Iwia: T. HAWN * wt. flow f." iTy. tn. Jukrahllbmil. Owed Pales. Itsdelli, rPRUSSIAN OCULIST: a Miami of houslise ravaltair the Ober Malldwil IN& al law et Plop CUIV,TIII•I.. 1.116111: T. Ilaketurd. t 7, PlorialeN Par* RdWoo. fep E _. RMS. By THOMDWARDS "Lummox, DORMS. AS N.A.. YM et Ne m CLAW College. CambAlsA. SSW ts Isortnis. _ _ _ Leaks T. HMchW. 111. Plecedfily. ;NA pitdithad rep. cloth. prim 6d M. TM BOW is the CtOOO: a Memoir of M. E. H. .a. ae bar 11=611ar of • Elko Mordaant T. Hatabard. IST, Meesdifly. Tanaka Mein... Pp . eintb. Ila.. A TRIBUTE of SYMPATHY; addressed to Man-s. D'i W. NI. Lestr :T. HaltharJ.lll7. pu.i.U. Ninth &Woo, lento Hee, petty &PRACTICAL VIEW of tHRIETIAN EDUCATION Is Ite EARLY erAora. Ts leek Welded s le a Pee axe eller the di.. or Ale eduestere. re the Neese co( M malmmias to tee weld. _Verner Ai Semipros. Ike Lemke T. Mirleard. 147. Tkedilly. tttee CHEAT OUR PLE. 6 .. k. By the Author of Limbs : T. Ressaard, LIT. Plosally. emestotre LIPS 111111)0CID TO la 'etas put Pm, dote. W OIRS of the Rev. CHARLES SIMEON, 11 -__ _A-. "Ma 1 1 . 44, tweed Rho ottieo. chyobr.ditt: with wnewbitilwa ammendeas. Ethtcd by I. Bey. Withahly Chatbi L LL T. flaibbret 111, ricebtbri. VENN'S WI, Jrt pablithod, arerit Ultra fear.. ',b., 91/111 LIFE and • BELECTION from the LITTIIIIIII d tbs ler BEN 'WINN. ILA Arbor of " Tbo Ourpitto Dolf Itto. ts. Bard by ttoo filtILT Var. D. D.. Prboaary of St. Plod s. Lours T. Ittitaird. tit Pletadtlly. THE 93rd Edition of TUPPER'S PROVERBIAL I.IIII.OIIOPHT Maar reed. prke aloe atm Olt lowa Abe Ur Idleisa. sows d ue m 0,16.u%1a. Aye.. abrumildn 31a Leedom •• T. Halibrd. lSt Plearaly. Jest_oshitshal. Third f o u r last Wel la OOMMON SENSE for FLOUSEMAiDS. By 16.1 An him TrTu Author of "M • Woke T. Halolord.lllT. . Thl. Ay L AWks. ON the STUDY . of WOR M DB. By B. Caixrrix ?sum D.D.. Dna d Wadmlssisr. IT Dr mmos ZNOLDM • PIA sed Prert. TEM 14100. Is. TROVFADO w 4 Wir 11.11090N8 FourW Yaw. lc Lad.: .111 r W. Parker sad Sow 11, et Wmod. T6do Day, Two Tolman, (*ohm, Sp 106 6d, F OR sad AGAINST; or, Queen Marga re t' s braar d raA r e.WArd esVantritinat :roves. RUSKIN'S NOTES on the PICTURES et We DOTAL ACADEMY, We 11•144101 Water Ceiew &a, we peebbed erwilemb, prew la, W 'kW, owl Oa.* Ommi leo 11 ••••••• of 001866:11 1 62 1 Mag • _et . posmilektinat promirm led busrum " Tam of ur gi rd WU:lr= do Os la witrjr.l . l7air maim Iska•la. MUSIC. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRi. n. 2Vevators was produced on Tuesday night for the led an thin reason. It was str o n g ly cast in the hues peiselpi pre; our new prima donna, Mademoiselle Thiene, lobe hewed such golden opinions by her mapilikent per finmenot in the dairewsets, sustaining the character of lassmen, Mindanao Aiboni that of Miocene, sad °Mani the of Mantle*. Of this thoroughly hackneyed open thin b Ohs to be mid stow-a-days. Its being so hook ups& may be held, to • certain extant, as a peed fuel it pommies, merit. Its subject is deeply tragic, mei it ham souse strong dramatic situations. Bat he ppabrity Is likewise • proof of the vitiated taste of the dep —wftlua liking for noisy, garish, serearning tannic which W Isiersepi the send the pablie se wen se the yokes of the podhamme, _red rendered them incepable of Wing the tamed and daheate beauties of the older Italia school. Ttrairs, we believe, never appeared in tale opera ; OM it Is certainly not that in which we meld have white us e wpm: their her triumph the HOOPICMIOII. Neme she spin chewed herself a treat per /imam empeth erpa wan equal to the a-Jov ial= amain made spa it by Verdi'. unmerciful pimps ; she threw woo* and expression into a par qty of avW music. and her acting was esemilmee se trials rel linpastiosed ea in the peat ems el the Haressees. It le well known that Albeit' is the peekeit Ammer that hart ever appeared, and she never was rhea het night. Her singing we ett=y ieYYg r sad her acting tall of MgMality and his seeseeswed mem in the elisrectar Ilisembe. The week pelietnense of the Count_di Lows ea impotent chewer, isenered ken the oteeem of the nmwmik. • delment mostiensit la the genend prospotos tithe rare Minor Diattieli) wee =nomad la this per, bat Its dig see e mr, red respectable member et the sew pow usiertesk seemingly with little preparation. The tholes was is every part. The Qom sad the prime osessie VIM part, and the tom sad stalla were teil d hehiesadie esspeay. ...12 .... Baurrostatto and Nan Baraldi landed at prinew fres Lisboa, vber• tbsy bay" tow olailTh . Wria =et They Lit Lisboa to tall ea mingemil LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1858. ECCLESIASTICAL AMID BILL. The bouts west into coorniZe; pro ferns as this la. EXCHEQUER BONDS (2.000,0001.) BILL. This billwsa roads third time sod pored. The holm adjourned at s quarter post 6 o'clock. NAnorm. Assocuront Fox THs Piomonor or Scam. ecracs.—A attrbor d goatiera Ironord Is dr ortretted reinatto ort astrorry Is dr roldritoo ( • Hsow), dr Boyd lasradoa. Limpet. pair day, whoa, air Dom sapiordoor trim AM germ* • oroalmo won formsd 61 maks the assurary aimpanis kr the balks of dr air mud mime la Limped. (Stamped ld. Additional.) g WOP.,ENCE. Pribisted by Latta. g latt a i g u rap="cram f. :t lowa% -- • • for mommomm.spouraremb. B•mbamilismilmi• Ihembneigre .1 sine eg.. amilsbOr sakftelie lbw.. Asia' vow Ine 001 1 6,1 trialtals it awe wen t : m0tr16 4...4.. = 4.11° S e= Polk a ft Amoy et am Ms wend seirs...4 , w ows , . Ms..= Si ar ~twitMlN kids lb* gee bibs uggestaL.4lll s., fr tes• 4sale be . villa =PO air arm riled name ab. • dlvided loft 4.0: • fts; "Mob sismasta 1,7"" COWOOLATION FOR MOURNER& In I . aims Oro. dolk prim 10... THE SHELTERING VINE; Selections by the 0.0{•1111 of Not, NOM WIM IMeadualoa Wilke Von BAN Om Turco. _ _ _ Loudon • T. 9Wr4IR . lisimillb. Jo NNW& Maim arks la HINTS e an EA RL Y EDU C A TION sad RUMMY DISCIPLISK I reay .sy, Oat of all BM WO EMI ariaolaa pans eatof = what OM an, food or nl4 awful ay Mi. b *dr Caches. T. ftstaher.l. INT. Mendllly. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONFL—WaDinteadT, MAT 5. The 8 took the. abaft at 12 o'clock. MARRIAOE WITH • DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. In the debate on the mooed reeding on Lord Bury's bill, Mr. B. HOPE (whose speech arsine( the bill erne reported in the lizpross yesterday) precluded by moving that the bill be reed a second time that day six month.. (Hear.) Mr. Bt X TON supported the bill, contending that the pain inflicted by the low was a much grea t er ev il t h an any that could result from the legalisation of such marriages im those contemplated by the bill now before the bond With respect to the allusion to the common °MINIM of the church for fifteen centuries, he would only my, that 300 years ego the marriage of mats wee unlawful, se wee also that of fret cousins; and that the opinion of the church could not make that immoral which was not condemned, end which by implication wee allowed in the word of G o d. (Hear, hew.) If the immorality of such marriages could be distinctly proved he would yield at once, but so long es he believed they were not morally wrong he thought it was most unjust to forbid their oelebrutioo. (Hear.) Mr. COWER raid if the hon. member for Maidstone Itssefted that ell the marrisges of this description which bad taken place led heist got up by Messrs. Crowder and May nard be evinced sweater credulity than it wag .eoarvelyc @ibis to expect fa the mind of any hon. member. (Hear. It ,awed,aweded to him (Mr. Collier) that if • mum sad woman desired to many, it was not kr them to show why they should do es, bet fur those who objected to the eiege to show why It ought not to take plane. (Her, beer.) Objeodon eb.oald be plain, l and cher itad Some prohibition by the w of Oted--gode pro kilned by the low of artnee—or same kradelbie re oven le evilairele p°kt gitra, nawnlerst. debate the a geyser seemed to been deco sled, end the ter=t i nre robed rested on social rdnde. The ground had again been touched upon, bet not with say wry great success. The religious argu ment was bend on cat tut, and one text only—" Thou @halt sot take a wife to ber sister, in her life time, to vex her." The obvious interpretation of that text would be "You ant not to take • wife to her sister in her life time, but yes may do go after her death." (Hear, hear.) An analogy was raised from the are of the brother's wife, and it was said that • brother wee prohibited from marrying his berider's wife. But the prohibition Impeded in Sculpture WS that of taking • brother', wife i n hi s lif e time. Arum log that to bas prohibition to many a brother's widow, was It en the ground that the marriage would be incestuous P It was impossible to support the prohibition on that ground, be came in another chapter • man is enjoined to marry his brother's widow, If she be childless, and to raise up seed to Me brother. (Hear.) Could the incest depend on the question of children f It was obvious that ne such argument could be mecca* maintained. Then were the onrt n e e x a n t that could be referred to as bearing distinctly on this quer tirm. But what had been the interpretation of the law P It bed been said that " Leviticus wee drafted with as much care se an act of parliament." But If that book wee Intended lo convey to the Jew, a prohibition to contract each tsar. rims, was it possible that it would have been so worded that they would not have been able to understand it ? (Hear, beer.) The Jews had always held that they had the right to cesdrect sack laminae, and had been in the habit of con =theta up to this very time. That peoplebad been for their backsliding, but amongst those terkelidings the of these marriages had never boa landed. (Hear, bear.) It seemed Impossible for those who stood by the Act of Lord Lyndhurst to maintain that these marriage@ were contrary toil'e divine law ; for that act bed expressly sanctioned all such marriages as had taken plea before that time, end it wee not to be eupposed that the legislature had directly sanctioned • violation of the divine law. (Beer, hear.) If the question was to be argued upon scriptural grounds, the Scriptures permitted such mar riages. The Jews practised them. But if the question wee a doubtful one, surely the house ought not to be turned into a convocation' council, to interpret doubt ful texts. (Hear, hear.) He now came to the social ground on which the attempt wee made to defeat the bill. It wee not right to prohibit such msniagea on sentimental grounds, or on the suggestion of imaginary evils. Clear evidence must be adduced of the overwhelming evils likely to arise from merrio,ges of that description. Now what were the alleged evils ? It had been represented that the wife would be de voured by jealousy, and actuated by feelings of bitterness and hostility to her reter—that the sister would be intriguing to supplant the wife—that the husband would adder his auctions from the wife to the eater, and would be intriguing with bet or entertain the wish to marry her after the wife's death, sad that the pease of the household would thus Mat as end. He would only say that If husbands end wives and glens were so vicious es they had been rreeppreasMeanted to be, they could not be made virtuosi by act of parliament. (Hear, bear.) But were them bars real or imaginary ? Dial they mind where these marriages were allowed P They did not prevail In America, and he did not find any movement baking place to any country for the repeal or change of the law respecting molt marriages. (Hear, hear.) And what was the origin of the present law in this country ? It was passed for the purpose of gratifying the lust of one of the most arbitrary monfire that ever sat upon the throne. (Hear.) Up to the time of the palming of Lord Lyndhureeo Act, modally these marriages took place, ad the children became legitimate unless steps were taken to render the marriage invalid. Now, did any evils arise from the maintenance of this law ? So long aa men believed that these marriage were not contrary to the Scriptures, nor prohibited by toe law of nature, they would continue to contract them, and misery would ensue. It was well known that perms had gone to Denmark under the belief that they had the right to connect marriage them and it wag only within the hot tow weeks that they had been informed that such marriages were illegal and that their children were bastards. (Hear, hear.) Some sympathy ought to be felt at least for the children, who were the denims of the t most unjust law. (Hear, hear.) The law attended with evil amongst the higher classes, but with still greater evil amongst the lower; for whilst amongst the former it caused scandal, amongst the latter it produced guilt. Believing that there was no scriptural objection to the bill, no objection based on the law of nature, and that it would not be productive of social itoondaience he would give Ids cordial anent to the second reading o f the bill, Mr. BAINES supported the bill, knowing from his own personal experience many odes illustrative of the hardship of the premed law. Applying his own capacity to the exataing tics of tbe of Scripture which related to the sub ject be was • to swertain any prohibition of these rear norm He found that those to whom the words were ori etilundreamed never put say such interpretation upon aad that @loon avery Christian state had permitted snob marriages, either by easation or otherwise, and if by dawned= they could nut suppose them to have been prohibited expressly by the Word ot God. Meer Imer.) The whole body of prnestent dissenters through/rut the country were, as nearly as possible, ntiaahnous on the sub ject of the inexpediency of the existing law, the repeal of which wag now asked for. The experiment of prohibiting marriage, by act of parliament had during the last 11 years merely foiled, and the five able commissioners who bad in (be subjoin sot only stated that the act lid to attain Ire object but expressed their belief that no meow" of • prohibitory obender would he effecand. The real question far the sonsidaratiou of this house was timeline of the existing low with regard to tbe intereetsof the poorer oldies. And now allow him to call the attention of the house to the evidence of the Rev. J. F. Denham, the rector of St. Mary le-Strand and the lecturer of St. Bride's, Fleet-street.- - Have you reason to think that marriages of this description (with a deceased wife's sister) are common among the lower elegem P—l think they have bed very common. Have you is • matter of export. d and ea regards the lower classes especially, formed an opinion whether • marriage of that de gerlidon generally onstributeo to the comfort and to the moral benefit of the parties P—Decidedly se. Do you believe It to be of advantage fur the deaden of a poor man who it dread In his work, to had the sister of their deceased mother as their stepmother P—Very great ; that is the great i inducement to t, it is a great denature. Have you ever had adagios to observe, either in the middling cameo or in the poorer oldies, any injury or immorality arising from marriages of thisdescrlption?-1 havenever men a our of doh a nature." Then three of the present bishops, the Bishop of Carlisle, the , Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of Ripon, all of whom bad ministered to populous parishes, eke In favour of ibis alteration of the low. And so were nowise the Rev. Canon Chionpneys sad Dr. Hook, the vicar of Leeds. Ass! other argument in favour of this bill was to be draw' frees the Wrdehipe which the present law sometimes inflicted on the poor, and on the point he would @tete one or two cow which card wider he observation while he was Prandeat of the Poor-law Board. A man contracted a marriage of this kind, end had a family. He turned out profligate, end there ware no mama of compelling him to maintain his wits and bmily, and be laughed at the relieving officer when he attempted to compel him to MaiDttill them. In the eye of the law the woman wee not his wife sad the children were not hie children. Then take another case, that of a lad who had contracted • marriage of this kind. He and his wife lived teeter and they had several children. Pewee am dew ere urea him, and they biome_ penega. Aail sow wine OM d ibis law emalinai - Ibet wide be alma wr r eletailler a eliebiereas her—the law of eaineee They beer ebergegle, ti the Wee tree tom my hem all elk end seat to pet of the 'gentry, while the ells wee Nat der her mile mos, lee Wag in the eye the kw us with the ebtlieus. lee la , th i :Eet the law woe beeile, . Thees were OD mere lallisbue el the bat ears bed Ulm eke ble eleuvallea. Ha wwll andade with qestleg tho epees d t h e Deem ea eh That lietelyedge pallid Wag v. ale aid bed MI op=4: l l={ whet the le er we led Dares we a teed ma. sod awe the Ins Wag be Mem he mar • yeedilet ea Ilde 'abase sad leant the owaiedlig tbat .c ed ed is t It led If tbe se bee theme lepe the. Idl by bee beam awe aumates, ate lab emeg lbe leer shoe hip ~Me d elm ow woria fpereld the existence of this and similar interference by law with free dom, bet anion the cultivated, the thosighttul, the con acientioua, the sampler,: if the Mira , est by the kw is not stamped by the public opinion; if the offenders ere am well received Am beim% sad at. •••• Para for actin g ca • just view of esdpeurel bate, perverted erroneous bier pretetion in seek ore it well sorely be more politic to snake the law townsmen with reams then to pereevire in a trek leer endeavour to bend reason to arbitrary law, to vex end =te where we cannot prevent, to sane wham the as nor caned, and defy whom He he. not did.' * Mr. DRUMMOND should amenity roes maim* Web" though he *drained that it was imponsibb to allow the per sent state of this's to exist meek lionmir. If they to know the mitoses of yews book, they mime resort to the opinions of those who lived nearest to the time Mime men not • doubt that it was the doctrine of the awed lip to the time of that singularly wicked men. Pope Alenseder, that It WWI contrary to the law of God for • sea to hie waifs slater. Mr. Balsas said it wee of no use se gto sees. blish a practice which was costrery to piddle opiates, end that as the statute had not pet down this prank*, they should repeal it. Now, that seemed rather • dingerens doc trine. Tiny had acts of par li ament against all sorts of things whisk these acts had not yet put down; but would they repeal the act against murder or poison, ho. came murder was committed, and pence administered ? It would be dread on Inquiry that the larger number of the Idiots were the oNsprinx of incestuous marriages, and it wee notorioes that be Spam where Merino= marriages were more comma among the grandees than in other parts of the world, their oiplyg bad deteriorated mentally and phy sically. He had an doubt that these marriage* were loom tuoua. The church bad never varied on the subject, and they might repeal the en of parliament or not, but the merrily would reek dements. Sir O. C. LEWIS said he should give a cordial vote in favour of,ehebe. . B. had hardly ever heard an important question debated in than %nee in which a mare dilarribted attempt had been Ends by an appeal to prejudice and the employment of hank Imes. The hon. member for Maidstone milled it • bill to estabhelt polygamy, though he need not remind the house that theemenee of polygamy wee that • man should have several wives living at the same time. Then the hon. member for Surrey said thus marriages were incestuous, that being the very matter which was in question. The real diMealty which embarrassed the question was of recent date. It originated in the ace brought in by Lord Lynd hurst in 1835. From the Beirmation up to 1835 • marriage with a deceased wife's deter was sot void, but was by a nit in the Eccieslestioal Court. Practically, unless pro. party were involved, such suits were not instituted. lJn fottunately, Lord Lyndhurst, in order to prevent a certain nobleman from susteining a peaaniary injury, brought in this bill to render such marriages which had been contracted up to then valid, but rendering void all subsequent marriages of that deacuption. In all other countries such martinis might be solemnised. In the other prWrtant states then was no law against them, and in catholic countries a dispen sation might be obtained. Many persona, acting on the opi nion of eminent lawyers, had contracted marriages of this kind abroad, believing that the law of this country would recognise as valid a marriage which was valid in the conatry in which it was solemnised. A recent decision, however, had declared those marriages invalid, and those unfornmate persons—he believed they might be numbered by hundreds and thousands—now found that those mar =shed been void hem the beginning, and that their wen bastards. He thought that was • cess of greet hardship. Mr. HOPE explained that he did not use the word poly gamy in the sense ascribed to him, and said he was barely likely to do so, as he knew the use of words. He was alluding to the ease el a Jew, with whom polygamy was allowed, having two sisters as wives at the same time. The LORD ADVOCATE said he should not enter into the theological part of the question. The question must be dealt with by the house chiefly on the ground of policy or expediency, and in that point of view he was anxious to call the attention of the home to the manner in which this bill proposed to deal with Scotland, and which he thought con stituted • fatal objection to the manure. In the last elates it was provided that the act should not extend to mar riages hereafter contracted in Scotland. That was • comer/- non to the strong feeling on the sobjeot in Scotland. By the Westminster Confession of Faith, which the Chunk of Soot land was bound by. it was provided that" tui=l= to be within the degree of conauguinity or in the Word of God. Nor can such Incestuous maniere ever be made lawful by any law of man or consentof parties." And then it provided that a man may not messy his wife's kindred, and that the wife may not marry her husband's kindred. The law of Sootlantthad always been in aceordanes with the 10 of the church in this reaped, and such marriages were rep 112 t to the feelings of the pee* of %DONA. It wee that the dissent were in favour of this bill, but the Westminster Confession of Faith expounded the opinions of • very large motion of the dissenters. By the wand chums it was provided that marriages of this l&d might be telebrated, and that they should be legal, so that the excep tion in favour of Scotland was after all a sham, and all that • Sootchman had to do would be to come to England with his deceased wife's sister, centred a marriage with her in England, and (then he might return to Scot land and live a life of scandal with that woman. This bill would put an did to the tie of brother and sister, in which he included the relations of brother-in-law and sister in-law. The bill was an innovation, and the burden of showing its expediency and its policy rested with its pro moters. Mr. PULLEE—If the question rested on social grounds only, he confessed that be maid not maintain it, though be should hesitate to interpose hie vote when the happiness sad interests of parties were so deeply involved. The cue of the niece was exactly pullet to that of the deceased wife's sister, and he thought before the house wee oompetent to pus a bill altering what was very generally understood to be law founded upon the divine law, they mbt to have some fur ther information, end he recomeenisi government to 'NW a commission of lawyers end divines to obtain such informa tion. Mr. M. MILNES thought the house was fully competent to pronounce an opinion upon a subject which had occupied so much of public attention. In reply to the obeervations the Lord Advocate se to the omission of Scotland boa the operation of the bill, be explained that the promoters were influenced to omit floutland became the marriage law of Soot land differed in many particulars from the marriage law of England, and became also there was no appal ent demand on the part of the people of Scotland for any change in the existing law. It was urged that if you allowed marriage in one case of affinity you must allow it in all. No such thing; they were to permit such marriages only so far as they were consonant with common sense and with the religious feeling of the people, founded upon • MIMS sense interpretation of the Scriptures, and any latirforese• with the freedom of contracting =triage beyond that we. • hardship and • grievance. The opposition to this bill was confined to the tipper dames, but thousands of the lower end middle dames, whose happiness was involved in the result, were most anxious for it. Hs trusted the house would confirm Its previous &edam on this matter by such a majority ea would have as idiot In smithy pima. Mr. AK ROYD remarked that there wee enhance of opinion even amongst the bishop as to the propriety of the existing prohibition, and there was a growiag petty swoop& the parochial clergy In favour elthe alterellea sew proposed. It was merely sufficient for those whosapposeisseharrrieges prohibited to act upon their stavisak but they ought not to go further and seek to farm es via those who oessoientiously Mired ken them es to the seriptaral autho rity, and the promise, if them miserfspa. The abaft law was a vestige - of then inleimest spirit which kmarly re velled, and its notimansere was adealeted to alienate the confidence of the people la their Mr. MALINS - Mmetaillila = l" re wird the 11111. The arguments agnieet b win latedegital end eselet. regard to the theological groat* the °plaices of esintat divines which had been quoted dismantled say person tram tieing that argument dogmatically. For his own port, be could not admit that there was any theolo gical or scriptural ground &pinta these marriages. Neither did he believe that they would have that injurious effect upon the social virtues that had been urged by the Lord Advocate and others. Previoua to 1835 these marriegcs were voidable but not void ; and though thoueends of them took place, there were not, he believed, in fifty years tan applica tions to void marriages within thin degree. This showed the feeling of the country on the subject. But whet had bees the effect of the law of 1836 P A meat deoleica bad matte all such marriages void, though contrasted in a hedge country, notwithstanding that the highest legal opinions had held the costrary , view. In the ease alluded to, " Brook v. Brook, ' In yid& he wee 110611.1111, he had the opinion of the prosiest Attorney the late AttoenerGeneral, and severalClseetee to= the highe;eniTtiwTe s th7t, pruvidWrthetaarririe with the dammed wife's slater wee solemnised la a °country when sorb marriages were legal, they would be valid hare. Upon the faith of such authonies, hundreds of of this description had been °minded ; sad he to the house whether it was right that the land of all each war riarniehnald be enamelled with bedstead, and digalierited? BURY briefly replied to some of the argassests advanced spinet the bill, and The house dlvide4— --- For the &mad reading 174 A/Mimi 134-40 The result wee received with much cheering. Tsu bill was relieved $o be oomiattted on the 20th. CHURCH RATE 4BOLITION.-8001ITY FOR TH3 LIBERATJON OF RELIGION FROM STATE PATRONAGE AND CONTROL. The annual meeting of this society was held last evening at Bt. Martin's Hall, and was numerously attended. There were present ea the platform Charles Cowan Bp ld P., L. Dillwyn, Esq., M.P., Dr. Halley Edward Yfell Esq., Dr. Archer; C. E. Ealing, Face ,of Liverpool; the Mayor of Oxford ; Hairy Wills, Req., of Bristol; Pro f/nor Earth, Rey. J. Bursa; and a large number of the Fortuna members of the society. Mr. Cowan, M.P., on taking the chair, said he was an humble Aloe-bearer in the Free Church of Scotland, and there was almost ea identity of object between that shwa and this amelation, that abject being to rid all religions bodies from the fatal teseinale of state palronspesed ocesteeL (Applause.) Some twe,y yeses ago many ea leedisg members of the Free Chia ware elistiegulasel for their advocacy of establishments ; but they were far happier sad mars anal sow that they had been driven out et the este babes, (Haar, bear.) Ever sines the Reformation the principle had been sacredly minteined in Soothed, that paler should be intruded as • coaregation. The nate masa of that principle had cased two secessions from the Scotch Church before that of the Free Chunk. In sassy instates, unacceptable and even immoral mi nisters had been forced on congregations—axestbnes at the point of the bayonet. Such scene. as those lad, 16 years ago, to the memorable exodus of 474 whalers hone the established church. Previous to that time the four or five voluntary schemes supported in Scotland raised about 2,0001. • year each ; and there was a tendency to discourage missionary effort. Now them was collected not hoe than 300,0001. per annum, of which 110,0001. was contributed to the sustenance of 800 ministers, being about 1301. ta 1401. • yearn larger sum than the average receipt of the English clergy. (Hear, hear.) In England they were eagegsd in an antoons object, the abolition of church rens; and he trusted, notwithstanding the unjust opposition that was raised, that their efforts would be crowned with complete nooses. He bad frequently voted in the house for the aboli tion of this objectionable and unnecessary impost. (Hear, be Ir.) He toted that the principles of civil snd religious liberty would always command a ready echo in the hearts of true-born Britons. (Applause.) they had able leaders who had often led them to victory, and no doubt would do so again. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARYEI.L WILLIAM, the secretary of the society, read the annual report. It stated that the society had now been fourteen yews in existence. At the last annual meeting hey had to regret the low of many champions from the House of Commons; but the committee had now to tuba the society on the re-election of Mane. BrighM sem and Fox, and the probability of the restoration to the house of other friends of the society. (Hear, hear.) The abortive measure of Lord Aberdeen's government, continuing the collection of minister's money in Ireland, bad been de cisively condemned, and Mr. Fagan had carried, bye majority of 140, the till which, with the society's help, he had before vainly premed on parliament, as the only effective method of redress. This had a stimulating influence on the opponents of the annuity tax in Edinburgh aid Montrose ; and understand ing that the bill for abolishing it is regarded as a satisfactory settlement, the society will have pleasure in co-operating with Scottish voluntarist to obtain for it the approval of parlia ment. There had been changes far more sweeping. By the meation of the Testamentary and Divorce Courts the power of the Church of England over the people had been further circumscribed, and the existence of ecclesiastical courts had become to the last degree precarious. The committee had, on former osseous, referred in congratulatory terms to their exertions to secure modifications of the Burial Acts, and again they had been aucceerfuL Most of the amendments which they sought to introduce in the bill of last session had paned, and would dispose of those vexatious questions which threat ened to make the resting-place of the dead • new battle ground on which to contend for the rights of the living. As respects church rates, parliamentary action last session was lost; in part by the occurrence of the dissolution, but chiefly by the non-fulfilment of ministerial pledges. This peer, before the cession commenced, they asked for en interview with the Prime Minister, to find out the real intentions of the cabinet, and to place before the country a decisive refutation of the min-statements of the " Committee of Laymen." As many as 140 galleas wan in attendance, and tareseetstives hos eliftq dialed localitiesdemonstr ated the wide prevalence of antipathy to the system. They concluded that the govern ment were no move likely to deal with the question in 18.58 than in 1867, and were rocceseltd in widely circulating the• statistical statements. Within ten dam Sir J. Trelawny pee notice of his bill ; in three more it was read a first time without opposition ; and within another week had passed the second rie, by a larger majority (6 3 ) than had ever bane ameoliesed the principle of abolition. For the first time the House of Common has been engaged in considering in com mittee the details of • bill for the extinction of church rates, and the friends of abolition were congratulated on the un faltering spirit of their repreeentetine, and on the unity which had marked their councils. Those who tenacious)y adhered to the existing law, in the hope of retaining ecclesi astical taxation in anew form, or of obtaining some substitu tionary fund, had failed to produce any scheme on which they were themselves agreed, or which had the slightest chance of acceptance by the country. The committee would steadfastly adhere to one principle, as applicable to every plan which might be submitted to parliament, viz., that while no obstruction should be offered to the reasonable proposa of eppisoopalians for providing and expending funds for the the edifices of which they are the rent-fres tenant% or even for applying afresh public property already appro priated to ecclesiastical ma it should be firmly heated that the authority to tax, by legal proms, any citizen, of what ever creed, for an ecclesiastical purpose shall everywhere and finally cease. Opposition in the partake was the leverage with which church rates would be overturned in parliament, end hitherto silent minorities ought now everywhere to speak. The society's correspondents were multiplying every yar, and bad served to strengthen many a small struggling band, in diaries of the country where slate church func tionaries oppressed all who seated the claims of con science. At the close of the slake the shelves of the society's depository would be restocked with anti-church rats publication% mad, if need be, huh mane devised for extinguishing, in after parish, ea impost which, it is now avowed, is claimed len for its own make than as an assertion of " the just sad inherited rights " of the este- Hainaut. Unable hare to defend the system on its own merits, its snippets= now fell beck on the necessity for up holding it, because it involves the principle of • national church, and the committee would not be slow Io avail them- Delves of the opportunities which molt ill-advised tactics would offer. Public meetings and lectures would afford fa cilities for an exposure of the character and working of a state church. Numerous towns had been visited by deputa tion from the committee, end other please would receive slake visits. Owing to the gaeenl election, the treasurer's soca, het year showed a fa felling off of 0001., but the in cane now reported equalled that of the most prosperous itheackt yews of the society. New measures would be adopted for inuring a substantial addition of income, the country being divided into districts, each having its resident agent. By this moans it was expected that • network of agencies, spreading over the whole kingdomwould be brought into onarecion with the executive in London. The report next referred to the fact that there was en instinctive con viatica that our ecclesiastical policy in India had been un worthy of the political character of the nation, sad utterly repugnant to the Christian principles professed by its rulers. The committee prepared a minute, deseriptive of the basis on which it was concaved the voted= of the sup m authority in India to the religion' of the natives sbo led rest. They had succeeded in obtaining the entire eceourreseee, not only of their immediate friends, but of the public. at large. It was fait to be important that the legislature should be com mitted to the principle of which the public had approved ; end that a watch should be kept over the future &dasher tion of the Indian authorities. The coendttee bad been delighted that the most distinguished supporters of chunk asthliannents had been so prompt fa the .tends menu el their principles in relation to the heathen world ; end no on. could doubt that a powerful reflex influence would be SW died on the position of our English church. The bondage, the confusion, the helpless inefficiency of our church esta blishment, as an establishmeet, were becoming intolerable to its devout and conscientious members, and never were am plaints more loud, or longings for liberty more audibly m. pressed. The executive committee would apply themselves to their duties, strong in the growing confidence of their supporters, and stronger sill in the belief that Ood was biasing them in labours designed to honour him, se well an to enlarge the liberties of men. - ' The reading of this grstifying report was frequently Inter rupted by loud expressions of epplenas. Dr. PORTER said the 0013% . 111: 01.6 1110W ies V es. by . 1111 4 .11. duentlal body, called " The el question wee, whether an sannity el should be rfraTto the Estabiishell Greif Ho he ho worn— i tlhe ranting rejoiose 1a So deity* program alp made towards the extinction el comoh ark oat Whom that the country will accept as ordirrat or the 'order which is not beard on W principle attend rebottling. That it is mho of opinion that to ouomporlorit ratirmatory action there mast mem to he oiled vigorous prodthl agitation." (Rear. hear.) Cr Morris Next the HOW. Ot COMMON, ward haw to boldo or dr lot dues g p th e Church Rats Bill, whisk ..td that dm& Moo *odd bareolorth arr. Voris= oroollmoio had bra by Mr. Lynes, Yr. Puller, Lord R. Cod, end Ma. bet they were ail sore or less objeatimbin Try =wars = ion brow dry !di Nat oared prom% owl N. homer rho houl the faded.* moo due aeeiehtr, word lo brp Ira to teemat ehle sepir mod =pi oloomodo lbw NNW he soda or ho pop ma br %pl. Mk. Mlles Medi wee forrld so ludo of whit dna moo woe; sod bo Word dot Borrrid COININKM• surodly way err* Ishoroat AR that dr law revert • pad& to provide wen► lie mph* et the Mb* the ineseemetal air mate, nnebdt le dos to shun* sad a dna mphr he the witiva Miy. (Irositior.) The 00100 l fa the Uglier Ms, woratly r pord, romprbod Moo t of ribb=re bpl-11LootofIlts 'UMIAK Therm. flat woad rrodirod by bur. Thews asked for was live times the amount that coda 1 •11 1111 1 bit demanded. He found from a recent return, moved for by Sir Wm. Clay, that in leveed of the Lond on p ar hh es , where th em were thud, applicable to the repair of the churches, rates were nevertheless laid to • far greater amonat that eoeM legally be demanded. In the co®y of Kent, the , Igt. of all th e perishes amount e d to 17,0001.; 6 .to meet it; and yet they raised nearly 20, by ram The ass we the cams m Roney and other counties. As althea@ they were interested in getting rid of each a grew abuse. (Bear, bear.) In other counties, as Devon sad Bete; though more than sufficient funds were provided for all legal purposes, cam were levied for further ear; and in Middlesex, where the legitimises expenses amounted to , 13,3261., and there were funds la bead of 213,6901., • further some of 28,03111. was demanded by rate. (Best, beer.) Within the last three yeses they bad suomeded in abolishing &sleek est** to the mono of 50,0001., end 60,0001. mom were pieced in Immineet jeopardy. (Hoar, hear.) This had been achieved by parochial action; and if parliainent did not soon abolish church rams they would speedily find that there were acme te abolish. (Hem, hear.) Let the meeting resolve to poll to the lest men against church rates. Mr. DILLRYN, M.P., seconded the resolution. All wield heartily concur in the proposition that nothing short of total abolition ought to be accepted. The impost was at varies:* with the principles of civil arid religious liberty and both churchmen and diameter, must rejoice in the pro gress which the question had made. Dissenters were not specially intimated ; he, as • churchman, especially rejoiced in the peograr of the measure. (Hear, beer.) He desired to see the church stand wail in the eyes of the country, to rest on its own merits, and to be guided by the great pria cipies of justice . He had sufficient confidence in the church to believe that it would advance more surely and rapidly if it got rid of this obnoxious impost. (Hear, hear.) The church was sow in the position of bang • beggar to the strong, and an oppressor to the weak. (Hear bear.) His name was on the Church-rate Bill se ono of im pro moters ; and he took a great interest in that KOIIIIIIWII. The game was in the hands of the people out of doors ; i< they followed the advice of this society. ohtunk.ratee would soon be extinguished. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that would be accomplished in the present seesion by pariiament, in prefer ence to letting the people fight out the battle themealme. .- , --c, ............. The recolution waa put and unanimously agreed to, r wig each of the enoording ones. The Rev. O. GOVLD, of Norwich, moved—" That this meeting regards with no ordinary astiefactima the premises of a deep wench= of the necessity for an entire change in the soleslasticel policy of our Indian government, and ex =an earnest hope that henceforth public support will Shad been the religious observances of the natives, and unrestricted scope be given to the only proper agency fee the evangelisation of India--the voluntary exertions of Christian sea." He observed that the discussion of Indian question in parliament for the last 60 years, had taken place under snots excitement. Instead of sending out a commiasien of airy, both the pan and present governments bad sight to of the matter by bi ll s hastily concocted, which were au ng but satisfactory to the country. At present few edu cated Englishmen bad given due attention to Indian matters; T r. hence our ropes...natives were ready to accept the statements of the President or Secretary of the Board of Control. But information on the subject of India wee now so rapidly ;Peer ing In that there would soon be as end of Shaine of thing,. Lord Ellenborough, on Monday nigh; had declared himself in favour of the old traditional policy of strict Dadra/by. Per haps his lordship would have had difficulty in dng this "strict neutrality." (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentle men trace d the history of the Beat India Company for the last century. and showed that, so far from observing neutrality, they h ad actively supported Hindoe and Mahommedan worship. It was absurd that we should be ealarying bishops in Calcutta and Madras, paying hundreds of thousands a year for the support of Christianity, and at the same time administering the funds appropriated to the support of heathen worship. (Hear, hear.) Let the government do nothing to infringe the. principle, of religious liberty, but let it be equally extended to all. (Hear, hear.) Mr. P. CA/STAIRS, late of Madras, seconded the resole- tiara. It had been frequently remarked that Englishmen left then milerion at the Cape on their way to India ; end this, though not true of our countrymen generally, was especially applicable to the governing authorities. (Hear.) Whatever form of government were adopted for India, be feared that the " traditionary policy" would be kept up ; and if so India would be thrown beck at hest a century in moral progress. It wee only the British House of Commons which could prevent such a result. If the government must establish educations/ inatitutione for the natives, at least let there be no interdict en the reading of the Scriptures in those in/dilutions. (Hear, beer.) India had been a bright gem in the British crown; and would be still more so if a real neutrality and tolerance in religious matters were established. The Rev. R. PAXTON Hoon moved, "That the cheroots of modern legislation, the course pursued by the newspaper press, and recent declarations of public men, afford cheering indigenes of the rapid growth of opinion in favour of the society's objects, the realisation of which is likely to be hastened by the practical volantaryism of church men, and their increasing impatience of restraints impact on them as members of an establishment." He observed that those who lived in London had no idea of the benumbing., withering influence which state control exercised over We church in rural villages. In many parishes, while the acting clergyman was existing on a pitimme of 701. or 804 a year, large amounts, from 6001. to 3,0001., were withdrawn by the rectors or the proprietors of the great tithes. (Hear, hear.) The church was precisely what it was 900 years ego; and it would be the same 300 years hence unless some popular influence galvanised it into life. (Cheers.) He would say to all friends of the Church of England. " Lose her, and let her go." (Hear, hear.) He was glad to find that there was a strong voluntary spirit springing up within the church; but he feared it would, be too strong for the old lady. (laughter.) Kr. EDWARD MIALL, in seconding the resolution, said that the society, now 14 years old, had come into existence with greet humility, but was endowed with a strong consti tution. The results of the last 14 yens far exceeded the most sanguine expectations that could have ben. formed at the beginning of that period. Practically and legislatively little had been done ; but the minds of the people had been a=lfor the great change whenever it came. The rem eferred to the newspaper press -e far quicker and more delicate index of public opinion than was the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) The daily press caught the pre vailing idea ea it passed, and photographed it for the benefit of the world. (Hear, bear.) Formerly the principles of this society were repudiated by the daily press; now they were powerfully advocated by more than one of the !sedate journals. The society had never moved from the principles it first enunciated that every church should be self-governing and self-support ing. If the former it must be the latter ; for the public would never submit to be taxed for an Institution in whose government they had no share. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. Roswell, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Ellen borough, the Bishop of Oxford, the Archbishop of Canter bury, and most of our leading men, had recently avowed principles In reference to India which were precisely those of this society but which they repudiated when applied to this country. The society need not complain of want of leaders ; it would find them soon in the most eminent statesmen ef the day, who, through mere force of the principles which they had dopted, must carry them out to their legitimate tosequenees. (Hear, bear.) With regard to the church rate queens, the church was placed in a most humiliating position by the conduct of its leaders. Their arguments reminded hun of the threat of the Irish mendicant —" If you don't relieve me, I shall be dries to do • dreadful thin, what I never did in my life—to work." (Laughter.) They talked about equivalents ,• let them put their hands in their pockets, and they would find the equivalent there. (Chetas.) A paltry 300,0001. was all they wanted, and they had not public spirit enough, though they were the wealthiest men in the country, to come forward and raise the amount. (Hear, hear.) Tide wee their real objection to the Chinch rate Bill, and they ought to be ashamed to confess it. (Hear. hear.) What energies had been paralysed, what seal stifled alltbdwcriourdPled' by the be the greatest ' in w t h o ich the tha church ehumb to setwle held I it free, Th T et ha gi;e ,oo rious conssumakldstionirierothialdthe d up on .i btless ooni soon siThaia be attained.t. the chairman. FIELD-LAER RAGGED ScHooLs.—Last evening the imarl wean of the binds and eapposters of these abed.. wee teen at the Young Made Inetftutioe, 166, neessptienrest, the Earl of Ble ft enbury is the chair, sap- Vby the Earl of Dude, Mr. R. Banbury, M.P., the W. Brock, &A., &e. Mr. Tawidl, the eewetary, reed the men, which stated that daring the year 314 huh scholars lad been admitted to the free day intent sots* et which the avenge ammodance wee at present 846, repaint ing 136 lianillse, only emir amine ateend prow of wersidp; 21 of the debut were Odherlees and mothsrlsaa 61 disbar bra, 16 reetbosion, and 13 were totally destitute of any inns. The diem were Inge reading, writing, near, an outline olgossr, sad, the girls sewing. During the year many if thew ba d made gnat end been sin to situations. Derleg the ndst mamba 1,010 prestos bad boa sag, is addile• 111 arl *lnn and poor bed bow v id, whh hied ke emeha, at IL , per loaf; Miley' end 24 had tem nee alevadoea ;Si boys wid sh lC ware the ratige. bays bad MAMA the Reg Brigade ;21 woe emple__ weselegwe @wow. 9 bad bow itelerwl to Aids Mei. making 103 paw Mad Bs by this none of the tweitetha. Tins tenig wheal he been well attended by new and end 90000 mini he bey, frees 14 is If 9ey bed bees eilerded en en average by 60. OW geared esi Nereseber 11; ewe 90 ed sh bars law 011/ 111110111111. bed =mead y to ge. MR 2id. The repot ardedel by Mein de per 10,000 pawns bed reedved 90 10999 a el the Mlle, sad 1,022 had bees plod eyneme. ' 1 wipe had hews 1,9011. le, sad 910 040 , 11119terigg a basses al 3021. 3e. Oa the modal of M. M.P., seconded by the Rev. W. Brook , and ths Earl of Dada sport nee adopted ; a:d " Z el esse• lotions in support of the ehaveseat baring bob mod es loestisi separated.