The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARL LAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS —TuuisDAT, MAT 16. Th. been mat at 6 o'clock. Lord C eat Speaker. - . -- -- . --..—.. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Lord CAMPBELL ye.. ourd a petition frees Jedbergh. against any altereuon to the isw of aterrisp. lie believed the petitioners expressed the opinions of the established and tree church sad all she dissenters of Scotland as this subject. Lord BROUGHAM said that although be felt great dill salty an this @abject he had sow Reds up his mad, and he aluarsd la the prayer of the petition. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. Lord REDESDALE rsmated a patinae from Banbury, pitying for protection to agriealtoro. DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR. Lord BROUGHAM said that suing the 'able marquis (Luadowne) Ia his plain, ke Welled be advert to a sub- flew of ow 'spurs's at the mutt mossit. Mt te eek a question. which be wee sure his noble Mud, if his public duty did sot prevent his, would yawn with his usual kiedeen and courtesy. (Rae, Ilear.) He alluded t puts". Whisk ho bog of with Veal rionew, of the de by MEM end of his curt, of the Fres& ambe•sestar hos his reeldemes here to Paris. It squired no Waist te this het to sake It wear aa sues "of a VIVO and 'Mow eleariastsv. He did sot uneichsr that the accidental cirsustanee of her Majesty's Wade" eoiaciding with the departure of the Freest &AP boooodos need be pat into the male to add weight to that Espartor*, because he took it for grained that it was owing, sore et lees to the aceidental oeischlesse of that day Wog also 'the day on which be would be reg aired to answer iaterpallations as they way mailed, mg deemed to him is the Manual Aosembly of Pratte. (Hear, beer) He had no ddabt that this was the case of the coineidence, and it would be a matter of great satiefacticia to him and to the seas, at large if his sob's triad sand say that be viewed this departure or recall of the Frisch Ambeemilor as of less grave importance than be (L ,rd Brougham) regarded it ; for of this he was certain, that any the least diminution of friendly feeling between this country and Frost was a c-esumation moat devoutly to be deprecated, and more eusislly sa France was is. of the very tow powen an Europe—parbaps the only great pawn—with whom it sold be said we were at the present somas on a friendly footing. Toe Kush of LANSDOWNE—I have no hesitation in giving salaams to the goes:tut pu: t I au by my noble and Sassed Mead with ropes to the departure of sir French beradcr.TUre an be ne doubt that kissulden and unexpected absence. Les, this court is an crest of importance, but at the sae time it is sot of that very grave larreincs which ay noble sod loosed friend siasivee. My noble and learned friend has almost sane paled whet I a helm consider it my duty to state to this house, that the circa.- stars of l•sving this capital ca the birthday of her Majesty was snap', aecidmital, and in no way oxen- cted with any disrespect to her Majesty or s this country. It arose front the =rumens, of his preens being acquired is the Preach capital by his governante, in order that he 'eight give the. the benefit of his presence in as short a use as possible. Without entering farther into the subject, I as prepared to say that there are circumstances wle eh , in my opinion, sight render the presence of that very eminent and intelligent person in Paris at resat so:* useful to the connexion between the two ctitia• trice than would be his presence hers. (Hear, hear) My lords, I can say nothing more now. (Ibis) Lord BROL GHAM bad anticipated the answer which his noble friend had given. Ile most, however, sly that he conk not attribute the abeam of the Russian ambsmador oa the occasion of her Majeso's birth do to say accidental cause. lie wished be could. (Hear.) PROCESS AND PRACTICE (IRELAND) BILL. . . . . 45;Ii;Taciin;ortth. Esrl of Cahirsta, this bill was raM • third time, •od pawed. AFFAIRS OF GREECE. The Marquis7;llLlllsoliDifilicre;ished to put a question to the noble marquis on the subject of the trans actions between this country and Orme,. He wished to knsw whether there had bsen a convention here as well as that carried on in Greece by Baron Oros ; and he desired to be informed whether to the conirmitim pared here between, as be un lerrood, M. Dreams de L'Huys and Lwd Pal merstor, the Russian Ambassador had been • party ; and whether, alter the departure of Baron Gros hoes Athens, any communication !ad taken place between the RUMS'S ambassador and her Mojave' representative at that court ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE —lf the noble marquis had been in the house when I answered the question of my noble and learned tricad, be would have heard me seats that I did net think it desirable te say more on this a•Meet. I mast therefore decline to do es. The Martiai. of LONDONDERRY wished to ash whe ther. when the offensive seseasen on the part of t ar genets aunt had taken place, the Russian ambassador was • party to them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—The noble marquis will see the whole of the papers whirs they me laid on the table ; and I may add th►t a Rob's lord (eisoley) has pima natio. that at an early period he will bring the whole subject under the comideratiou of the home. DISTRESSED UNIONS ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the motion of tie leakais of LUNDOWIII, ibis bill was read a third fiats aid pond. SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL. _ . On the motion of the Eat of lIARBOWBY, the report as this bill was 'waived. Their lordships thee, at a quarter before oil o'clock, adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tucispoir, MAT 16. Too 6r444414 took no ebsir at 4 o'clock. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. NAnoIAL DI4AILMAISIN7S.—By Llvd C. MANNERS, from LI%ION; Sir J. Y. BULLER, from places is Devoa shirt, is favour of aegoriatiag for effecting this object. MAILIL•01 LAW IN AIIII2IALIA.—By Mr. COWAN, ham members of the Church of Barelaad, complainieg that Presbyteriaa dergymen musket allowed to osiebeate mar ewe By in Asetzelia. aerie Lin BILL —By Mr. HUTT, from 0 seeehead ; Mr. W. P. WOOD, from Orford; Mr. 0. BANDARS , from Wakefield, 'game this bill. MITROPOLITAW Israare>trs BILL—By Mr. SLANEY, fres Si. Michael's, Wood street; lewd R. GROSVENOR, ikoni several plates in the metropolis, in favour of this bill ; E N. at XTON, from Loadoo Hospital, praying that their burial ground be • tempt from the operations of this Dill. Cursor Ratan.—By Sir J. Y. BULLER, from places inDr.inshire, for the abolition of chard% rotes._ EDUCATION (SCOMMID).—By Mr. SMOLLETT, from plates in Dambanonsbire, malost any alteration ia the present system of parochial eduestios in that musty. Sr ALL Tan ZS EN2II RATIN() BILL.—By Kr. P. SCROPE from Nottiairkasa, maiast this bill. OCIL•N rsssT POSTAOII —Br Mr HENLEY, fro. Indeperidenn and Wesley's, is Oxfordshire, is tavosr of asoesan peony porMge. I .rorin AtmArros.—By Mr. BASS, from a moireoatles of meellyeertaa dimmers, Fries cote, Derby; oho from Illatedeellebi, fir iswrostiesal arbieresime. BIIRDINS ON LAND. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY pre notice that be would ask to-sorrow, whether the priverameat iataided to propose any meow* this swiss for squalisiag or redness the hardens es lead. UNITED BENEFICES. Mr. FRZWIN moved as address for a taws of all the benefices, nineties, sr viesrages, shish have bees united nada the art I It 2 Vie , e. 100, statists the assess of the united beads's, with tba names of t►e Manahan or iaasm hes•e, the animist of the mistake, and the yearly value of each, sad the distance that the slashes of fah of the smiled heseflas are from see% other, with the musty and diaisse is shalt sae► is situated —Weed to. THE DERBY DAY. Mr. THAWIEN amid— trtdrbdrwrtdddtrdttdyewwT.isk& the Nth hol a* medee, Mlt Off • fhb* t• the wee** awl *et uMui d the dig Wee premiums d maw d wither es OS day. Waste dyke weft te bib Weed** by eh eeteri. weal; red NW the beese do metal emir Whew a the Mir awe es the Nth WON* NW het VW newiew ate we CMl ban htr. quiet OM sheers a, hem; sad Netlies sl ostler Medi wed Is the elder bwithe Twelsy, Ile teth. ire hew peeseleme aware et the dq Neherdiy. fit. The 29d1 was what was celled the Dreby da which the hew ideally cdj d over . Meer, hear .) Mao bjeet iii the emanated he sump surd twee that three. member, wk.) hid mia.sres Independent of the governemest before the hoses might not km smother order day. T. motion did act obtain • sop:wider, sad was NOM questly mot pet. SPANISH TARIFF. Mr. ANDERSON gave sold* that on as early day after Ilk holidays ho +mild call the ettemdmi of the bow to the differential data. levied as LEM ehippias is the pore et Spda. m ill ABU-BODIED PAC ' PRISONERS. Mr. P. SCROPE we *idly after the boll days he would dove a &daft opiates that how did all pen= 'd ar iabase, an die d mehitem s d of at the public spew, either M ppaa OS weekhomees, should te employed, ea far se le. Is khan of • pro ductive character, sad that the proutede should be applied to defray did mid of theft staintssaase. THE NEW 11017 S ES ifERLIAHINT. Yu ft. OSBORNE pm sedge slat es Ms gyp kr the Tummy movies the truss es amemeet kr dm sew bosses el Sarlismeat, ho morrow (this) weak& he mold peepese ale mesdames that ft be rejsmed, sad if be susemedel thee be *MN submit a reselvtles: slot die MOW Mum of lan Mr khan the sew Mims of fusessemet ems 111,1•41. • that the smem b L ei ts ine4o42. inelmene elle amount In be wee Mat IMO eibildleilles MOM not ben reueleed semeass of thi; essemlede MIMS pepertof rebresio, 1114. realmniese, mewed*it the Immetbesentreleser tam enbibist wee IMO, Ina sialWlent ; that the spew bed Mew lwelek end the wide bid pre. can, .ed unheated/Imm es nabile utility; thea emit Moms motes se &rubbed el the eipme met remaining ta be konsuel. Is outtr to previa lee ineemmedetton Ow Ow errs of pea. Herat, rebeenimant mem su. ; W that ell metniMe mimed less la the Onmewieweee el w lelmeAres Min Ur meanwbilempmded. Mt. HUME else bad a mesa foe tO4/14119W OM lbe same seNjemt; ebb& be weald sew pleas os tit, erder.lack, tam It wee Mmeebeat a thil beam, before smiles say ism mosey cm itesseat of the sew ham. of parliament, to hied- In • as impeiry Into tbe 'Awn 61 the lartre ezprnms which bad boys incurred beyond the estintee..., and to amert•in whelks, ito r• were say &Seed gabs ur nettled estimate lo• tae remaining wort to *ampler the touldnot awl +kno ttier a diderwit sopennteadettes wee not armoury. to,. 08110111411 mid he less sorry to be so troublesome to the hen. goober he Unman (Yr. Gases), bat he wished to malign if b was is sootemplaties to take deem dm !paltry et the sow Howse pt ..at of t►o bask of taw S it was bowads4 tbet ledleo, awl whetting soy • ben obtained ? Mr. GRIMM& mkt It hod b. of tin screen, sod the earryiei 5ec 3 6,7 aka the bnt solonseode • fir they could en sad hoar altentboo wee misdated la proposed to appropriate the bone to embus. 80IS• eniter therefor*. be 'Revised he be r - Mr. HUME eddt4 whet • to whether the Sew born air then or sat Mr. GREENE said it might be tried to-seerrove, but for the bet that the weather wee sold. (A built.) After Whitreastide it would be tried sad he believed it would Uses be mesa that it would sontaia u way members es the °pre seat house. iir F. THISIGIIII reeeree Is eg y. big that the set of I deelared thus arrives valid. It did sot dos Is term; bat It seatisitibitt UMW should aot be retitled by nit is the medlar Wad court, with • reeer 'stir , however, r to the era ties . Thu, while the Inialature rat to prover thaw bluff is. aullr it took trout care not to desire the* "ail as though reluctant to interline with a th ere proltibitiaa. It was very resarkable that Boatload was stapled Eros that set. Why 1 Briar, by the law of Booths& sarrlages of that desaripdas had always bra oraidered sun and void. BUSINESS OF, THE HOUSE. Mr. PATTEN moved that on Thursday. tie 13th day of June, odors et the day have preeedeece of nodose of mo ths.. without Omit, to governaest orders. The make mei agreed to. mniarizur MONEY IN EDINBURGH. Mr. COWAN seed whether the government had any objection to predeme Ms roped vekelve w eidahters' money Ia Edinburgh, mad whether they intentled te Introduce any memare to the qsaideet P Sir. 0. OBEY said the report had bees presented, and would be laid upon the tilde that eventing. The scheme pro posed for settling the qnsellem seemed to net rpm an equit able bash ; bat it our sweetie that the parties should se* sod eo.operato in it before it was carried mt. AFFAIRS OF GREECE. Mr. 011180 N anted the noble lord tee Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether the huum and the country might consider the Greek question as entirely settled, in order that nonssercial confidence might be restored, and whether there was a mood undentanding between the Preach and Beglisk wormiest. se to the settlement of that guidon Lord PALMERSTON said the question between the English and Greek governments had been closed, so that commerce night be under no restraint upon ,that head. Undertakings bad been entered fato by the Greek government, which might pat as sad to all butler demands. With regard to the question put by the right hon. gentleman relative to the endentaad tag hawses the Ralph and French gownsman, donne the Frisch goverament would refer that the question should have beets settled by the intervention of the Preach negotiator. Circumstances, however, bad prevented that result. It was already kaown that the French ambassador' bad arrived yesterday in Paris is order to be the medians of communication between the two governments, but nothing wild seise oat of that circumstance that was likely to disturb the friendly Wetness subsisting between England and France. (Hear, hear.) In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord PALMERSTON said the papers relative to the settlement of the Greek question were in nurse of prepara tion, and that they would shortly be presented to the boom THE PROTECTIONIST MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. Mr. F. O'CONNOR begged to pat a question to the rignt hon. baronet the Home Secret:wham:l in doing lobe meant not to convey the slightest mute to to. parties immediately concerned. His only object was, that there should not be one law for the rich and another for the poor. He wished to know whither there was any intention i.as the part of her Majesty's ministers to take proceedings against the Ennis@ who met the other Jay at the Crown and Anchor ? e bed attended many metiers at whisk no such violence had been spoken as at the one in question, and be thought it due to the dignity of the right hon. baronet that he should answer the question. (Cries of " Order.") Sir O. GREY was understood to decline answering the question. THE ESTIMATES. Mr. FREWEN said the right hon. ►aronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given coital that to morrow he wool 1 go into committee of supply. He saw aes of 1,2401. dcwa for the College of Mayrooth, and he was anxious to know whether that would be included is the estimates to be taken to morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, cer tainly not. . . . . . 11;. litritE asked at what hour to-morrow the estimates would be proceeded with. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he only propoited tomorrow to take a small sum on account. He hoped the hots member for Middlesex would therefore postpone his intended amendment until Monday week. The ►oase then went into committee on the (ri.. 2) BILL, Which was opposed by Sir F. THESIGER, w►o moved that the clubman should leave the chair without saki leave to sit again. Oa a division this motion was curled by a majority of 69 to 66, and the bill was consequently lost. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY I(VRIING, MAY 17, 1850. ,hisliireA s soisli marriages as seek plan Wass 1836? (Hear ) OW 11111111011,0 passed the hews it was ea thm; iikaispa. usiloresaadlisa that it should het Implosoidareirlie gigailly• the quesaisa, which should aida he epos*, by _Set M. It was well knows fat Ss Mims mood the bill ea the house. haft tcait was saggasesd as ea Grissom against it that It have she east of altering Or law, , hit usesiumi i ' 'awn wia, that It. shiest was W emir; the validity of marriages that had already - taksa i under tlie eziatiog state of No law, sail to provost who had eostrusted sash wartime., beim q as se tha lac/Nosey of sack aterviego or Us lone. (=eer, hear.) If other soasitrios sseeliseatihese asuriegekapkt If by MOM big to those easetries alerfhWee of 'Micky wall h• sober Weed—sad thee the earisimen el the patsita bloat aaaa, sad fres hen the idea that *ey _Were lidos is aosesbia e ge-.. they would not kooltsie to elate sap law Is the eoutnry, partisalasly when they felt that the Wiwi. of hems - tare seed la salsa. with their essiseisatleas asayieskiaa. (Hear, hew.) Yr. PAO& WOOD could aid Waal& la lie vinous ait. vowed is support of the bill Mar fa a mid sr moral vied, sad ho therefore Mt justd kW*/ what it. Yr. ROUNDELL PALM cif wisdom was who. they the oosaalitas would Need* Is She view of the asto ingested by the hos. sad isisnied lasi,her kir lloatltu!apasa, Witcher Mr. WORTLET—No. world We Teiti they w ft. sobjeits of Sir F. THESIGER staintaised, with great mibutheion, this realm to say that the duet otobedieses to the statute that that was the general impremdme, and that was the law was limited to the extent of their own conscientious VINOD why the legislature had steepled Seetlead. Is opinions epos this subject. Ie fast, whether the power of order that parties should have so emus for in parliament should be abdicated la finer of mother power. the future, and that there might be no doubt what was the After referring to the wee/ of Um hon. sad learned member law, the legislators declared, I a direct and positive terms, for Southampton, he (Mr. R. Palmer) said he knew very that for the future marriages within the prohibited well there were lawyers he the eonatey who would give Zl.4whether of &Malty or coesugulaity, should be null any opinion that was wished for toes any question 1110 all intents and purposes whatsoever. After that, —(laughter and min of " Oh, ols)—and he would tell the then meld be no pomibility of doubt as to the Nato of the house how it was to be got. (Cries of " Divide.") They law. Upon what ground, then. ought the house to interfere ? should choose a man when opinion and wishes were known Mr. HUME—The hose* has done so ones, sad will do it to be in the same direction—or they should choose some person with • little experience and prudes in the law, and Sir F. THESIOER said it was in vain to attempt to auks they should have • number of persons to go about the say distinction intelligible to the hoe. member for Mon- ensue to collect evidence. true. He bad endeavoured to show the sinunestanessuder Mr. tEvsauy, although be had voted against the which the act ot 1835 had been passed, and the dialect°, principle of the bill, now felt he our tto susport the pro- Wawa's what was done then sod what wan proposed sow ; proton of the hoe. sad learned member for Bute. from the remark of the bon. member, he utterly de - - Mr. H. DRUMMOND opposed the bill. He could not "aired of making his proposition intelligible to him. It had understand how itcould be said that those mantles were been suggested to him that the hon. member was going to contrary to the laws of God at one time, and in accord vote In favour of his propotition ; end he thought It very sem with them sow. possible, as he had load* an observatine against it. (Laugh- Mr. HEALD supported the Nli, on the ground that it was , ter ) As • teases for interferes**, the boa. member for inequitable , unjust, and unwise to ferge fetters not war ' Southempton (Mr. Cockburn) had appealed to the tosepas- ranted by the divioe laws. Marriages such as those is sioa of the Mose, is favour of the innocent offsprieg of these question had, he believed, taken place for yeses past to a marriages. Compassion less a most amiable quality and aad it very great extent amongst all orders and classes, and he ought to be hauled, except when higher ooneiduatimes had himself recently presented two petitions in favour of the iatervened. Were they to legislatiCie referent* to the bill. children of these marriages, they should be carried, Mr. C. ANSTEY said lie was not precisely aware of the if the principle was of any validity at all, to an attest in the opinions entertained on this question by the church of same direetion which they could hardly anticipate. In the Scotland. The church of E.,gland had no means of de course et inquiry into this important and interesting subject. cluing its opinions formally, bat the church of Reno was the feelings of all must have been revolted by 'straits that *proud to them, especially in Ireland, when such marriages marriages had takes place between persons related within were °outran to the genius of the people. (Laughter.) Hon. very near degrees of consanguinity. There were the inner gentleman might cheer, but he wield repeat that such mar tinet offspring of those marriages; and if the house was to be elates were contrary to the " genial " a the people of Ire consistent, sad if they interfered merely for the sake of the land. It appeared that Dr. Wiseman, the Roman catholic children, and not of the parties themselves, could they stop bishop and ricer apcetolie, bad granted dispensations to bun short without rendering all them marragee valid, ler the deeds of mosso( this description. Now it should be retain purpose of giving legitimacy to those innocent childrea ? bored that no dispense ions were ever given in the Refuse Thronahout the country there were many mare illegitimate catholic shank to relieve against prohibitions of the law of %Yen the irate of ; they were t.) relieve t, Cases of prohibitions innocent victims of the shame produced by the gait of their by the lain of the church, to which the power of die parents; would they push legislation to the extent of Ten- pecsation was given for social and infinitely wise ends. doting all these persons legitimate ? To legislate on the He was In favour of the principle of the bill, and was in ground of compassion would open so wide a field in this f f the clause, and should give a vote against the direction, that it would @abeam every sees in which the amendment. criminal law impost d • punblusent upon parties; for ie Mr. MULLINGS understood that the point for considers mat cases, the effect of crime extended beyond the criminals lion was, whether this bill should cease to have a retro- thneelves to all who stood in • near relation to them. He 'pieties operation as to the issue. He asked the committee subtinci these considerations to induce the committee to whether they had onsidered the children who might be exclude from the bill those who had wilfully violated the deprived of use rights which they possessed in r. maunder. law, and who therefore could not be considered proper ob- After the f *they was dead, were they to be deprived of the juts for this interference of the legislature. Object- contingent limitation ? Mg es he did to the principle of the bill throughout, The committee divided— he felt that there was such a violation of all princ pie la the For the clause attempt now made to render marriages of this description For the amendment 69 —43 valid that he could not discharge his duty without fairly and Mr. R. PALMER observed that there was a proviso In fully laying before the committee the grounds on which they the claws which contemplated the possibility of the parties ought to abstain from the proposed interferences. thane it having committed adultery during the lifetime of the wife. could be shown that, under circumstances at all similar, with He looked upon it as • confession of weakness, that such a wilful and known violators of the law, the legislature foie had been thought, by the framers of the bill, one of had ever interfered and protected them in the way sufficient importance to require a proviso. Such a case had proposed, he must condemn this as • most au lately occurred. A man sad woman were lately executed at serous interference with rights which might be invaded. Cambridge for the murder of the wife of the man and the Tele clause interfered in the most fisgrant manner with the sister of the woman, and the murder was occasioned entirely rights of individuals, the rights of property and honours. by en intimacy of the description alluded to in the bill. He would ask his right hon. and learned felted whether he The sentence of the court would be no enmity in these could Prise forward any proudest, or anvthieg hie • pre- Pun. cedent, for what he proposed in this clause. Believing Mr. F. MAULS role to move a proviso at the end of the that he could sot do so he beeped leave to move the orris- clause, of which he had given notice, viz , that nothing in sion of the words he had stated have bees heretofore ." this act contained should be considered to apply to Scotland. The amendment !nein e been put, His original intention was to put this prov.sion exactly in Mr. 8 WORTLEY said that atter the diegassiee which the same worn; as it stood in the act of 1835, ant of which the principle of the bill had already onnergene, and the Scotland was entirely exempted ; and he meld not under divisions which had taken piece, he would not refer to the stand upon what ground • country, whit/ was no: only description gives of it by the hon. member for Exeter. °optimal to marriages of this description but in which the But when the honourable patinas* wee aware, marriages were stated not to exist, should he included in as he mast be swore, ;that some of the most this bill, or why a law should be forced en Scotland to which eminent divines, some of the most pious and the whole people were repugnant. He trusted that the house, virtuosi and ma of the highest rank sad station e especially those who had • regud for the opinion of the pro le the matt; supported y the easestre, it wee hardly a pre pie, would not stand by and see their opinions metier ly set at dent description to designate it as an immoral and scan- nought. With reference to the applicatioa of the principle of delete bill. (Hear, hear.) For himself he would only say this bill to Scotland, he would ask the house what necessity that when he ouzo made up his mind that a thing was right there could be for it in that country. These marriages he would endeavour to do his duty in respect to it, without had n existed there at any time, and the regarding what was said of him. (Hear, hear.) And he reason why they had never existed stood upon would now declare that not in the remotest manner was any two grounds. In tee first piece they were repug relation, moue:ion, or even any intimate friend of his eon sant generally to the feelings of the people, and in the reread Ia the guineas so an to give him the slightest per nest place they were contrary to and directly in the face of soul Meerut in its passing. (Hear, hear.) Now, with the Confession of Faith in the Scotch church. He may also regard to the annedment of his hon. friend, it wee of such a add that whatever may have been the differences between satire that it affected the principle of the bill the dissenters in Scotland on other natters, they always had itself ; sod, if his hon. friend reflected upon its maintained, and he hoped they always would maintain their operation, he would see that it was grossly absurd deep rooted attachment to the Confession of Faith. Not sad would defeat the object he himself had is view. He only were these marriages repugnant to the feelings (Mr. Wortley) had no sympathy with those who disobeyed of the people, and not only were they forbidden the law, and it was • mistake to suppose that he asked the by the Confession of the Faith, but he was informed heuse to sanction the measure on the ground of the numbers that there was not one instance among the few whetted violated it. His argument was this—that numbers of that had taken place in Scotland of that kind where the persons had contracted these marriages in ignorance of the parties who had contracted it had ever been able to law, that numbers oostracted them believing that they maintain their position in the neighbourhood in which were perfectly valid, ad that thousands of Miming &Adria they had previously lived. They were always obliged to were suffering from the existing state of things; but, above go to some distant land where the character of their mar all, that the fact of these marriages being contracted witheut rise. was unknown, and where they were enabled to entailing any keg in public estimation, or any sadder moral live in comfort and peace as far as regarded the inter degrdation, showed that the law was not in coasonance with Wenn of other individuals. (Hear.) He felt that if this law pa lie feeling on this subject. (Hear, hear.) His hoe. and was extended to Scotland, they would hold out to the learned friend asked for a precedent. He would refer his people additional means of straying from the paths of virtue. hon. and learned friend to the act of 1823. By Lord Hard- God knew they had enough of means of that kind in that and wicke's act no minor could be married without the express all other countries. It might be said that if this bill went consent of his parents or guardians. But that set was found against the genius of the people of Scotland they would not to lead to great inconvenience, and children were born is tot on it, but that was note sufficient reason to excuse them spite of it—bora illegitimate. An act was then brought in for giving a plausible pretence for straying from the paths of to abolisk that grievance, and all such marriages were vino*. In deference to the moral and religious feelings of declared valid, and the claws in that act, for the reserva'ion his fellow countrymen he would entreat the house to aid him of the rights of others, he (Mr. Wortley) transferred, word in rennin, Scotland from such a law as this being indicted for word, into the present bill. (Hear, bear.) That act was noon it. He held that bill as obnoxious in a religious point discussed twice over in that house, and the clause which his of view, and if he could not succeed in destroying it as • bon. and learned friend now impugned received the sane- measure in general, he hoped that the house would see tion of the highest judges in the ecclesiastical and the justice of not enforcing it on • people to whom cosmos law courts, of Dr. Lashingtoc, one of the it would cause such • vast amount of pain and misery. ablest law lawyers in this or any other country, and also (Hear.) of Dr. Pkillimore. (Hear ' hear.) The act of 1835 was also a The motion having been put, precedent. If the houssadopted the amendment of his hon. Mr. OSWALD said that he had gnat pleasure in second friend, the effect of it would be that the guilty persons— ins it. If this bill were passed it would bring about • state those who transgressed the law most grievously—would get of confusion between the ecclesiastical and civil tribunal, in all the benefit of the act, but the unfortunate and inno- Scotland which would be of • most disastrous character. rent children would rennin bastards fur ever. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 8. WORTLEY said that as he was respon- He believed in his conscience that this bill, hatred of being sible for the bill, and was the representative of a Scotch Mammal, would tend to remove immorality. (Hear, hear.) county, he felt it incumbent on him to offs the reasons It would not alone affect persons who were well to do in the which had induced him not to exempt Scotland from the world, but to a great extent persons belonging to the poorer operation of the bill. He would attest, that if he were to classes. (Hew, hear) For the sake of all who were suffering Mks the course which was most agreeable to hie own feel from the preen% law, he as k ed the house not to agree to the logs, he would agent to the amendment of his right hon. amendment. (Cheers.) friend (Mr. Fox Mauls.) He believed that the bill woe Col. THOMPSON said he believed the legitimising of the repogn int to the feeliags of • large porUma of the people of Scot. offspriag to be the most n• °story ad essential put of the land; and, as his right hon. friend had informed the homes bill, which professed to give • remedy to those who were • large portion of his (Mr. 8. Wortley's) constituents had now suffering from past unjust legialation. (Hear, hear.) expensed their disapprobation of the measure, and had pe- Mr. PETO supports I the clause. He, as • dissenter, and titi feed the house on the subject and remonstrated with speakias for a large body of dissenters, did not believe that himself. (Hear.) If therefore he had acted in accordance the prohibition of these marriages was ordained by the law with his own interest and his own ease, he would have of God, or required by any social or political co isideratioes. assented to the exemption of Scotland from the operation of Mr. NAPIER should enter his decided objection to this the bill. Having, however, made himself responsible for bill. He fouhd it admitted by the commissioners then the bill, and having formed strong opinions on the matter, selves, that the entire people o f Ireland and Scotland, with he felt sot only that he should Mee his own self esteem but a large portion of the people of this country, were opposed the respect of kis constituent*, if he were to yield to such to the measure; and relying on that admission, even a propositios and legalist his own judgment. Besides that though he boa Da a m asser ramoua to adduce, h e sight ask he felt himself so far pledged to maintain the prieiciple of epos what grenade were they proceeding to leeislate for th e the bill, that he would be guilty of • dereliction of duty if be few who am ay a et a o th em m a rri ages , e i t h er ot ignorance o f were to yield to his own ONIV•aillaall, and to adopt • the law, or in eostempt and defiance of all law, human and entree which would be agreeable to himself. (Hear, divine, as well as despite the religions Meting o n o sa w_ hear.) He believed the truth to be, that so great menu of th e p e ople a t lunge y (How. bear.) The commie was the objection of the people of Scotland to thou sioners admitted in the first instance that • largo marriage* that very few would take place. (Bear, hear.) somber of the clergy—the seatimeats of all of whom But that was no roman why the law in the two countries they were not able to ascertain were opp ose d to should not be equalised. The right hon. member quTted t h e measure. (Hear, hear.) It Ireland th e c l ergy of a ll Mr. Fraser's book, and several legal authorities in (sewer of denominations wen opposed to it, whilst of Scotland the his view, among ethers that of the Lord Justice Clerk. end MIS might be said. Amongst the laity of the United contended warmly in contradiction to the assertion of the Kingdom he believed a difference of opinion existed ; b u t hoe. and learned member Mr Plymouth, that lawyers could the prevalent feeling was opposed to the principle and po- not be procured to give an opinion favourable to any view of liey or the bill. (Hear, hear.) As /010aded Ireland, as he a case. He should only say further that if he thought this had before steno, the clergy of all persuasions wen arrayed bill was calculated to demoralise the people of Scotland, or against it ; and, for his own part, he did not hear of a single to outrage their religious feelings he would cut his right solitary per a:pristine an opinion favourable to the hand off sooner than propose It to the house. inessure. (Hear, ar.) But the particular question Mr. COWAN could not content Mosulf with giving • owe before them was as regarded the raaroopotojto poli o . Snout vote es this question. He led felt iodised to support of the bill ; and on that point what said the nom the right boa. member last year, bat careful temeiries made sandmen ? They admitted that the evil was great, es, since had completely altered hie views. It would be Ward all doubt, the marriage* were void, the consequences wrong to press this measure easiest the feeling of almost all Wag most Maestros, to the parties contracting such mar • the women of the country. Magee, as also to their issue ; nor were they less peraieiee, Sir F. THRSIGER referred to a letter which had ap is • public point of view, as exhibiting at avow e d si sp h s . peered as en advertisement in the Vases. • few days ego, dance to the laws. (Hear.) They punched the poor man, signe d A I. Dwated :L er ... 6 , g a in whiLita,„,the,...w•iter whilst is the can of the better dames they were about to H Z — t u dj i e j sm a a — a — n g number at validate that which the law of God and of Christianity disel- eign — oe ins -- to MMlgaseial • Men mosseinm i — t :o;a at lowed ; sad t h us t i validating such a practice they told the (marking "TIM inaestmad• betas' ilealleWed, In tam ttioi:er l d parting indaleing in it that they had been tailty of so crime tithe egenteed t Mlle 16, Omitted= gewga w, t o whatever. (Hear, hear.) But even though that house misty the yid"' dbb whir I "flz. olo theentlinetf scsochnsan should levitate so, they never could succeed in inducing the bet ab = . ••■ tide 11 " 1 . VA• child of hie own wet awl his wen seined tweibrie p a y i n g ague m groat majority of pinata to regard such tantrum in the ou sel t i a laftw A ik, “thid a; light of marriages ; and the effect would he that society 6c - 11 Kt. Sc old* who ar• NUM Oviall. Valk soy horror subs bar e would gasm become diaorganised. (Hear, hear.) Therefore Idea Of %lawful kr Mom to mar fp *elf leaween wi ves . he (Mr. Napier) meld sot have the slightest hesitati on in misters em amSd Wrinkle at • gnat while they weeph we tt y refusing his tomeurrenos to the measure. (Hear.) winnow a immil and a drollery Sr two Into the bargain. Mr. COCKBURN said that by the present bill they did not He (Sir F. Thesiger) wished to oak the learned Lord Ad eeaumpate marriages contracted within the 'mate whether there was any ground for this a:a , t men: of prohibited derma of consanguinity, or the saartiages of Mr. Serjeaat Eleanlog, as to the law of 13*.t1 trt. whr ponics who bed enviously lived Meador la • state they Lainbtanee Institutes, which. he beliwve,l were regarded of mmoshinago—therefore the argument did sot apply an a great authority on the stOrject, did not directly contr.- , It wso goegesol by the bill to legitimise • certain class of vert this smarten of thelearsed eerjeant's ; and he would tmnelspni Qui Ile goestaos then woe would they extend its hither all' the leaned load whether the low of Scotland House of Commas. whisk was at same footing prior to 11135. (Hew, bow.) Am led de Ito Broker's if set, sheath' sad revolting ewe of a brother .."or. a shier that gallery' be . Se I II r etire. . o r . estimate et et ' Pink"! : am_l *" ' -?'' had bma the -a la. • um -- --. ..... , «nog .• ~.- - ~,,- ,. a: ...12E I : reads ' itothieg .4 69 imerc lida • we _ ✓ Mn, i . valid ;, es tha .... ..rw ' .. la of its # ... , a .04- ••• ' . talse• tifil. the at the dirt sad of Ow sod Ohs abetter d didfaieg dim • t the feu" sae etemssidta would, doted ilio decides et dist num be merle do die pale. Kr. MOO= lien asesidist die tows ie emitted. The an the eaperimest would be tried es galleries merit dusted Itiff OM peol,i bat it betel lewd . lass would bald half tee umber of *4.9 awe trus t MI Van PUBLIC LIBRARY AND iIIUSRUMS BILL. The house, then, on the motion of MC EWART, moat into committee on this bilL Mr. STANFORD reseed ea objection upon general grounds to the node in which the measure had been carried to its present stage. 010 bill, he observed, had been dis cussed upon the second reading, and mother was now offered to the committee, so completely was its chez/tater lty_ the omission or insertion of clauses. Mr. RWART explained that all the changes in the biU were introdueed to accordance with the vaints suggestions thrown out by members during previous discussions, or sanctioned by the genes of the house et the time. S.r 0. GRIT suggested that the bill should be committed pro forma, ia order that the clauses night be printed in W bill. Mr. iTANFORD acceded to the suggestion. The bi'l was accordingly csoniltted pro forma, gad the unendments were ordered to be printed. MARRIAGES BILL. On the order ofthe dey for going into oramittee on this bill, Mr. EDI:VERDI presented a petition from Dunfermline, and two from Kuniarneek, in keno of the bill. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY presented petitions from Stamford, Connotes, and several other places in England; also from the leading mereltants and other inhabitants of the county and county town of Ayr, and from the city of Glasgow, Seised by between 5,000 a n d 6,000 persons, all in favour of the bill. Mr. HOPE presented a petition against the bill (plats not beard). sir lt. INOLIS presented a petition from t►e rural deanery of Dunstan, and from Chesterfield, against the bill. Mr. FOX MAULE presented petitions against the bill from 152 electors of t►e county of Bute, from the magis trates and town email of Oben, and from 6,893 females of Edinburgh. Mr. DIVETT said he thought this • seandalou and immoral bill. If anything is his parliamentary experience had astonished him more than another, it was that • gentleman of the high character. learning, and ability of the boa. and learned member for Bata should ►ace conducted this bill. He would more " that this ►ouse do resolve holt into committee on this bill this day els months." The house then divided— Fee the amendment Against it The house then *at into committees, and dense 1 was agreed to without discussion. On clause 2, Sir F. THESIOER said they had now arrived at that Mugs of the bill at which all discumion with regard to de principles should he suspended, and they should confine themselves entirely to • consideration of its details. H. mentioned this is order that his pain* might not be mignodentood, and that when he saw objection to certain ratio* of the bill it Eakin not be supposed that he was in any degree waiving the Tight which he had to object to its pnaciph at some future stage', which he should mat unquestiesably do if an opportunity should be afforded. What he propos ed te submit to the gennaittee was, the amen meat of which he had given nodes that wianiagge with a deceased wife's sister, whisk had ben contracted since tho year 1836, in direct violation of a known law, should rot by this bell b. rendered valid. It would easily be observed by hon. maembers who were of opinion that the law with respect to these marriages ought to be changed, that they might quite consistently vote for his amendment, because they might be of *Woo with him, that the act should hen the operation whisk the clause, as it et present Med, would give it. He thought it would be admitted that aU retroactive laws were, is general, a nolaie• of the prineiplee of legislation. Taking the principle that the legislature would only inter fere is cues of ignorance or inadvertence, or when some thing like amoral necessity existed, let the committee look at the position of those parties who, since 1835, bad coo t/acted marriages with • deceased wife's *tn. and inquire whether the y tied erred through ignorance et iaadvettence, or whether they had sot wilfully and deliberately violated • kaown law. Referring to • letter at page 143, of appen dix No. 18, he forted the writer stating—" I knew, of mares, that I was running counter to the act ofperliament." (Hear, hear.) I. No. 19, a party said—" I did not Oughts that sets of parliament could either neat* or annul moral obligations." (Hear, hear.) lir. WORTLEY—Finish the sentence. Sir F. THESIOER said the writer added—" Though I so far respected them as to have the marriage eolerunised in • country when the union was legal." But that was not the object for which he had cited the posse. (Hear, hear.) Though it might be doubted whether an net of parliament could annul a moral obligati*, there was no doubt what ever that It could create one : fur la the am of any law that wad Pewled, not is opposition to the Divine law, there was • 1.11111.1 *ligation to *bey it. (lieu, hear.) They wen new dealing with wilful trasegrem .ra of the law, who knew perfectly weU Vat theme had rendered them ward** null and void; sad them was no 'retinue of the legislature ieta peeing for the peeisetion of such parties. (Hear, hear.) He might be referred to this act of 1835, as as instance I. which pros* who violated the law, and knew they were violating it, had been protected by the legislature, and their act ren dered valid. It was, tthers'orc, important to explain the circumstances under which that law impaired ; and it weal be found not to have the bearing contended fur on the other •idr. Up to 1835, the law as to m 'triages within the pro hibited degrees was this:—Although these marriages, which he held to be sostrary to the divine law, might be annulled by • mit is the"ecclemiesthel soar: during the lives of the parties, yet, on the death of either, the ecclesiastical courts mild sot interfere to invalidate the marriav, and render the issue illegitimate ; or, if the ecclesiastic.' court was put in sooios. the common law would inter** by prolalbition. It had been erneueously seems* that tne ma .e a differs** between marriages within the prohibited degrees of sifts*/ sad those of emisanguitely —flat the latter were void, but that the former were void able oily. That was nn wain mistake. Both were oar Fcsei..ly the VIM am diresdyinitrary to what it had base snorted to t e m al s. whether, is regard to marriage with illegitimate the law Mg net stand I. Scotland aprecisely Ysame feellam as is this ematry, though not in regard seessies f - The WILMADVOCATZ remarked as the aamnal warm of ealliag for a kunst opinion, without an opportaaity Wag afforded of emstaing satheeities. He thought the Wt. gentleman esagmbt be .o little versed, either in the liw of his own eountry, t h e law of SoeUar.d, or the law of Igmept, sot to het, that it had always been • question of great dificalty whether a Wised relatleaship, usual; ealy hem die mother, aad when it was deubtful as renotiel the wog say relatiosablp at all. Be was opposed re ate = that lawful I. England which would be aalawful Is Ilislissa t • sad be thought that if they paned the bin for sae eimatry they mast also peso it ter the other. Ia fast It was onta of Ma mist indefeasible prepositima he had nee beard to move its extension to Zealand, sad not to lostland. (Cheers.) Gtr P. TEI2BIOIII said the noble end learned lord had ationpprokonded hh question, and ►e regretted to *Lek that the noble lord seemed to be of opinion that he had been milled up improperly. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the cheap wee In itself ea sell. What was the pressing necessity which now called upon them to change the law? Wee there any body meant who would state the wesseityt Yes, there were. People had contracted marriages against the law. Thiry bad broken the law. And what was the house asked to do ? Why, to alter the law to 'dithers who had broken it. (Cheers.) Let the house mark the end desired to be attained. Certain Woken ;sada the inausese of ungovernable desire, had Woken the law. There was no mitigation for their offence, —ao reams or palliation for it ; and then the parties cams to the house and talked about orphan ebildren, and the sister, who woe so anxious to broom • wife, was presented to the solicitude, kindliness, and eoustderaTion of bon. members. He denied it altogether. He said there was no cue made out for altering the law ; and when he found a whole nation against it, and also a large portion of this country, and, al most without exception, the women of England, he felt himself compellei to ask why they were called upon to I change the law ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. COCK EURN s►id the object of extending the bill to Scotland was to assimilate the laws of marriage in that country to thou in 800tla•d. It was of the greatest im porter, that two countries united as were England and Soothed, and divided only by an almost imagiaary line, should have their laws on this subject consistent one with the other. If they did not extend this measure to Scotland, the few in that country who would be willing to contract mob marriages would come into England and contract them whore they were justified by the los loci. lie most, there fore, vote agaiast the amendment. Sir O. CLERK admitted, as a general principle, that it was advisable to sisaimilate the laws of the two countries. But aa this was • question affecting the religions feelings and belief of the people of Sootis•d, he certainly thought it was a fair ex ception to t►at geaeral rule. Colonel THOMPSON taw with pan any objnetion to extend to Ireland or Scotland any bill which, like this was in advance of the age. He felt that Howland, after all was the most advanced country of the three. ( lorighter.) He said so because Agricola first founded normal schools in this country. !Renewed laughter.) The house must not suppose that Scotland was un.cintous in its opposition to this 'tenure. lie thought they had had ample proof to show that then was a strong sil7.!er.ft mlalriel in S^otland in favour of the bill. There was, besides, a great difference be tween Sziotchmen in and out of their country. He never met a Scotchman who did not admit that there was a strong overbearing ecclesiastical power in Scotland which he would resist it ►e knew how to do it. Mr. FOX MAULE said he had listened attentively to the debate, and he could discover no reason for forcing the bill upon Sxstland. 7he hoc and learned gentleman (Mr. Cockburn) said if the (shag against these marriages was spinet the feeling of the people of Scotland, there would be no such marriages. But if they paned the bill and they made it extend to Scotland, look at the consequence'. As the law wnuld allow a marriage to take place with a de mised wife's sister, the wife's sister could not live with the widower. Public opinion would not permit it. The committee then divided— __ For the proviso Against it The clause was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN remitted progress, and obtained UST, to sit again on the 13th June. COURT OF PREROGATIVE (IRELAND) BILL. The second reading of this bat was moved by Mr. Ksuott, but opposed on account of the lateness of the hoer (nearly oae o'clock). Istr. REYNOLDS moved the adjournment of the debate, which, after considerable discussion, was cerried to a dlv.- ston, and nrgatived by 91 to 34. Mr Reynolds repeated his attempt to pwtpue the debate by moing that the house should adjourn. On a division there appeared— For the adjournment Against A third division took place on a motion for the adjourn ment of the debate by Col. CHATTISTOX, which was nega. tivsd by 83 to 20-83. A fourth division was moved and called for, but, on • tug ge-tion from Bir G. GRIT, Mr. KEOGH commuted to withdraw his motion for the second reading of the bill, upon the underst.nding that it was to be placed upon the paper for thi. evening. COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill, u amended, wee considered mad ordered to be printed. STAMP DUTIES. _ . In reply to Sir H. *III.OIRIiF/: The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should be glad to lay up"' the table any paper or calcula tion, which would show with any degree of precision what wee the amount of lees or gain up m stamps. A number of stamps were applied to particular purposes, but he could not tell their amount. He proposed to lay on the table a com parative male of the present and firmer stamp duties. As to the other point which his hon. friend had stated, there were in several cases scales now so calculated, that they were very unequal males. Mr. HENLEY proposed that the right hon. gentleman should lay on the table of the hops, the number of respective ramps, and then the house would have an opportunity of judging, ea far as might be, to what they had been applied. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would lay upon the table the produce of each class of stamp. The report was then agreed to. PIRATES (READ - MONEY) REPEAL BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered sod agreed to. IRISH FISHERIES. Mr. ANSTEY obtained leans to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to engines used in the rivers and on the coasts of Ireland for the taking of &h.._ BRIDGES IN'BOROUGRS. The Marquis of CHANDOS obtained leave to bring in a hill to provide for the better maintenance and repair of bridges in hornlike. __ COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE. Mr. KERSHAW, on the part of Mr. Milner Gibson, moved that Lorl Robert Grosvenor be discharged from fur ther attendance on the committee on County Rates and Ex podium Bill ; that Lord Dudley Stuart be added. Alter some observations by Major BIIttISPUIID, Sir O. QUIT, and others, the mntt•m was negativ, d. KILIMSH UNION. Mr. P. SCROPE moved for a select committee to inquire into the administration of the poor law in the Hdrush Union, since the 29th day of September, 1819. The house adjourned at twenty minutes p►st 2 o'clock. DRAMA. SADLER'S WELLS. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. The performunes last night were in aid of the funds of the " Grand Exposition of 1851." The house was crammed In every pact, and Mr. Phelps, when he came forward to deliver an address written for the occasion by Mr. R. H. Horn*, was received with deafening applause. The Ant four acts of " Henry VIII." formed this principal part of the entertainment. Mr. R. H. Horne not only aided the auto by writing tits address, but ale) appeared, is as uastear, in the trial ease ot the " Merchant ot Venice," in which he played the put of Mylock. A aliaceUaneous ceasiert, and the variations on '. L Carnival de V eain," played by Herr Brut, annelnded the entartaissaeat. THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 11361. BIRMINGHAM, MAT 16.--Throagitesit this town sad the district preparations are staking for the great exhi bition of next yaw, sad, under any circumstance*, the pro ducts exhibited from this part of the wintry will be enor mous. Meetings have already been held at Wolverhampton, Btourbridge, Dudley, and the other manufacturing towns, and a considerable amount of teensy ham been subscribed. The irosmasters are to have • special sabeeription list et their own, which will doubtless be marked by the liberality for which thine gentlemen are distinguished. Tne loud sorre -1 tars for this town has already received intimations from about one beadred sad thirty of the prineipal mann lecturers signifying their purpose to s-red contributions to the exhibition : the spree required by these alone is about 13,000 Kean feet, or about 100 feet for each e n tributor. In brassfoundery, general and stamped, including lamps, chandeliers, bronzes, and metallic furniture, the con tributors amount to 26 ,• workers in silver, electro plate, sad Britannia metal, 9 ; button manufacturers, 9; gilt toy makers and jewellers, 4: saddlers' ironmongers and harness mounting makers. 6; manuieeturen of agricultural Imple ments and garden tools, 6 ; iron foundry, grate., stoves, and fei.den, 6; pipler mach& and 'spanned goods, 4; easel tots, ii.cluding the mis-ellaneous productions understood by this technical phrase, 6; optical instrument makers, 4; gun manufacturers anti implement makers, 7; glue manufacturers, 6 ; ~,, 2 ; pearl and tortoiee shell workers, 3; machine makers, rte., 6; and of other inhoollaneous articles, 26. In • ell probability this list will yet be greatly augmented. The contributions from Dudley sad the tennis above named will, it is under stood, be proportionably largo. The exhibition now finds more favour with the saanarac turcra than it did at the outset: the factor• who stand la the position of middle men between the nnnufacturon and the • eoutitry shopkeepers, are by the most pert rather adverse to it, aid have therefore, only very wittily subscribe,* their stoney tq aid in carrying it out. ghe erpresi. OUTGOING MAILS. The mails for British North America and the United States will be made up this evening. The wails for Gibraltar, Malta, °MVO, the lonian Islands Birypt, CeptOa, India, end Cbiaa. sin Sontharaps oi , be made up on the morning of May 20. The mails MA Marseilles, to the Mediterranean. Egypt, Ceylon, ledle, Hong-Hoog, &C., will be made up os the evening of Msy 24. The mails for Lisbon, Spain, end Gibraltar wall be med e up os May 27. The West India Mails, Including Bermuda, Ilseese t h Nassau, Nosnduras, New Orleans, sod M ex i co , an d sz:hniini the., for Madeira, St. Juan-de-Nlearapua, New °remade, Chili, and Peru, will be made up on June 2. The malls fm Maderia, the Brasile, and Buenos Ayres, wall he made up as the evening of June 4. HIGH WATIR AT LONDON HISMOR p.. DPI..-zernamr. 11%. 410..... ATorwon, 4. pu n Tforwoom—liondag. A% Arc Aftirsosa. la ill.. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 17. LORD STARLET has undertaken, it i 9 wid , to iodate the opine house to throw out the Irish Fracefuse Bill. We believe the report, so far as the ill intent ions of his lordship are concerned. The man who, but a f ew days since, could fled no fitter terms in which to atter his ruthless hostility to the free trade party in Fite 4 . land than that of the murderous battle field, is not likely to be restrained by any sentiment of generointy or forbearance, where the rights and liberties of the Irish people are at stake. As eatholios and disserit , rs the tory chief is ready, doubtless, to thwart every o ep that is proposed to be taken for their elevation to I just political equality. Without the miserable extaas of persocal fanaticism, he is bound, as champion of the bigotry of England, to resist every measure which, however remotely or indirectly, tends to intrirge the privileges of sectarian aecentancy. Under the pre. tence of the Irish church being in danger, all the old jealousies and fears of the episcopal bench will be recklessly appealed to ; and every despicable libel on the faith of the great mass of the people of Ireland will of course be put forthwith in circulation, is order that the prelatic mind may be in a fit condition to relish the coarse sneers, and to re.pond to the rhetorical intolerance In which the Itol,EN4, WINCRILREAS, and MOUNTCASUP.LLS may he expected to indulge. Who can doubt, moreover, that from EXETER and OxFoRD, not to mention the more-in tensely inspired eloquence of the Irish bishops them. selves, there will be heard an uplifting of aanctiCed voices against this tardy concession of equal poll led rights to two classes who constitute nine-tenths of the Irish nation—the pre ebyterio.ns and the catholies? What signifies it in rignt reverend intimation that there should be another decade of religious strife and hatred, provided the sitar wi.hout votaries, whereat the Anglican hierarchy in the !miter kingdom min ister, be maintained in its invidious inviolability? The spiritual peers will, of course, rail , to the ca.l of Lord STANLEY. Then there are the carnal; what shall these n do? Hypocrisy itself cannot venture to Ivan wli,sy on the crozier in such en assembly. A xvorldly cru•ch is indispensable for a cause that seeks the senatorial aid of such men as—we need not name. "Pe l l. ,••y in danger" will do for them : an excellent cry ; rousing from its most sordid depths every instil ct of landlordism, and deadening the dull intellectof here ditary power to every suggestion ef policy or ja , tice. Lord STANLEY well knows how to stimulate the m-r -censry cowardice of his order. The trick :a an old one with him. He will psiot in glow ing colours the social enmity that prevails between the owners and occupiers cf ttc Celtic RA. He will remind his Orange hearers that their ancestors were planted in the land as territorial garrison, and that the traditional policy of English oligarchy has ever been to rule through their instrumentality alone. lie will ask—as well he mac —how can this ancient system of domination be pre served if even a moderate and Fruited representation of the rate-paying classes of the community be con ceded ? Above all, the champion of protection will point the determined stand made la,t winter by the Irish tenant farmers against every elfin of the GLENGALLA and DOWNSIIIRES to lure them back into the meshes of monopoly. This their crowning crime will never be forgiven by their mercenary oppressors. With all the fine task we have heard of union of interests between the proprie tors and tillers of the soil, and the eagerness wt h which a general election is looked for by the friends of native agriculture, as they call themselves—we shall nevertheless, before many days, behold every zealous protectionist pier voting against the creation of any agricultural constituency in one-third of the whole United Kingdom; for that which at present exists in the Irish counties does not deserve the name of a constituency. The truth it, that with a h.,dy of electors such as the government bill proposes to con stitute, the last hopes of a return to protection in any I shape would be extinguished for ever ; and, there fore, were there no other cogent reason, no expedient will be left untried to defeat the Franchise Bill. Neither is the enmity of landlordism abated by the alternative which the Irish farmers, of every district, class and creed, concur in pointing out in lieu of a re suscitated corn law. Tenant-right, whether in the form of a comprehensive law of compensation for im provements, or as the legalisation of the custom hi therto prevailing under the sanction of pubic opinion lathe northern province of the kingdom—tenant-right is in the popul►r mind the natural alternative to pro tection. Experience has taught men that the latter secures nothing but impunity to the landlords. in the imposition of high rents, whereas they beheee, as we too believe, that the former eeould, if wite:y framed and impartially administered, practically se cure to every industrious tenant the reward of his labour. It is fast becoming the band of unirersal hope, fear, and resolution among a million-numbering people. In any phase and at any time, it would be a question of the gravest import. Bat arrayed, at by the folly of a blind and bigoted aristocracy it now is, against the lunatic scheme of a tax on imported food in ceder to raise rents—tenant-right assumes en aspect, the formidable consequences of disreganitag which cannot be over-estimated. _ . . If it were possible for Lord STANLEY to betas! the Houee of Peers into rejecting the present Fran:Mae Bill, a sign►l for servile war would then and there be given in Ireland, which the power of no executive government could countervail. The people would feel that from the fairness or equity of an imp,rial legislature they had nothing to expect. 'They have heard it too often said, that upon their own p.lwer of social agitation they can alone denend fur redre.s. They tried theexperiment on more than one measorah:e occasion, when the removal of aubetantial grievances was in question, and they were successful. Parliaments consisting of landlords yieldtd, not to reason but to necessity in 1829 and IS3$. einanci pasien and the Tithe Bill ; and a parliament composed of landlords will concede tenant-right whenever a. like unanimity of resolve shall animate the great bey of the nation. Friends as we are to tenant-right we should deplore the need of carrying it by such indigence. We deprecate all that tends to the humiliation of parliament. We wish to see the legislature act without coercion and with dignity. Therefore, would we cam* estly desire that so wanton ea unwarrantable act *bona so exasperate a brave though suffering portion of the people, as to lead them away from constitutional hope. and tura theca towards the words resource of couesi tutional fear. We look forward to the gradual send sate retirees of social grievances in Ireland, thro ugh the medium of an improved and extended po•,iuiar representation. But if the landed aristocracy aill getter that, then they must abide by the conseek,rene,,.. As for the people being much longer brAlied or b.tlkd, it is a dotard's dream. SAVINGS BANKS. (Flom th poi/y .yeoss.) New lr a t t h h e ere ader w er il tis l be ing ro po u r „ ton o d i a e t ta * t t h e is morning'. ro,.ntdmore, /:. h t usual interest. We refer to a se: of resolutions agreed to at a mettle g held at the St. Martin's-plies' Provident Institution to cocsider the Cuatiesttiot of the EXCIIEQUItIeeI bill relative to Savings Banks. We believe that these resolutions represent the opinions not only of the managers and officers of the St. Itiartiu'r-place Institution, but of dele gates representing the largest S aving. Banks in the kingdom. Numbers of gentlemen have come to London specially to consult upsn !hie subject. and the resolutions they have unanimously adopted. and which they sent up to the CIIANCHLLOR of the rt. 11l 'r' .t. er I:ie al et 1 .0 ;ID er , r .ui u .ig e 'oi 1 )( oc th )1 .1 it el tt • .1 .t .e *o •E oC ' I a a 0! ! I I the let, to ted arta, of Ine is, i xi V II I .e in f i t ir 0 .n 1 he .f Pe 1 ant pee hot mu and *a the the Of Pe fae thi up th, th, of be Sc tei tit if Be ad Ri UI ye ui W: ret 011 Cy 1 0. Of mi mi t 0 Ob