The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-14 00:00:00

SCO fen 31 RKI AG IL HOUSE OF LORDS, T VESDAT. MAT 13. nco; V. RERP, uTtiEftWISIC LAIXO. Mr. Wcfnettsti. was beard this morning on behalf of the appellant in repiy. lie felt h;roself under great dilfi culty, front the impression which lop feared had been matte on their Lordships' min'n by the evidence on the other side. He admitted that if their Lordships believed that roncutitas bad taken place between the parties, it, Wit no matter whether the promise of his client was a promise of marriage tic loo•reati or de fai aro. I f • cuba itation bad actually taken place, it uas unnecessary to false that point; but if cohabitation cpuld not be made, vet, then these marriage lines (as they were vulgarly called) must he only taken as a iromise to marry at some! future wriod. In his humble opinion cohabitation had not been trade oat.. Their Lordships, in considering the' -constant, Mr. Held, mast 'millet that lie was a man whose feelings and habits were not those of ordinary men, ! and they must not conclude against him front the same conduct as , they would against an ordinary man. It 'night be true that he had not behaved in the most he tearable way towards this girl--true that he had kept ter in a most romantic attitude while he was ',laying thel part of a lover towards lief —true that be had been tie-! striving her for years together; that kind of conduct was not new to he ft;itntl for the fast time in the catalogue of crime; he (Mr. Wetlieri.4l) was net defending him trout charge of this nature, but be Was defending him from the ceneltision that he bad committed certain acts: amounting I.n a matrimonial alliance with lire. In look ing over these numerous tenets, he could not help IO:- log the writer of them a kind of W metal NH er perhaps be should style Lr.o " a mental stainnanthulietett the sehject of amatory feelings ;" he surpassed all the love makers he had ever real of either is verse er prose haus the days of Sappho thatetiwa.rds. It was represent ed that titers bad been a universality of inter course between these parties, but 'lsere was rut positive evidence of the existence of anvt—except at the 'house of Mrs. Watson, in littinburgh. It was said that a ineeringtookylace in an eninlealtited house atitat bethink, on tine 4th of Nov. n here tltela.tfamiliarity was gr.nted; and sabseiptently it was stated ;fiat he walk! Satilitl visits to this girl at Mrs. liratune's, where they might retire to a bed in the laundry; and yet Rachel F.erester's evidence only went to prote that the inter cows. took place there once ; so that, although the for- Leese had sarnm keell in the lone house, although the be sieged bid )fielded to the besieger, the assailed to theae sat hint, and although he hail censtant opportunities, this rnmantiet ene'ic, prose-Ina:110:w ueoei afterwards retired with her but once. The Lotto CHANCICIAOL—You make mu this nsa4 lover, Mr. Wetherell, to be sore subrr than say other lover I ever heard of. Mr. WETIERELL.—I confess, my Lords, I feel myself quite in a different region ; f exist in a difereut awe :There, my lungs don't respire , my tongue cleaves to my meads, I cannot bring Ivy ideas tr tvittact aids tine r-ople's ileis ; and when I get out of this, I Shall 4e. Joke once more to breathe an ordinary atmosphere, and see myself surrounded he ordinary men. The learced Connrel proceeded to rid - it-ale tkeevidence of Forrester, which he contended would, if believed, go to prose his client to be of a different organic construction from other men. Another point in the condescendence related to the soppoied intereonrse which took place at tlillirs's house- Now it would seem that Mr. Reid's construelion hatth srental and corporeal, both sentimental awl for earthly purposmi, was in the inverse ratio of that of any other human lying, foe the more opportunity 'LIG/rated to him, the less intercourse did he teem to have had. By He Setters be appeared only to inpplicate her for a smilj, or a look—nay, he was contented with a look from her oet of the vcindow, although, if their Lordships believed the allegations or the other side, he bad already arrived at ultra familiarity, at the extreme limits of ul-ralism— at the very HercUles' Pillars of familiarity. la one of s letters lie talked of potting down apples is a place' e. where he might tee her at a distance," atthe very time when this telescopic lover might have slept with her all right; and in aucither he mentioned leasing letters for tier on a stone, although the gentlemen on the other side would have it that the patties were here roan etre, sole. . Tile i.3RD CIIANCELLOR.--iiet dill he not set ont with saying that lie would write nothing that would enrniwit hies. ?.Jr. WETHERELL felt the weight of that observaqun; bnt it was not often that a man could write 230 letters without teeming to commit himself. The Loan CUANCELLOIL—AniI he does accordingly let something slip out; he calls himself her husband one or take. Mr. Werueart.c.aAlmitted tl a , be did once. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that the appellant bad set out with the intention of imposing upon the re spondent. Mr. WElligaeLa confessed it would be impossible that I is cl i ent could obtain his freedom from this anatiinionial connexion, except at the price of having his rispecta ilility impugned in other respects. With respect to then letters, which sere certainly not the most elegantly u - ritten, nor such as be (Mr. Wetherell) would put it to his own precedent book. it was vey extraordinary that throne - bout the whole of them, warm and fervid as they were, and written daring a period of right years, not once was there the slightest allusion made to the de- Eel of pest lent lovers, lie would call that collection of letters a collection of romantic untruths. They remind ed bite of the Greek verse, the substance of which was, that arts were to he preferred to professions. This man, according to the evidence, during eight years' profes sions, bad acted only four times; and indeed he seemed to be a curious Med of hack-going lover, whose ad-' rances consisted of retrograde motions, and whose in creased taisiharities coasisted in being lees familiar. With respect to her letters, it was also a little strange, that during this Trojan siege of solicitation for eight or nine years, she had not once alluded to the nltiniste fa miliarity having taken place. The learned counsel then commented on some pas•axes in her letters, end con tended that it was impossible to take the single unsup ported evidence of Bliss Rachel Forrester against the stream of the letters. Their Lordships would bear in mind that this ease would be made • a, precedent of, al though no such lour for writing and speaking, and liot doing, as Mr. Reid. would ever again exist until his, maned were veriled is the person of some other indivi- Oral. It was impossible to believe that . be had ever been in bed with this girl. The LORD CHANCELLOR.-1 believe, then, you must go so far as to . say that he was never in bed with any itOcly, for be has said that " he never,speot such trans porting nights in his life." - - Mr. WEitmaitt.t, said that the case was most important, as involving genera principles of great consequences ; and it were better that this uelinqiient in the amatory pro vince should pass unwhipped of justice, than that the rules ofevidenceshould be violated.Lordlienyon,who was a man of sound discernment, although lie had been called " a 7• otak of the law," had held that the window-shutters of a room being closed wbile the parties were within was a proof of adultery; and it was a sound decision is that case: but the principle did not apply here; for what alight be proof of guilt in a delicate person of rank, :night be quite hanuless on the part of a servant-maid. As in the case, for instance, of a gentleman dra•ving oti . Lis coat and waistcoat and boots in the presence of a ebambermaid at anion .--- THE STATESMAN. The Lotto Cnaneetwa.—But suppose the chamber maid to bare an eagagement (rout that gewleman in her pocket, promisiagto bee faithful and affectionate hus band to her, and suppose her sittiog on his bed-side all nigh'? Mr. Wrraeact.t. said it was usual in the country to see swains with their.anos round girls' waists, and yet that was no proof that such girls bad lost their tidier ; althoneh the case wield be vet) , different with respect to a penulemon's dsoghter ?a such a s;tuation. After some further distil-adonis. the learned Counsel concluded by' urging that there was no proof of coacnbitsts, and that the promise was of a usuriage de fetrro. The LeSitD Cuiticauale was perfectly clear that the decision of the Consistorc Court of Scotland in this case, which had Lena confirmed by the Court of Session.ought to be affirmed by th , ir Lordships. Ile was ant afraid of establishing. a precedent, as it was a case never likely to happen again. Iris Lordship then read extracts from the summons tad from the letters, Wallow that the ap pellant, if be had no intention of cohabiting with her, could bare no oli'ect at all in all his warm attentions and pv•femieits towards her. Upon the whole of the case taken together, he should more their Lordships that the jodgestot be affirmed. bad that this tomes wife should bavelser fell costs so far as the standiog orders of the flume would allow. Upon tits lArasims whoa, the whole interlocutor• appralell from (swttaiaiog the calidi'y et the marriage) were atirtn,ll. with 400/. cwt.s NAVA L AND 3,III.ITAKY BIBLE SOCIETY. Yetter.iar the slanriverrary afeetiow of the Snci•ty for the ilktrihtiti sat of Bible. amongst Sailors and Soldiers, held at the liirtea Concert ROOMS, which were ex cecsively crow4eil, elhielly by Lail's, who *mitred to tike a t.trong is i■ the libitum' welfare cf the ob izct. of the society. Loni Vistwast LORTON took the lElie SECRETARY read tae repast, which represent. ed that the Scarier hal bees greatly cramped by,their want of a leinate toads; bet they. were determined to proceed iv, their 'rouse of making. all in the army ant racy, sold'ers 214 tailors etf Jesus Christ ; asd not to sheath the spiritual sword whilst owe remained who did not submit to flressored standard. The Institution bad neeire.l atioac aid from the Auxiliaries Societies in Ireland and Sonland, ald eaa from the Ladies Arcs. elation, at the head of which was the Duchess of Bean fort. Vie cicerisas of the Ladies io behalf of the solders and sailors had hereby far the most efficient and they had made the gcra - .st saimcriptious to the Society, [a pplans.). The sersety hal appointed an officer to travel teem eta lion test-sties r Bibles and Testaments to the soldiers; anti be hal distributed altogether nine thou sand copies of the Serietaura, and Lad succeeded in getting in retaru opwartia of one handfed poands. This anent had been eminently somas:fel in supplanting blas pbruions art seditious tract; which he feared had leen e•tt naively t - at:elated ansongd the soldiers. Notwith standing the endeavours which were made by persons to seda t e the s tidier; there was a strong deuce amongst P.m fur the Neripteres which desire was manrfested by the 3Cttlot Litt/Chile of them. Nothing could be better than t to ply a ad se:Nu the Scriptures at the cost price; for the chauce was, that the man who paid for them %runlet rciri anti twice them mare than if he Lad them for nrithina. The Report cancladed by an exhortation to the fi ietels of the Scriptures to come forward, and morel the soldiers front the eartent of iotidelity which was let loose tlirm. • Lord CALTuoara. is moving that the Report should he received, said them was peculiar propriety in the friends of Christianity coming forward to communicate the benefits of the Scriptures to the preservers of their country. They owed it to them io gratitude; but it be came an imperative duty when they Nand that those o lions efforts that were tooling iu every pelt of the eontitry, to sap the fonadaion of their faith, were also extended to the soldiers. Nothing could so well tend to humanize and make war leas savage as the Scriptures; by 'risking soldiers Christian warrior; and preparing them to endure, with fortitude and patience, the trial. awl hardships to which they were subject--{great ap plaesrj. Mr. Sri:weer %retested the motion, which was carried unanimously. Major NI AII'EWrI.L. of the lion. East India Company's scr a ice, said lie believed there was not now a more religion; and consequently a more herniae body of soldiers than those nho composed the body of the British army. lie had himself heard a testimony paid to their humanity by the French King. lie was present when that Monarch, after the battle of Waterloo, called arn•ut him the Commander ff and Stu of the Britis h t army. Wlteu he was surrounded by the soldiers, he addressed them in these words in English: —" Gentlemen, lam indebted to you for much. I speak not of your valour ; that f leave to history—but I speak of your humanity. I thank you for your humanity to my poor peo ple. I thank you as their father"(applause). Ile concluded by moving a Resolution of Thanks to the Royal and Noble Patrons ut toe invitation. Lord G t.st a lee addressed the Meeting at great length. The motion was carried uesuintously. The n... Dr. Clarke. Captain Dordoo, of the Royal Ne ws-, and Major Clearest Ord, spa:e warmly in farosr of the object ofthe Meeting. Captain IlLss . Nrv, of the Royal Navy, moved a Resolu tion in an able speech. Captain Goa nom. of the Royal Navy, addressed the Meet ing at great length, moving acknowledgments to other So cieties for their assistance. St weral other speeches were medeby Naval 021cers,when thanks were voted tothe Chairman ; and after a liberal sub scription had been made. the Meeting separated. PORT OF LONDON SOCIETY, FOR PROMOTING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AMONG SEAMEN. On Monday a numerous body of the friends of the above Institution assembled at the City of London Tavern, at twelve o'clock. The Right Hos. Admiral Lord Gauthier took the Lord Gambier, the Rev. Mr. Irving, the Rev. John Innis, the Rev. Edward Irving. of Scotland, the Rev. John Clay ton. the Rev. Dr. Andrews, Alderman Key, and Mr. R. 11. Martin, the Treasurer, severally addressed the Meeting. Af,er his Lordship left the assembly, Mr. Martin, the treasurer was c died to the Chair, and several dietiguished clergymen having addressed the Meeting, the company dis persed, having first left theptates well laden with its bounty• We learn from a correspondent that the number o psssengers from Clyde to Quebec, sip to this date, is one hundred and forty-four, silty of which went with the Itoscius yesterday morning, and forty by the Ann from Clasgow.—(Glasiorc Journa'.) (Jo Saturday last a most beautiful and curiously vein ed wedge of agate was found on the estate of Claremont, belonging to James Noires., Esq. by Mr. Ilean, when digging near the buttons of a steep h;n1: near the south side of his farm, a short distance front the spot where Archbishop Sharpe was murdered. It was discovered embedded in the clay or till, about three tiet below the surface, in • horizontal position. Immediately to the westward, there is a large whimstone fixed in theground —the memorial, probably, of some deed of Mood, or the monument of one whose memory it has survived. The wedge measures in length exactly twelve inches; from one and half to three inches in breadth, and from 1 4th to one inch in thickness. It possesses a very flue polish, and it is snyposed to have been an instrument of sacrifice used in barbarous ageo.-(Calodonian Mercury.) Coax Itscuasma.—Our supplies since Monday are short, except the arriVal of a few fresh Oats. Wheat continues rather higher in price, and we hare a ready sale of Flour, at 60.—Oats pelts fully as well as per h u g Monday. Beaus and Peas are rather dearer. S FATE OF IRELAND. The DUBLIN EVENING Pawl., in reference to a charge brought against it by a London Morning Paper, " that the array of horrors presented in his greatly heightened and overcharged," asserts, on Thursday last, the cautioh used in the selection of the facts alluded to, and thus proceeds:— We shall now, without any exaggeration whatever, re count the namher of Outrages perpetrated in the Sontli, since oar last mention of Limerick and Cork—omitting, altogether, the language in which those Outrages are described by the Journals of Cork, Limerick, and Clare. In Limerick, on Sunday night, two houses belonging to Mr. Westropp, one of them a large cottage, in the Barony of Henry, were burnt. On the return of the Police from the scene of the conflagration, they perceiv ed six fires in different directions. Two other houses in the same Barony were consuinciton Tuesday night.— Fifteen head of cattle were maimed on Sunday, mar Hospital. On Monday, Mr. B'ackhurn opened the Special Ses sion under the Insurrection Act, at Six-mile. Bridge, County of Clare, assisted by the Assistant Barrister, Major Warharton, the Chief Magistrate of Po:ice, and upwards of thirty Justices of the Peace. 'there were seventeen Cases for Trial—three were convicted and sentenced to transportation, one for being ab:ent ; one for having seditious papers in his possession ; and one fwr being found in a proclaimed district. The remain d rof the Cases lie over until the 2-it h iestant. 1 1 In Tipperary the out-offices of Major Blackburn, about two miles from this town, we re burned down on Sunday night and sev►ral lie-rd of cattle destroyed. Tee dwelling- Louse narrowly escaped the same fate. One of the Omerick papers sAys, that a new Orange ' Association is forming in that City. The E litor save he has one hundred and nineteen of the names in his poasessior. In Kilkenny there is mention made of one robber•. In Cork two houses in the Barony of Barr•tnore were burnt, and several rattle !laughed, on the estate of Colonel Gibbings.—Toe following is pin of a notice placarded about a mile and a half from Cork on the Dub lio-road `• Imo Pa Taros l! Rouse from your lethargy, em brace the standard of your Patriotic General, awl keep down that vile destructive cause of disturbance so little known among your Brethren in England ; take notice of year Patriotic Brethren in South America and Greece. shaking off (with success) the yoke of Tyranny, out also your object of destruction—which is several land lords—Bad Agents, Tythe Proctors and all descriptions of Informers—k these tremble ; Smith of Templemi ebael, and that hard hearted Middleman and running gale driver, M +din Ballyond in, who destroyed the Te nants of tha► place and Bsllathomas, on the estate of the worthy an lilnnl landlord Earl Middleton—forget not your neighbouring ranters Leonard and the Harris's who out-ranted the industrious wi.10.v." A Process Server was beaten to death at Cross Barry on die road to Motion. At the Special Sessions at Fermoy, on Saturday last, Serjeant Torrens made a most excellent Address to the Court and the Public. To the following extract, we so licit the particular attention of the British Public, as it will show, from unexceptionable authority, the mode in which village justice is too often administered by the vii. lage Magistrate. The thing itself is well known in Ire land ; but it would not at all times be sate to put it out unaccompanied by a high name. " The Learned Serjr ant next adverted to, and dwelt noon, with great earnestness, the utility an I advatitage of establishing Petty Sessions, which be expressed great satisfection at teaming hal been instituted in that Dis trict for some time. 'The effect of these Sessions was to prevent the same case from being heard by elitreretit Ala gistrates, and thus the system of cross infortna dons, than whirl, there could not he a more pernicious system. could not exist. By inducing the People to apply t> an Ohio. Maaist rate, you increase their expenses,and excite a host of vindictive passions. Magistrstes ought to discoun tenance such a practice. H's was not prepared to say, that such a practice existed in this county ; but if he did, the Magistrate who encouraged it hail Rio right to have the honour of holding the Commission of the Peace Ile repeated that he did not wean to say it was practi sed in this County. [Mr. Halm who stood near him, said "it cer taint, teas.") " He (Sergeant Tonasse) was sorry to hear it from such respectable authority ; but he hoped it would not heatlowed to continue longer. When nese Courts were es tablislied, no Magistrate should het on his own re sponsibility. By a strict ohser.ance of these regula tions, in his opinion, more would be done than if he (Sergeant Torrens) sat there every day for a year. It would lay the seeds of regeneration, which the Masi, trates, during their lives, and their posterity, after, would feel the benefit of. Of the practice of suspect ling the authority of one Magistrate, and rendering it inopera tive by the act of another, he wished to mater a few re marks. [General Bary said—''Teat practice is a dread ful nuisance.] Sergeant Torrens agreed With him, that it must, if practised, have been, indeed, a dreadful nui sance; but he coal.' not conceive what advantages the country people expected by going before another Magis trate; lie could not contemplate that they should re ceive favour. If such an opinion as that bad gone abroad, he should not wonder if the whole country from one end to the other, was in a flame. He could con template nothing like favour; the administration of ' us. tire ought to be as pure as the spring that bursts from the riven rock. If he believed that any Magistrate had administered the laws in such a way as to leave a reason able suspicion that he had acted partially and unjustly, he (Sergeant Torren+) would be anxious to discover him, and would lose no time in representing to the Lord Lieutenant and the tiovertnuent; that such a person, ought not to he continued in the Commission of the Peace, and that the public interest required his dis wheel." Adverting to the practice of giviug Passes, be antler stood that " they had become a matter of transfer, and were actually purchased for money! Such a state of things should not be allowed to continue. In the coun ty of Limerick he had inquired into the nature of passes, and had found that some of the most d sneerous persons in the community, were in possession of them. It was not the lowest crass of the ignorant Peasantry that ought to be guarded against, but the designing man who travels through the Country, forming Com . ittees and organising the system of atrocities. If time circum stance he had before adverted to relative to the bale of Passes had really taken place. [Several Magistrates called out' It has un q uestionably.'} Ile [Serjeaut To r rens] regretted to hear it; lie hoped, however, that such a system would not continue, and he called on the Magistrates to apply themselves with devoted zeal to wipe away the disgrace that had fallen on our unhappy country. • A young unmarrie,d rowan, from ilonslet, who had been at Neu castle to chum a settlement. but was reject ed, because she was not removed under the authority of a Magistrate's order, was found last Monday in the fore noon, by a gentleman of this town, in a state of labour by the road side, on the York road. 111,ved by her si tuation, he descended from his gig, in which he pl wed the unfortunate traveller, and ordered his servant to drive hot. to Seacruf', where they found her a lodging and o midwife; and in less thin half an hour she was deliver ed of a tine girl, to th,: joy of the parish officer, who came, on the follouing day, to ask of the Samaritan what be was; to do with the new parishioner ?—ln answer to which inquiry he was told, that he must, by all weans, take good care of it. (Leeds Mercury.) } MR. VAUX'S WORK UN RELATIVE TAXATION. A Work entitled " Relative Taxation," has recently appeared from the pen of Mr. Thomas Vault. and will la found highly interesting to the Political Economist. It is clearly and ably written; and the degrees in which the various descriptions of soil are affected by taxes on raw commodity are plainly pointed out. As a remedy for the evils of the present system, %lr. Vaux is desirous for the repeal of the existiv taxes on raw Commodity ; and particularly, (ansodg• other.) those or f Malt, Hops, Beer, Leather and Camlles, and the sahsti• tution of a prryerty tax in their room, as a measure which would lighten the burden of taairtion to that class on which it presses so heavily, and would thus. divide that burden more rainally among all classes of sucie-y. There are many by whom this work will be read with much satisfaction; and even those who are far front agreeing with Mr. Vaux in all the propositions he ad vances, a ill derive much inform itioa front hie practical agricultural knowledge, and will not fail to admire the zeal and simplicity with which he advocates the came of the labourer and small proprietor. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TugsDAT. The Quorum 111,tiri straws' Bill, and the Union Duties' Bill were read a seem! time. MARRIAGES. The Archbishop of CAN nett Ito; RY presented a Be pert from the Coomoiree, who hid been appointed to consider the several tails relating to marriages; which was read by the clerk. I t set forth that the Committee had fnlly considered the cliff-rent Acti that had been paseed for the regulation of marriages ; that they were fully sen;:ble of the inconvenicnces attending toe Act which It'd been passed last year on the subject; that they deemed it expedient to propose a form of marriage' of a simpler nature than whit was ordained by that Act ; and therefore recommended that in the new Bill that was to be offered to the Muse, most all the new provisions in respect to forms and oaths which were con tained iu the Bill of last year, should be omitted , and that the areess to lintrittgeS silo:Hit be facilitated by wore easy modes. With respect to marriages by banns, the Committee did not - conceive that any alteration from the old and long established usage was neceestry ; but in eoneeipience of the numbers of priva'e chapels in t hick marriages were performed, they thought it necessary that certain powers should be given to Bishops to au thorize the publications of banns, and notify the fu: ms to be observed in the graetitig of licenses. They recom• mended that there shook be no alteration in the mode of peblishing banns, so as to cause en increase of ex. • pease to the patties. They proposed that a provision should be made agaitiq the improvident granting of li censes. The Cot 1111 l ittee was .''ally impressed with the rights of parental controut over marriages contracted by persons under age; and with that impression they conceived it highly expedient that marriages entered into by minors eithout the consent of parrots and gee:- diens should be liable to be ten lered null and void. They therefore wished to provide a moderate security for the maintenanee of those rieitts ; and accordingly Recopied that marriage.; so contracted should be void able, provided the suit for setting aside the same was prosecuted within& twelve months :vier the eolestnizatioa of the marriage. It was also intended to provide, that any persons guilty of ta!fing a false oath, should forfeit all right to prnperty accruing from the marriage, for the contracting of which the oath shell have been taker. The Committee had taken into consideration the mar riages of Minoan Catholics, and did not deem it expe dient to propose any provi,ions respecting them. The Report was ordered to be laid on the table. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said lie did not rise for the purpose of pruvuking any discussion on the Report which was then presented to. their Lordships, but merely to absolve It ' self frolo the suspicion of his haviug given his concurrence to that pert of it, which recommended that marriages contracted by minors might he rendered null and void within a certain titne. His principle was. that no marriage alter having been once solemnized, should be annulled, whether the patties were of age er not ; and that principle was recognized list year by the e L irdships. The intended provision was nugatory, - cause arty marriage might be legalized by the public... lion of banns ; but he wished to call their Lordship s serious attetif on to ti consequences, that must he tt e result of a departure irons the principle they lied already admitted. It would enable any unprincipled young nun to possess himself of the person of a female, under an ex pectation that his marriage with her mast lie annulled, and expose such female for ever to disgrace and ruin. it would, in .act. leaf to every kind of immorality. lie should take amither opportunity.of stating his objections at let-wit to this provision in the new Bin when it came regularly before the House. But so ranch he thought it neerssary to say in this early stage ; and he entreated their leirdsiiips to bear in fiend tine evil cimeequence whielilie now pointed out. Ile thought it right, there fore, to give Duties that he should oppose the return pro gress of the new Bill if it contained this clause. The ARCHBISHOP of CAN Th:1111elti presented the New Marriage Bill, oilfich was read a brat time. His (irate then said lie should fix a convenient day for the second reading after the holycleys. The Earl of SHAF rt.:Sat:BA - presented a petition from Samuel Thornton, Esq., Governor of the Russian Company, stating that doubts had arisen as to the validity of marriages contracted by Bri:isli subjects in Ituesia, and priyine that provision might he made to render the saute valid. Lord STOWELL addressed the House, but in so low a tone of voice that it was almost impossible for any one to hear him below the bar. We mi lerstood tiim, hoe. ever, to have expressed his surprise that any one could question the venality of the marriages adverted to in tee petition, because such marriages were as valid as any cotrrected in thi' country, and bad been so held by tee Courts in England.. . . The petitioi was laid on the table. and the House al journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY. At four o'clock the SPEAKN.K tt;;Ci.;;;...hair, and' finding oily twenty-four Members present adjourm , l the House till to-morrow (this day.) "AIINORITY ON LORD ALTRORP% MOTION FuR INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF IRELAND, PREVIOUS TO TUE LNTRODUVIIuS OF THE INSI RRECTION ACT.-lIAY Hon. J. Aberernmby, J. 11. Allen, Sir T. !raring,. Vise. Barnard, S. M. Barrett, W. W. Becher. Hun. H. G. Ben net, Lord W. lientinek, B. Ileuyan„ti. flyng, John Carter, lion. 11. Caultield, H. Cavendish, H. Chalouer, Vise. Clif ton, N. It. Colborne, 'F. Creevey, T. Davies, W. J. B.mi son, 'l'. Denman, Vise. Dancannon, &litre, Sir H. Fel , - caisson, J. 11. Foley, Vise. Folkestone, Vise. Glenorehy. J. Grattan, P. Gren fell, J. W. Griffith, It. Gordon, W. h.- almond, S'r W. Heron, Lord A. Hill, J. C. llobhouae. F. Ilornhv. J. Home, Hon. C. ti. Hutchinson, W. Jew.. I'. P. Jervoise, W. A. Johnson, J. F. Kennedy. Kulalit. lion. G. Lamb, J. H. Lamont, It. Latouelie, R. L e yeegter, W. Leader, J. Moberly, W. L. 31aberly, J. Xlartin, 11. '*l liana, J. tt . Maxwell, Vise. Aliiton, J. B. Mond:, P. 1 1 00 M Sir J. Newport, Vise. Normaiiby, J. O'C“llazhan, W. fled. Lord F. Osborne, C. Palmer, C. F. Palmer, Sir H. lion. C. A. Pelhain, G. Poiliits, G. H. Pailips, jun. It. Prier, W. S. Poyritz, J. C. amusilea ' D. Ricardr , . u. Roberta, Sir G. Itabart , , Lord J. Russell, A. Roberti...is J. Scott, J. Smith, W. Smith, T. Smith, Ilan. E. Sill.ir!• S. C. Whitbread, Col. White, John William', M. Wa..l„ Tal.t.n2s.— Viscount Althorp ; T. S. Rice. Cei 9 rr arc the of tl of t mei it , Mori