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Snt,—The Committee of the Marriage Lau Reform As sociation are desirous of again submitting to rubiio attention the following greatly abridged Statement of Facts and Opi nions, tending to show the Scriptural lawfulness of mar riage with a deceased wife's sister, and the consequent necessity for its legalisation in Great Britain and all its colonies, in accordance with the practice of other Christian nations. Representing the tens of thousands who are affected by the existing law, and encouraged by extended and influen tial support, they pledge themselves to increased and per severing exertions to obtain for all marriages with a de ceased wife's sister that validity which, with the unanimous consent of the Bench of Bishops, was accorded to all those celebrated before the 31st of August, 1835. Every da y 's observation yields fresh proof of the fre quency of these marriages, of their happy:results to mother lf,ss children, and of the favourable estimation in which they are held by society, and the committee feel increas ingly confident that, as the result of patient effort and tem perate discussion, the law of the lan . d on this important point will. at no distant period, be brought into conformity to the law of God. CORFU, FEB. 26. t , The Royal yacht 06borne arrived here on Sun day morning with his Reyal 'Highness the Prince of Wales, and cast anchor at half-past 11 o'clock in front of the Government Palace. His Roy al High ness, who is observing the strictest incognito, came on shore almost immediately afterwards, accom panied by the Lord High Commissioner, Major-Gen. the Hon. R. Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel lieppel, and Teesdale, his Equerries, and after alighting at the Palace for a short, time proceeded in a carriage to the beautiful pass of Gorunna, which is distant some eight miles from the town of Corfu, near the Santa Decca mountain, and commands an extensive panoramic view of the. whole island. His Royal Highness, as well as all his suite, was in plain clothes, and all public displays of loyalty, such as salutes and guards of honour, were dispensed with, and the assembled crowd of Corfiote Sunday loun gers who had collected on the esplanade were eon sequently disappointed in their expectations of a Royal pageant. On his return the Prince. attended Divine service at the garrison chapel in the citadel, after which he took a walk, as almost every inhabi tant of Corfu, whether British or lonian, does on Sunday, to the one-gun battery, and in the even ing he honoured the Lord High Commissioner with his company at dinner. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,. MARCH 8, 1862, ,N°. 21,744. Ad. STAMPED ....sd. r i lcommic,LlYE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, _LA 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 7th March, 1862. This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL COURT will be held at the Society's house, No. 6, New Bride-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of March, at Two o'clock precisely, to receive the Auditors' Re port, of the receipts and disbursements of the Society during the year 1861, and to elect Auditors for the present year. By order of the Board of Directors, . . • ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. U BLICATIONS. men at headquarters, numbering 1,300 of all ranks, were assembled in front of their respective quar ters shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon in heavy marching order. Each man was provided with 10 rounds of blank cartridge, and the flank companies 15 rounds each man, for skirmishing. The battalion, which was under the command of Col. T. C. C. Moore, Acting-Commandant, then, marched to the Great Lines, and was drawn up in review order. Four hundred of the recruits and undisciplined men were detached to keep the ground, After inspecting the line Major-General Stransham took up his position at the saluting-flag, when the division broke into companies and marched past in slow and quick time with the greatest steadiness and regularity. The battalion was subsequently put through an extended course of light infantry and other movements incidental to a field-day, all of which were accomplished in the most admirable manner, notwithstanding that the high wind which swept over the Lines occa sionally prevented anything like the orders of the officers being heard by the men. The battalion re turned to quarters at five o'clock, after the men had been under arms four hours. Now ready, illustrated by John Gilbert, 58., bound, ADELE. By JULIA KAVANAGTI . Author of " Natlialie," " French Women of Letters," &c. ; forming the New Volume of !FURS I.' AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY OF CIIEA t' EDITIONS. `!.` Adele the best work we have read by Miss Kava nagh. It is a, charming story, the interest kindled in the first chapSerrlihins brightly to the close."—Athenwum. Hurfit and Blackett,.l3, Great Marlborough-street. of of 'he Ine With regard to the number of such marriages, they would particularly call attention to th e f ac t relating to the u n ited parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster. I am. S:r, your obedient servant, JOSEPH STANSBURY, M.A., Hon. Sec. 21, Parliament-street, March 8, 1862. FREEHOLD. - DEVONSIIIRE-STREET, QUEEN SQUARE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of Lambe v. Orton, with the approbation of the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attached, in One Lot, on TUESDAY, the 11th day of arav, 18G2, at One o'clock in the afternoon, at Garraway's Clark. A FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, No. 41, Devon alley, Cornhill, by Messrs. Price and the oc:upation of Mrs. Smith. at an annual rent of £52 10s. Devon shire-street, Queen-square, e :2u e e h en a :l e u - are, In the county of Middlesex, in May be viewed by permtssion of the tenant. Particulars and conditions of sale to be had, gratis, of Mr. Humphrey Gulls Hill, solicitor, 17, Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury ; Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's inn-fields ; the Wheatsheaf Tavern, Hand-court, Holborn ; at Garraway's ; and the Auctioneer's. Dated Feb. 26, 1862. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. THE ART-WORLD of THIS D AY , p r i ce Fivepence, stamped Sixpence, contains The New Copy right in Works of Art Bill—The Fine Art Department at the International Exhibition and the Royal Academy—The Albert Testimonial- State and Prospects of the School of Art—Sky Blotches of London—Newton's Ilalicarnassus— Music—Theatrcs—Photography, r7P A P t 4 :2 rSNI With 13 Illustrations. Published by S. H. Lindley, 19, Catherine-street, Strand ; Kent and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; and all Booksellers and Newsvendors. mans rr rtmrr: nisas 1 11 , 35 yvvauca itadtcbij arils oi) hr p q avriCriXov enroicaltiAkat rqv acrxrip.otriumv airrris ctimi trt CWo-qs " Neither shalt thou take a woman to her sister to vex her —beside the other, in her lifetime."—Lev. xviii., 18. FACTS. Fact 1. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister is nowhere prohibited, whether expressly or impliedly, either in the Old or New Testament. Fact 2. Marriage with a u ife's sister is expressly legislated for in Leviticus xviii. 18, and there the prohibition is strictly limited to the lifetime of the wife. Fact 3. The Jews, to whom, in their own language, the sacred oracles were given, have always understood this rnar. I lage to be impliedly permitted in Leviticus xviii., 18, and Bet a Special mark of approbation on such unions by allow ing them to take place, when there were young children within a shorter interval after the death of the wife than in ordinary cases, Fact 4. This marriage was never prohibited by the laws ef any country in the world before the fourth oeututy of the Christian era. Fact 5. None of the Six General Councils, hell between A.D. 325 and A.D. 680, c o ndemned this marriage. Fact 6. D ur i ng the first 500 years of the Christian era this marriage was condemned by only one provincial coun cil, that of Eliberis, in Spain, composed of 19 bishops. This council also forbade tapers to be lighted in cemeteries in the daytime, that the spirits of the saints might not be disturbed, and required bishops, priests, and deacons to live apart from their wives. Fact 7. The Church of England nowhere claims autho rity to prohibit any marriage net contrary to Holy Scrip ture. __ _ THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monet;ry difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Gbiernments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions, are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." The weather, which has been unusually rainy for the last fortnight, somewhat mended on Monday, and although we had no sunshine, and the usu ally blue sky was overhung with clouds, it rained but little. The beauties of this island, however, require an accompaniment of sunshine to bring out their peculiarities, as without the assistance of a southern glow the . delicate tints which aro-the pe culiar characteristics of scenery here, and render the close of day so beautiful, do not come out. At sunset, and for half an hour afterwards (for Short._4in these latitedes), the .heights are colonrid Witli purple and violet hues ; and the mountains of snowy Albania, which stretch in a bold line along the blue channel which separates them from the island of Corfu, stand out in clear relief, their snow-capped points tinged first with. brilliant pink, and then gradually, as the shades of evening descend, with purple and violet tints. It is to be regretted that his Royal Highness has not had the opportunity of seeing this beautiful island in fine weather. The Corfu of cloudy weather is not the Corfu of sunshine. v of ing 'our doh _ . 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" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book. and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhaea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, end thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Cireular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. eas, tain the ices )ted Ined ff to but :e of ,ion, Dner tate, dent al in wise iving , the ;, but igher, d oat- wheat, ening: ere all n sold s, and Thos' , Ee4•9 eorge- ,park, sew • wrise, Vans , UNa , 0 .112, aitY Of ding sting ,vern to 360 to 26s to 485 up. down• up. dovil. :—Red 71ey 1i tnd the supply !s Were large, to SLI to 60 • atone• e 3t ,ay, at intend ktnoniC lindero ET steep ..`'''.°'..°..____---' ;q uitrep ; , harleo L lur. ?, 'sir° Peg af ga te ,oflit 1, pad. Stone' ughter fact 8. The Roman Catholic Church does not regard this marriage as forbidden in Scripture. ' Fact 9. The Greek Church allows such marriages to those not of her communion. Fact 10. Protestant Dissenters regard the prohibition of • this marriage as unscriptural and inexpedient, the Depu ties of the Three Denominations having repeatedly peti tioned Parliament for its removal. Fact 11. The laws of England, Ireland, and Scotland declare all marriages lawful which are not prohibited by God's law. Fact 12. The canons, articles, and formularies of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the confession of faith of the Scotch Church, admit the lawfulness of all marriages not forbidden in Holy Scripture. Fact: 13. This marriage may be lawfully celebrated in every country in the world, except our own. Fact 14. This marriage is lawful in Lower Canada and in all British colonies established before 1835. Fact 15. This marriage was practically permitted in this b eing before 1835, its absolute prohibition in England oeing a recent innovation, dating only from that year. , Pact 16. No complaint was made of the operation of the "l'iv as it stood before 183.5. Neither in this nor in any other country has it been shown that the permission of this m arriage has been attended with injurious consequences. Fact 17. The Act of 1835 was an unjustifiable compro mise, the majority of the House of Commons reluctantly deceased to the future prohibition of marriage with a "eceased wife's sister, as the means of procuring the legalisa tion of all past marriages of the kind. Fact 18. The Bench of Bishops on that occasion con kilted to legalise marriages with a deceased wife's sister, Previously celebrated—a measure to which it was impossible t heY should have assented had they believed the maniage contrary to the Word of God. Fact 19. The Royal Commissioners on the Law of Mar r'age declare that the Act of 1835 has not secured the re spect or obedience of society. Fact 20. Thousands of such marriages have been con tracted ; they are found in every town and neighbourhood in the kingdom. Fact 21. Seventy-four cases of such marriages have been discovered in the united parishes of St, Margaret and St. John, Westminster. Fact 22. Society, almost without exception, regards per- Bons so united as scripturally married, and worthy of re spect, and in so doing condemns the law which declares their marriage void. Fact 23. More than 400 clergymen of the Church of England in and around London, besides numerous others in all parts of the kingdom, have petitioned for the removal of the existing prohibition. Fact 24. Twenty-three Spiritual Peers, including two Archbishops, have declared it to b e th e i r o pinion that there is no scriptural prohibition of these marriages. Fact 25. Eleven Deeme r and more than 360 other clergy toeriof the Established Church in Ireland, have expressed a decided opinion that this marriage is not prohibited in Scripture. Fact 26. Petitions having 1,119,392 signatures have been presented for the repeal of the present restriction. Fact 27. The House of Commons, in 32 divisions, have voted for repealing the existing law. Fact 28. Property left to a wife's sister pays a legacy duty of 10 per cent., as to a " stranger in blood. ' OPINIONS. "Had the intentions of the Law-Giver been to prohibit the marriage of a wife's sister altogether, even human wis dom would never have taken a coarse so sure to defeat its purpose, as to lay down a rule forbidding it solely in one par"titular case."—A rc h deacon Hare ' s Charge. I will undertake to say that in no part of the civilised world is there to be found a more moral and intelligent peo ple, especially in regard to the intercourse of the sexes, than are the people of the State of Massachusetts; and yet, ray lords, in that State the marriages which the noble lord Reeks to legalise are consistent with the law. They are not Only legal, but they are of constant occurrence."—Speech of Lord Lyndhurst. "It seems to be established and admitted that the moral feelin g o f the community at large is not with this law—that the law, in fact, is not obeyed, and that a great number of perso ns not cot sidering themselves to commit any moral cffenee do contract marriages which the law prohibits. That is not a state of things which ought to exist ; and not being of opinion that there is any moral objection to the c ontracting of these marriages, and believing that the law as it stands is the cause of a great deal of misery and social "11, especially among the middle and lower classee of the c ommunity, I shall with great pleasure give my vote for the Mo tion."—Speech of Lord Palmerston. " I must say that I have satisfied myself that there is not a llY religious prohibition of these marriages. I think where Persons feel that they can without scruple contract them t hp' should be allowed to do so."—Speech of Earl Russell. , The arguments attempted to be drawn from Scripture by the opp onen t s o f t h e measure were argumen t s by infe rence ; and, considering the conflict of opinion among emi nent divines of thi s a nd other Ch r i s tia n communities, and that at best arguments by inference were of a very doubtful character, he thought they might very well leave the reso lution of the doubt to the conscience of each individual. 1 3 . 111 ', believing, as he did, that Scripture, so far from prohi iting, sanctioned these marriages, it was a grievance of which the people might justly complain, that the law of the land w as out of harmony with the revealed will of n ' re < l ."—Speech of the Bishop of Ripon. " We consider that the feelng against these marriages 18 in s great measure founded rather on a vague and unin formed assumption that they are prohibited by God's Word than on a mature examination either of the Scriptures or the law of the Church. We do not find that the persons who contract these marriages and the relations and friends who approve them, have a less strong sense than others of religious and moral obligation, or are marked by laxity of conduct. These marriages will take place when a concur rence of circumstances gives rise to mutual attachment; they are not dependent on legislation."—Report of Royal Commissioners, sig ne d b y th e Bi s hop of Lichfield, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Dr. Lushingion Mr. Blake, Mr. Justice Williams, and Lord Advocate Rutherfurd. "It is remarkable that while there is an express injunc tion against the marriage of a man with his brother's widow ' there is no suc h prohibi ion against his marriage with his deceased wife's sister. In verse 18 the prohibition 1.4 only against marrying the wife's sister during the life time of th e fi rs t wife, wich of itself implies the liberty to marry the sister after her death."—Rev. Dr. Chalmers. " I cannot bring myself to believe that the Divine law pr hibits a man from marriage with a deceased wife's aister."—Dr. Musgrave, late Arehbishop of York. " lie should say that such marriages as the Bill was in tended to legalise were not prohibited, but were tacitly per mitted by the words of the chapter which had been so often quoted. Ile protested against the opinions expressed by those who contend e d th a t t h ere existe any Divine prohi bition."—bishop of St. David' s Chaffin, that hath married twoSPeech (1851). from your Grace and m e , hangeh ai stil s l t b e e rg fOr u e p t o h n e h d i e s le a ga pp te eal s, and, as much as I can perce_isz,ou is not they w ou ld d ecree itnot likely to take any great hurt at their hands. were lawful to marry two sisters, so should the rn world be out of doubt, as now it is passed away in a Bishop Jewel, in a letter to Archbishop Par ° lr c er erY cl ' a . t ' e — d June, 1563. From the original, in the Archiepiscopal Palace, Lambeth. ( Phis opinion of Bishop Jewel was given two years after the adverse opinion so often quoted. This Court of Delegates, which would not condemn Chafin, was the great Court of Appeal h sin ualarlleaeatencdlesTiaesmaatgispcaoawi appointed by the Icing unders Spiritual Seal. It was fres euently filled with Lords pin ecclesiastical I t : atta:ne:Bf always with Judges of the Courts at Westminster and Doc tors of the Civil Law.) " The Scriptures should be therule mi faith, and, as I can find nothing that i f ta l t i e f s e o osition that in_ such maeriages, I feel bound to oppose . any terferes with the liberty of the subjee o ,t f ' s ' 13 :R D p e a v id S , i s r . Erasmus Williams, Bart., M.A. Chancellor " The prohibition oetaking two sisters was meant for the lifetime only."--Milton. within s the • WV ed degrees' ? In a . " Is the marria b 're of a widower with histllaftreawnkifnee'ssssiastnedr pro io honesty I am ob ed tci neithe r b g "et implication. Canonical y express veto, nor , by austerity is not to be identified 14 -1 answer—No. It is interdicted of Biblical menial fidelity."—Rev. Dr. Eadie, Professor s fiend. Literature to the United Presbyterian C:.`ttrt.h. th moral purity o shows or , matris ripture d " It appears to me, therefore, that first, as 57,." that there is nothing immoral in such a connee secondly, as it is obvious that much evil would be pro .. -41. = I t t s _ny , poor children saved from misery and ruin, by havi.7's wouldat person over them who, in a majority of instances, be the next best substitute for a mother, my own mind 's led to believe that the law of man ought to tally in this l '''sPret with the law of Ged."—Rev. Canon Charnpneys." " Eut has it never occurred to you, my dear Wynn, that thi s law is an abominable relic of ecclesiastical tyranny? Of all secon d marriages I have no hesitat i on i n saying that these are the most suitable, and likely to be the most fro g-111W)if tho law did not sometimes prevont Omn i It is quite monstrous, judges and lawyers speaking as they have done of late upon this subject."—Robert Southey. "People in general do not consider such marriages im proper. They cannot be proeed to be improper by Scrip ture. The question is therefore one of expediency, and my experience as a parochial minister induces me to think the Measure expedient. On these grounds, if ever a Convoca tion be called, and I be elected one of the proctors, I shall move for an alte ra ti o n in this regard in the table okindred and affinity. Until this he the ease, I shall be glad to see such marriages legalised by the civil rite."—Rev. Dr. Hook, Dean of Chichester. "Were the prohibitions founded on Scripture, we ought, at whatever sacrifice, to obey God rather than man ; but I cannot see the expediency of a law which, having no such sanction, is observed only by the scrupulous, evaded by the wealthy, and defied or disregarded by the poor."—Rev. Canon Dale. "It is not only not considered as prohibited, but it is dis tinctly understood to be permitted ; and on this point nei ther the Divine law, nor the Rabbis, nor historical Judaism, leaves room for the least doubt. 1 can only reiterate my former assertions that all sophistry must split on the clear and unequivocal words, Lev. xviii. 18, in her lifetime.' " EVidence of Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in England. "He asked them to reflect that the parting request of many a dying wife was that the man should marry her sister, which was the best testimony to the feeling of woman in this matter. Such marriages were not repugnant to nature nor to Scripture ; and if they did but look calmly at these facts, sure he was that the day was not far distant when the obnoxious law would be repealed."—Speech of the Rev. J. C. Miller, D.D. "As no clear and strong case has been made out of im portant advantage to the public from such restriction, I take my stand on the broad general principle that every restric tion is an evil in itself—the burden of proof lying upon the advocates of any restriction to show its necessity." . . . " You aro at liberty to refer to me as approving of the aboli tion of the restriction on marriage to which you allude."— Archbishop Whatley, in a letter to Q. A. Crowder, Esq. "I admit that a marriage with ti wife's sister is not for bidden in Leviticus."—Bishon of London (Dr. Kay). " Such marriages. I apprehend, e nearly as frequent as the circumstances which usually give rise to them. I have not known any social disadvantages attending them."— Bishop M'llvain, Ohio, United States. "Nothing is more common in almost all the States of America than second marriages of this sort ; and, so far from being doubtful as to their moral tendency, they are among us deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my whole life I never the slightest suggestion against them, founded on moral or domestic considerations."—Chief Jus tice Story, United States. "Whence, I pray you, is this rigour of man against man, which God has not required ? Who has given to men this power (of annulling or prohibiting marriage) ? Be it that they were holy men, and influenced by pious zeal ; why should another's zeal infringe my liberty ? Let any one be as zealous and as holy as he will, so that he does not injure his neighbour, or rob him of his liberty. Let them arm themselves with the Divine law, and say, 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.' The union to husband and wife is of Divine right, which is binding, how ever contrary it may be to human laws, and the laws of men ought to yield to it without reserve. For if a man leaves father and mother to cleave to his wife, how much rather shall he trample under foot the contemptible and unjust laws of men, and cleave to his wife ? And Pope, Bishop, or officer, if he dissolve any marriage contracted in opposition to merely human law, is Antichrist, a violator of nature, a traitor against the Divine Majesty; for that sentence still stands, ' What God lath joined lot no man put asunder.' Perish, therefore, those cursed traditions of men, which have been brought in only to multiply dangers, offences, and miseries in the Church."—Luther. " However inexpedient such marriages may be in certain cases, I have been unable to discover their unscriptural character. With these views I willingly subscribe the opinion already given on the subject by my respected Me tropolitan, the Archbishop of Dublin."—The Bishop of Limerick. "As it is now admitted by the ripest scholars and most accurate critics that there is not the slightest prohibition in the Scriptures against the marriage with a deceased wife's sister, I consider the legal restriction to be both unjust and most injurious, producing the deepest social evils."—The Bishop of Down and Connor. " I believe such marriages as you wish to make lawful are already lawful, according to the letter and spirit of Holy Scripture, and I hope the civil and ecclesiastical law will speedily be made conformable to the Divine."—Dr. Close, Dean of Carlisle. " You are understood to state that you are of opinion that so far as the interpretation of Scripture goes, either in the Mosaic or Christian dispensation, there is nothing repug • nant to those marriages?"—" There is nothing repugnant in my opinion."—Evidence of Rev. R. C. Jenkins, M.A. " The petition was probably entrusted to me in conse quence of my having declared without hesitation that the marriage of a sister of a deceased wife was not prohibited by the Levitical law."—The late Dr. Copleston, Bishop of Landaff. " I shall only add that all persons who voted for the Act of Parliament which legalised such marriages of that de scription as had taken place—nay, all who had an oppor tunity of opposing that act, and did not oppose it, must be regarded as subscribing to the declaration that these mar riages were not in opposition to the Word of God."—The late Bishop of Meath. "Without pursuing the subject further, I shall give it as my opinion that the marriage in question is not against either nature or the law of God."—Rev. I'. Binney. "Are marriages of this description considered in Ger many to be at at all `contra bones, mores ?"—" Nof at all. So far from their being considered `contra bonos mores,' the feeling of the people of Germany is undoubtedly in favour of such marriages."—Evidence of A. Bach, Esq. " Socially speaking, if a case was made out that morality would be endangered by the Bill, that would be a reason for rejecting it; but he had not heard it established that such danger could arise. Marriage being a civil rite, they were bound t 3 make that civil rite co-extensive with the feelings of the country. He had therefore come to the conclusion that it was his duty to support the second reading of the Bill."—Speech of the late Lord Herbert. "He was entitled to say that the evils anticipated from permitting these marriages here had not manifested them selves in those countries; for if they had, the law which had authorised them would not have been suffered to con tinue for 12 menthe—Speech of Lord Chief Justice Cock burn. "He had before stated his belief that if the matter came to be investigated before the courts, it would turn out that the marriage contemplated in this Bill was in Scotland a lawful marriage ; and he had good reason for saying that that was the opinion of an hon. baronet than whom no per son ever stood higher in the Church of Scotland—Sir H. Moncrieff. For himself, having come to the deliberate opinion that the marriage in question was not forbidden by the law of Leviticus, he came also to the opinion that the connection was not a crime, and that the marriage was effectual for civil purposes."—Speech of the Lord Adv ocate of Scotland (Rutherfurd.) " I express my conviction that Scripture says not one word against marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Surely it is not a crime, and, if it be not, the law that constitutes it so must be, for the worst of all crimes is an evil and un just law."—Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, Dundee. " The prohibition of such marriages is, in my judgment, sanctioned neither by Scripture, nor by physiology, nor by expediency."—Rev H. Renton, Kelso, Scotland. " If this marriage be lawful in the sight of God, then I go upon the broad ground that, in such a case, no man has a right to impose a restriction on his fellow-man which God has not imposed; that the doing so can only bring a snare upon the conscience, and be the occasion of sin ; and that no sanction of human law can be expected ultimately to succeed in enforcing what a man feels is no transgres sion of the law of God. . • " That it is lawful, accord ing to the Word of God, I consider incontrovertibly proved by the passages in Leviticus of which I feel sure T have established the only correct translation."—Rev. C, J. Goodhart, M.A. " The petition from the City of London in favour of this marriage was signed by a large number of persons, and among others by the Lord Mayor, Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England, and a considerable number of the Directors of the establishment, 59 private bankers, by the Chamberlain of the City of London, by 237 merchants, 146 solicitors, 124 barristers, and 61 phy sicians. It was his good fortune to be acquainted with a large number of persons who signed this petition, and he could say, from hi s knowledge of their characters, that their opinions were entitled to the greatest weight and at tention."—Speech of Lord 0 verstone. "That the enactments of the Levitical law are entirely misinterpreted when applied in condemnation of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, was the decided judgment of Mr. Wesley, the founder of our societies; and I believe that similar views have since been entertained by many of those among us who have been led by circumstances carefully to examine the matter, and whose competency to judge of such a question has given great weight to their conclusion." — Rev. Dr. Bunting. "He had given his best attention to the arguments ad duced to show that there was a Divine prohibition against these marriages, but he was satisfied in his own mind that no such prohibition existed."...." Then came the question as t o the effects of this measure upon society, and he thought that the great preponderance of arguments, and facts upon which arguments were grounded, were in favour of the alte ration of this law."—Speech of Sir George-Grey. " There was no prohibition of the wife's sister, except during the lifetime of the wife."—Rev. Professor Robinson, New York, author of " Researches in Palestine." "From the fact that the prohibition of marriage with the sister of a wife is restricted to the lifetime of the wife, Ms evident that under this prohibition is not comprehended marriage with the sister of a deceased wife, the limitation `in her lifetime' leaving the marriage free after her death" —Cardinal Cajetan. "Moses, in Leviticus, prohibited certain marriages and permitted others in the same degree. For he prohibited marriage with the wife of a brother even after his death, and did not prohibit marriage with the sister of a wife, un less in her lifetime ; and, consequently, did not prohibit it with the sister of a deceased wife."—Cardinal Bellarmine. " Do you construe that passage in Leviticus (xviii., 18) as prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister, or merely as saying that a man should not take two wives together, at the same time, being so related?—Certainly, that verse ap pears to have the latter meaning, that two sisters should not be li% ing together in the same house as wives of the same person." . . "Is such a marriage held by your church rdprohibited in Scripture ?"—" Certainly not. It is con ered a matter of ecclesiastical legislation."—Cardina l Wiseman. " The prohibition in Leviticus xviii. 18, being limited to marryi ng a wife's• ne cessarily sister during the life of the first wife, ex cases,i te ntelieeosft( tho ughritonnyaepsrvitomrhtiuobdai tleiloyonfanasgadanictnatsicotintmliyna,6r;737linmcghplhiieesrs, i t n h emnaonny_ death of the first wife."—The Rev. Dr. Bag•ot, Dromore. after pean t the " Ho hial given his best attention to the arguments entsnad ad duced to show that the he ro was a Divine prohibition against these marriages, but ddSerPtaheteeic'Ynconfiictin erospinions respect tion existed. Then camew was satisfied that no such prohibi a%aitrieonan Compromise ot the e t his best laevicanns—:ii the a question as to the effects of this measure upon society, prerenderance of argnin _he thought that the great facts was in favour of the of Sir George Grey. i t i e e that a of t L a or deceasedd Bury' s Bill wife's Bt e o j can give to it, ' . t sisgr."—The Rev. T. n fair and rea sonable Hartwell Her • P.D. 1 41 F ro m T arim omicleratiotio, guob, w ar d. 1, ainpgpetahres intoa E qs um laaTO i b n e g c on contrary very opinion, con trary, inclined to consider them both natural and.desi able. We express our conviction that there ought to exist perfect liberty between widowers and the sisters of their late wives atshatupcehoplearrariaer ittrarbe to contract such marriage."—Ducal Saxe Coburg, M inis try in Council. " It is my decided conviction, after careful investigation and consideration, that there is no direct scriptural prohi bition declaring such marriages unlawful. Ido riot stop to consider how the repeal of the present law may affect the intercourse between a husband and his wife's sister. This is not a matter for legislation. I could not support the law as it now stands."—Bishop of Manchester. " Whether the question is considered in a religious, moral, or social point of view, such marriages are unobjectionable, while in many instances they contribute to the happiness of the partiei, and to the welfare of motherless children, and among the poor have a tendency to prevent immorality." —Petition signed by the Bishop of London (Dr. Tait), 1819. " There is even among the opponents of this bill (the Marriages Bill) a wide diversity of opinion as to there being a Divine command prohibiting these marriages, and the weight of authority is ag-iinst the existence of any such Divine injunction. If among the richer classes there is a dislike upon social grounds to a change in the law, that dislike rests upon sentimental rather than on substantial grounds ; whereas among the poorer classes it cannot be denied that the law causes great immorality and unhappi 'uess."—Speech of Lord Wodehouso. " We who support this bill do not think that the marriage of deceased wife's sister is opposed to the law of God, and we do think that it is as wrong to restrict that which God permits, as to grant dispensation for that which God for• bids."—Speech of Viscount 'Afford. - " These marriages are not contrary to the Divine com mand. The Scriptural argument against them seems to me to break down at every step. In proportion as, by our prohibitions, we multiply the opportunities of temptation, and prevent.the enjoyment of any seeming advantage, not evil in itself, in ' Ills same proportion ws extend and the power of the enemy of mankind."— Speech of the Bishop of Killaloe. "He did not think the measure proposed was any in fringement on Scriptural precepts or commands. It was a remarkable fact that from the time when the Scriptural law was given to the present day, so far as could be ascertained, the Jewish people themselves had never interpreted that law as a law of prohibition. Referring to marriage with a brother's widow, the Bishop said it was inconceivable that, on a subject of moral purity and moral principle the author of a Scriptural law should in one place permit that which in another place was prohibited. He felt bound to say that he did not perceive in the Scriptures any direct prohibition or any inferential prohibition against such marriages."— Speech of the ex-Bishop of Norwich. " So far as the poor are concerned, I believe that an al teration of the present law is much to be desired."—Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells. " If a layman may, without presumption, take place in controversy, and adopt the conclusion arrived at by the Bishops of St. David's and Norwich, that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not only not prohibited, but permitted by the Divine law—not through negligence, as too fre quently happens in the best essays of human legislation, but studiously and of purpose—can any human authority be justified in nullifying a marriage contracted under such sanction, and putting asunder those who are united with such approbation ?"—Lord Chief Justice Denman. "The unlawfulness of the case you mention arises from the Canon, not the Civil Law. As for sinfulness, it is en tirely out of the question ; and as to natural consanguinity, in such cases, it does not exist. Against such a connexion as that which your friend projects, there is nothing in na ture, nothing in grace."—The Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke. " In the judgment of the Board, the marriage of a widower with the sister of his deceased wife is scripturally lawful, and ought not to be prohibited by human legislation.'—The Board of Baptist Ministers in London and Westminster. " I certainly have a strong opinion against the Act which forbids the marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and have no objection to put my sentiments on paper for you to make any use of that you think proper."—Rev. J. H. Gurney, Hon. Canon of St. Paul's, and Rector of St. Mary's, Mary lebone. "He was acquainted with the working classes, and he must tell the House that the Act of 1835, in reference to their happiness, had worked most injuriously. He consi dered that the religious objection to legalising the marriage had been virtually given up."—Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. " I know of no social disadvantage attending such mar riages. The apprehensions expressed in England on this hea are entirely dissipated by our experience."—Right Rev. Bishop Burgess, Maine, United States. " I am not one of those who hold that such marriages are forbidden by Scripture—and I am not aware that any spe cial disadvantages, social or domestic, have resulted from thern."—Right Rev. Bishop Potter, Pennsylvania, United States. " The question was discussed extensively in the Presby terian Church in the United States, and the new school body as it is called generally held to the propriety of such marriages. I did then, and stilt do coincide with them in that opinion."—Authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." " The division the other night (in the House of Commons in 1835), proceeded upon the principle that there was one particular degree of affinity within which marriage ought to be allowed—viz., the sister of a deceased wife."—Speech of Sir William Follett. _ _ _ " He denied the right of the Legislature to infringe upon the conscience of any individual whatever with respect to those natural rights of which marriage was, of all others, the foremost and most necessary. The right of marriage was given by Providence; and it - was not for man to impose restrictions upon it."—Speech of Dr, Lushington, M.P. " These marriages were formerly permitted only by dis pensation; but by a law of 183 2 , for the Evangelican Lu theran Church of Russia, they are perfectly free to parties contracting them. Such marriages are indeed frequent, particularly among the rural population, where members of families are thrown more together. It is more than mere supposition that such marriages are happy ones. Public opinion in this country is for, rather than against, such marriames."—Theological Faculty of the Imperial Univer sity of' Dorpat, and Livonian Evangelical Consistory of Russia. " Public opinion, which feels no scruples of any kind as to such marriages, approves of them most particularly when there are young children of a first marriage, as giving them in the sister of their late mother a second loving mother. The permission of such marriages has with us been pr3duc tive in no way of evil consequences."—Consistory Court of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz. " My Lords, the vote which I shall give in support of the Bill before your Lordships' House, will, I think, be in ac cordance with, and not in opposition to, the Levitical law. I acknowledge that law to be binding. I hold as strongly as anyone a belief in the inspiration of the Scriptures, but in saying that, I mean that there is not a word too much, nor a word too little. Believing, then, that every word has its own important meaning, I would remark that the verse in Leviticus, which has been so often alluded to, contains these words, during her lifetime.' My impression is that these are qualifying words ; that they imply a prohibition to take a wife's sister as a wife, during the wife's lifetime to vex her—but, that the wife being dead, the prohibition was removed—that the marrying a wife's sister on the death of the wife is virtually pronounced to be perfectly lawful." — Speech of the late Bishop of Durham. " I can see no Scriptural prohibition of the marriages in question. I believe the repeal of the laws which forbid them is desired by a very large number of the people of England, and by many clergymen and other persons in Ireland, and that such repeal would bo followed by beneficial results." — The late Dean of Cashel. "I am of opinion that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not forbidden in Holy Scripture, and that the repeal of the laws which prohibit it would be followed by results beneficial to society."—The Dean of Kilmacduagh. " I can find no Scriptural objection to marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and I consider that the repeal of the existing laws against such unions would be of much public usefulness."—The Hon. H. M. Browne, Dean of Lismore. " He frankly confessed that, if founding a new republic, he might be disposed to authorise marriage with a deceased wife's sister."—Speech of Lord Robert Cecil, M.P. " Having again carefully examined the question, and con sulted some of the highest authorities in Hebrew literature as to the meaning of the Scripture passages, I am confirmed in the opinion formerly s expressed, that marriage with a de ceased wife's sister is not only not prohibited, ' either ex pressly or by implication,' but that, according to Leviticus xviii. 18 (concerning the translation of which there is not the least uncertainty), such marriage is plainly allowed." " I confess that when I entered upon this inquiry I had not an idea that the case of those who wish a change in the pre sent marriage law was so strong. I had thought that the opinions of grave and learned students of the Bible were more equally divided, and that, as authorities were pretty evenly balanced, they who had contracted such marriages must bear the inconvenience arising from such doubtful interpretation. But Ido not think so now. Confirmed by the testimony of antiquity, and the judgment of the most considerable interpreters at the Reformation, and since the Reformation, I now believe that there is no reasonable room for doubt—that there is no verse in the Bible of which the interpretation is more sure than that of Leviticus 4viii. 18: and I think it a case of great hardship that they should by the civil law be punished as transgressors, whose marriage, according to the Divine law, is permitted and valid ; and harder still, that the children of such marriages, legitimate in the sight of the infallible Judy,e, should be visited with civil disabilities."—Rev,'Alemander M'Caul, D.D.. Profes sor of Divinity and Hebrew Literature in King's College, London. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. 1 - 4 1 PP S'S C O C 0 .1J (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). 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Her small-arm men were on shore firing at a target on the ground used for that purpose by the troops of the garrison, and which, at the request of Commander Balfour, had been lent to him for rifle practice. The target was placed against one of the butts, 16 feet high and 60 long, and every pre caution taken against accident. A corporal of Ma rines was stationed behind the butt with a red flag to indicate danger, and whenever he displayed the flag firing ceased. Unhappily a Calabrese water man, who was passing in a boat with several of his companions, was hit by a stray ball, which passed through his thigh and lodged in his abdomen, caus ing almost instant death. On the circumstance being reported to Commander Balfour, he immedi ately despatched the surgeon of the ship, accom panied by another officer, to Galico, an inland vil lage, to which the deceased belonged, situated about nine miles from Reggio: The English officers were very well received by the authorities, who caused the body, which had already been interred, to be exhumed, to satisfy the surgeon of the truth of the statement made, and an Enfield bullet, which had been extracted from the wound, and was in the pos session of the Syndic, was also shown him. The accident is to be the more regretted, as the unfortu nate man has left a widow with seven young chil dren, the eldest of whom is only 12 years old. A subscription was raised among the officers and clew for her present wants, the proceeds of which were presented to her by the surgeon, with the pro mise of future assistance. It is to be hoped the Go vernment will give the poor woman a small pen sion. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Marl borough, Capt. W. H. Stewart, which has been at Syracuse for a few days past, has also been recalled by telegraph ; she re-entered this port on the 28th ult., and re-hoisted the flag of the Commander-in- Chief, which had been transferred to the Queen, 86, Capt. C. Hillyar. The vessel last mentioned is under orders to proceed on the 6th inst. to Corfu, to take the place of the Neptune, 89, Capt. Hornby, which was to have left for Malta on the Ist inst. The Queen will take stores for the Victor Emmanuel, 89, Capt. Clifford, and Doris, 3, Capt. Sir F. L. APClintock. Since the payment of the different ships' companies, there have been several attempts at desertion on the part of seamen to American merchant vessels in port. In all cases, however, the runaways have been captured and taken back to their ships. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Algiers, 89, Capt. Rice, left port yesterday under steam for Naples, to relieve the Exmouth, 89, which vessel has been ordered to this port for the purpose 9f removing to hospital several of the crew suffering from smallpox, This disease has prevailed on board to an alarming extent. Smallpox has also been prevalent in this island during the last 12 months. The ships, however, have hitherto escaped its con tagion. The screw gunboat Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, was suddenly ordered off on the 26th ult. to Patras, it being apprehended that the dis turbances in Greece may extend to that place and its neighbourhood, where there are British subjects and property. Accounts from Corfu to the 14th ult. state that the Queen's yacht Osborne, on her arrival there from Malta, proceeded the same day for Venice to embark the Prince of Wales. Gen. Sir J. Inglis, the new commander of the forces, had arrived at Corfu, and Sir George Buller had left on return to England via Ancona. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee yester day afternoon at the Horse Guards. There Was a numerous attendance. _ _ Yesterday Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, the Inspector-General of Royal Marines, accompanied by Capt. Travers, his aide-de-camp, resumed his in spection of the Chatham division, after an interval of upwards of a week from his former inspection. Major-Gen. Stransham took up his inspection at the point at which he left off on the occasion of his for. mer visit to the division. The first portion of the day was devoted to an examination of the divisional schools in which the children of the men, together with the young recruits, are under instruction. At th© termination of this part of the inspection the Inspector-General visited Melville Naval Hospital, over which he was conducted by Dr. C. R. Kinnear Deputy Inspector-General, and the staff of the establishment. As Major-Gen. Stransham had in timated his intention of holding a battalion field day of the division, the whole of the officers and In consideration of the proficiency attained by the Volunteer Artillery corps generally in the prac tice of gunnery, the Secretary of State for War has decided that from the Ist of April next the pre sent allowance of blank ammunition issued to Artil lery volunteer corps shall be reduced, and an in crease made in the annual allowance of practice ammunition, according to the following scale :—Per battery, 100 shot, 25 shell, and 30 blank; per sub division, 60 shot, 15 shell, and 20 blank; per sec tion, 40 shot, 10 shell, and 10 blank. The Secretary of State for War has decided that Staff officers having the actual rank of Brigadier- General may be permitted, from and after the Ist of April next, to receive the money allowance, in lieu of two servants, provided such officers are not attached to the headquarter Staff. This indulgence is only to extend to Brigadier-Generals in command of brigades, and not to officers holding Staff appoint ments who may have the relative rank of Brigadier- General. By the retirement of Col. A. S. S. Walsh, C. 8., Second Commandant of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, and Lieut.-Col. C. J. Hadfield, of the same division, the following promotions and appointments take place :—Col. R. J, M‘Killop, of the Chatham division, to be Col. Second Comman dant of the Plymouth division; Capt. W. G. Suther, Instructor of Musketry at the Woolwich division, to be Lieut.-Col., and appointed to the same divi sion ; First Lieut. and Adjt. P. Harrington, of the Plymouth division, to be Capt., and appointed to the Woolwich division ; First Lieut. and Adjt. J. W. resting, of the Artillery division, to be Capt., and appointed to the Portsmouth division ; Second Lieut. H. L. Stirling, of the Chatham division, to be First Lieut., and appointed to the same division; Second Lieut. E. B. S. Perkins, of the Plymouth o d to the division, to be First Lieut., a nd appo inted same division ; First Lieut. C , S. Williams, of the Artillery division, to be Quartermaster at the same division ; Capt. T. Bunce , of the W oolw ich division, to be Instructor of Musketry at that division ; First Lieut. A. C. J. M'Meekan, Acting Adjt. at Deal, to be Adjt. at the Plymouth division ; First Lieut. J. Straghan, of the Chatham division, to be Acting Adjt. at Deal ; First Lieut. J. C. R. Colcomb, of the Artillery division, to be Capt., and appointed to the Portsmouth division. THE PRINCE CONSORT, JITEMO.RIAL. Yesterday again, at 3 o'clock, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Cubitt, Lord Mayor, and Sir C. Eastlake,' President of the Royal Academy, the noblemen and gentlemen composing the com mittee of advice nominated by the Queen to assist her Majesty in the choice and mode of execution of a design for the proposed national memorial of the lamented Prince Consort, held a meeting on the subject in the Council-room of the Fine Arts Com mission at the Palace of Westminster. The brief notice of their preliminary meeting which appeared in The Sun of Monday has resulted in a number of communications being addressed to the committee by the owners and lessees of granite quarries in various parts of the country, relative to their respective capacities to yield a monolith of adequate grandeur for the proposed memorial. A perusal of these tends to dispel the notion, which had been previously entertained in some quarters, that the search for a single stone of the requisite di mensions in this country would be attended with in calculable difficulty. One of the letters affords infor mation of a very remarkable character on this sub ject. The Ross of Mull Granite Company state that they can supply a monolith of red granitelarger than any known column in existence. The obelisk fronting the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, they say, is the largest one in Europe, measuring 93ft. They state that they can exceed that by at least 7ft. in length, and with a corresponding excess in diameter. This stone, said to have been hitherto unnoticed, is re ported by their manager, Mr. Marshall, to have been discovered in the Tormore locality, and, what is still more remarkable, to be already quarried on three sides. It is described, moreover, as lying just at the surface of the ground, with a fine open field in front on which it could be rolled out and " scabbled." It has an even surface, is quite detached at top and bottom, is perfectly sound, and of a good red colour. It is upwards of 100 feet in length, and will average about 12 feet in diameter. The column at St. Petersburg, they state, measures 12 feet at the base, and only 4 feet at the top ; its height being 93 feet. Besides this letter, there is also the one which appeared in our impression of Thursday last, to the effect that in the granite for mation between Penryn and Helston, monoliths can be shown at this moment of several thousand cubic feet, perfectly fi rm rt d and without a single defect. These are but two examples, among many others, of the information which has been elicited on the subject. Yesterday the committee was chiefly occupied in the consideration of the enormous difficulties with which the operations, first of quarrying a monolith of the desired dimensions, then of transporting it to its ultimate destination, and finally of rearing it, would be attended. Assuming, for which there is reason, such a stone at a rough calculation to weigh some 600 tons, a ton being a horse load, a faint idea may be formed of the prodigious labour and risk of conveying it to the metropolis by . sea, and still gr eater by land. Again, supChelsea,poserttohtahvee qbueeesn. b roug ht up the Thames as far tion of moving it through, in some cases, narrow and tortuous streets would require a practical solu tion. These, of course, are considerations for the exercise of engineering skill, and are only now alluded to as confro ntin g the proposed undertaking from the commencement. Among others, Sir Roderick Murchison is ren dering the committee valuable assistance as Duke oth o e f various quarters where a monolith of the re quisite generous bein a proved p r oportions might p ossibl y be found. T he Argyll, who has g ranite quarries on his e states un leased, is u nderstood to havemadea pro posal in the eve n t of their capacity t o yield a stone suitabl e for the proposed nati o n a l monument. THE FATAL FIRE AT NEIVINGTON.—An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Emma Gay nor, who, as alleged, lost her life by fire on Wednesday morning last, as already reported in our columns, was held last night at the Newington Workhouse, by lqr. William Carter, coroner for East Surrey. The jury at once returned a verdict of accidental death. ~~:~ On Monday the Prince, accompanied by Sir John Inglis, the newly-arrived General, visited the forti fications in the citapel, the hospital, and afterwards, to the great delight of the inhabitants, he paid a visit to the church of St. Spiridion, where the body of St. Spiro, the patron saint and miracu lous guardian of the island, is preserved. After wards his Royal Highness, accompanied by some of his suite and the aides-de-camp of the Lord High Commissioner, took a long ride in the country, re turning, however, in time to bo present at the drawing of the tombola, which took place that afternoon on the esplanade, in the presence of very nearly the whole population. To the uninitiated it may be well here to observe that this is the game of lotto played in public, and that it creates as much excitement both here and in Italy as a Spanish bullfight may in Spain. It is to be regretted that the visit of the Prince to Corfu has taken place somewhat later than it was intended, s as had it occurred only a fortnight sooner he would have met with beautiful weather, and would have seen the lonian gxhibition, which, although the first attempt at anything of the kind here, and naturally on a:very small scale, was never theless a success, and represented the industrial produce of the lonian Islands very perfectly. All the articles are now either packed up, or already on their way to the Great Exhibition in London. Yesterday morning the Victor Emmanuel, Captain Clifford, was honoured by a visit from his Royal Highness. The weather, however, was so unfavour able in the afternoon that excursions into the coun try were quite out of the question, and the day ended by a dinner at the Palace, which included some of the principal persons in the island. His Royal Highness is not the only Prince who has honoured Corfu with a visit within. the last week. TA o young Bavarian Princes, the eons of Prince Luitpold, and nephews of King Otho of Greece, arrived here the other day, en route for Athens, but were met by a Greek gunboat with a letter from his Majesty, their uncle, recommending them to retrace their steps, in consequence of the military revolt which has broken out at Nauplia. The eldest of these Princes is being educated in expectation of succeeding to the throne of Greece there being no direct heir. The disturbances which have broken out in Greece have also, I am informed, for the present altered the route of the Prince of Wales, who pur posed visiting that classic land before proceeding further east ; and he started at 12 o'clock last night direct for Syria, accompanied by her Majesty's frigate Doris, Captain Sir Leopold M'Clintock, pre ceded by the Firebrand. I do not know whether lonian politics will in terest your readers ; on the chance of their doing so, I will, however, endeavour to sketch the ac t ua l political condition of this little septins u l ar S tate. This eisAthsseemexbpliyramtieoents on Saturdayofthe quinquennium, and next, the Ist the new of March. The course of strict ' non - intervention pursued by the Lord High Commissioner, by in structing the Residents in the different islands to abstain from influencing the votes in the slighted manner, and by totally abstaining from doing so in the island of Corfu, has borne its fruit, and the elections have passed off with unprecedented tran quillity. The elections are now over. Strange to say, at Corfu, out of 21 candidates for ten vacant places, Dandolo—the great and European Dandolo—h as not been returned. The peculiarity of elections here is the preponderance of men Over measures. Ask any lonian why so and so was elected, wh a t are his claims to public confidence, and the answer is not an exposition of principles, but an explana tion of personal qualifications and f • amily connec tions. Thus you find that, • a constituency re turning conjointly ten members, the section of successful candidates equally with the section of unsuccessful candidates embodies representatives of every shade of lonian political opinion. The great demagogue-agitator Dandolo finds no place in the race, while a member of the Govern ment, whose five years have been passed in act s universally denounced by his popular rival, is almost the first in the return. Moreover, treating and bribery have found a resting-place side by s id e with the ballot, and there are . few . among the re turned who would not fall victims in E ng i a ...., nu to the merest shade of a petition . . As to the constitu one-half is unqualified cncy, more than , and the electoral lists would shrink wofully before a cently strict system of revision. The new Assemb-ie meets on Saturday next, when it will be seen whether there is any possibility of ear t•ying on g overnment without resorting to repeated proro gations, as during tho last session. But feeble hop es are, however, entertai ne d t h at the new Assembly will abstain fro m th e usual unconstitutional votes, and proceed with the real business The political pr ogrammes of _some of the candidates for seats in th e Assembly were not promising--" N a progress under B r iti s h protectorate," and, opposi tion to the reme d y of existing evils. Let it be known that we will not improve under the ceoi s of the British protectorate , and that our aspirations are for uni on with Greece. In spite of these platform harangues, the more sensible portion of the inhabitants feel that, how ever much their souls may soar with patriotic yearning towards union with Greece, they enjoy both protection and comfort under the tutelage of Great Britain. THE RUGBY ROMANCE.—At the Rugby Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, before Mr. J. W. 13roughton Leigh, Mr. James Atty, and Mr. James Archibald Camp bell, after the business had been gone through, Mr. M ox ort , 'io acquiesce until n' proof of guilt the magistrate's clerk, in reference to the c ase of 11"11,.: Guinness Hill, remarked that the counsel for the pro.-_,„,_ '', tion had made an application to the j ud g e (who 'will try the case at Warwick) to allow the pr osecution t- o be with absuttthhearte the w o j u u l d d 0 boob:do deevcildineneaco after he had read the whole of the dol)ositions taken d own before the magistrate at 1411gbY' a opy of whi c h h as been forwarded. The Judge, howe7;cr, intimated that he would give his decision at the Warwick Assizes, which will com move on Tuesday, MO Zti,l of the present month,-., &Wag,