The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-24 00:00:00

MII=. 0 •" - i E Limit - , to nant talion Ad in ,ptain inners rester and ice to !ancics ion in having Y, 9th pments: a , and Lied by Royal auction ited by ie prac - TS and discon- ch from roops of to pro mrse of mp bell 74 a W 0 01 ' ) remain m of the oard tbe, ing, and lissionea n Moore , N. She men. Phursdal y s i de the 5. return' s shells ° Said oft og•asiist• Ludersovf, a N. CO l p. Free- 4 Sk' Ill?' Bor t v l 0 are „or cen at ",/, 123iag° • D 2. vo t contact 40% the t i 13 5 i 13 :4 c c; n ud e ;o il btl ag e. early g o S ir e...._ . 0 the 10 ' ie °. he milord. frO or +h St° 0 flo ,u"erdoobt.,o4 B1ON: - :Y - MARKET Al D OONIYLERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 3hr. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The return from the Bank of England, completed to the 21st inst., is of a satisfactory character, hut with one or two exceptions, there is little alteration of importance to notice. The bullion, notwith standing the remittances to the continent, has been segumented to the extent of three hundred thou sand pounds sterling. The reserve of notes has also been augmented by nearly half a million, and the other securities have been lessened to a small extent. In the public and private deposits there is also a slight augmentation, but the active circula tion has fallen off to the extent of nearly two hun dred thousand pounds. The other items of the balance sheet exhibit little alteration requiring special remark. They : will be seen in the sub joined tabl e Active ci rcu l a ti on Decrease Bullion Rest I . ncreas e 3 , 296 808 Increase Public deposits Increas e Other deposits 15,711, 9 05 Increase Seven-day and other bills Decrease Government securities Other s ecur i t i es No alteration, 15, Decrease Notes unemployed Increase The alterations demonstrate the continued quietude of the demand for money, and the appli cations in Lombard -street are limited at 21 per cent. ; it is not likely, however, that there would be much inquiry at the Bank, where 3 per cent. is required. At the present time the discount opera tions have been confined to those necessary for the prosecution of trade, which, being dull, absorbs a comparatively small amount of capital. About 3,0001,, in gold, was taken into the Bank yesterday. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon the rates were rather higher, compared with last post day. It appears that the negotiation of the remaining 30 0,000/, of the New Zealand loan has not been so successful, up to the present time, as might have been expected. The capital required is half-a-mil lion,, and as our readers are no doubt aware, the Union Bank of Australia, who superintend the operation, have agreed to take 200,0001. of it as an investment on their own account. The remainder was offered to the public, and the attraction of a 4 per cent, security, terminable in 80 years, induced many persons to forward applica tions for allotments. The tenders were opened Yesterday, and the prices offered fur every 1001. stock ranged from 771 to 1091. All the offers %hove 1 07, which was the minimum fixed by the directors, were accepted ; but these only amounted. to 129,000/., although the sum subscribed for at various quotations represented a total of 1,125,7001. There consequently remains 171,000/. yet to be sub scribed. It certainly appears that the reserve price, namely, 107, is too high, when Turkish 4 per cents,, guaranteed by the English, Turkish, and 'rencli Governments, 105 e, with 2 only command 1:31 ' cent, interest shortly to be deducted. Moreover it must be remembered that the market for these 4 , 5 W Securities will not offer the same facilities as that established for the Turkish 4 per cents. The Liverpo o l C o tton Market yesterday mani fested a very quiet appearance, but prices were without any alteration of importance. The sales Were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,500 of wh;ch were taken on speculation and for export. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about 157,3991., and the exports 53,8401., exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the continent during the week ending Thursday last Gold Coin Boulogne ... 60 OZ3. Bars Belgium ... 1000 Silver Coin B ou l ogne ... 600 „ The Board of Trade Returns for the six months ending the 30th of June have just been published. The total exports from the United Kingdom during t his period amounted to 53,467,8041. against 60,826,381/., showing a falling off of 7,358,5771. ti li ere was a d ecl i ne in earthenware, haber „ashory and millinery, hardware and cutlery, thmen m anufactures, metals, salt, silk manufactures, rown silk, British spirits, sheep and lambs 2 01 ) and woollen manufactures. Tee imp )rts ; e re larger as regards:cocoa, coffee, wheat, flour, eve c otton, hides, p a l m o il , and provision 3, b u t there was a falling .off in live animals, frvit, aw silk, tea, tobacco, wine, and sheep and lambs' Woo) . the shipping returns show a slight increase in t he tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign trade for the entries inwards, but the clearances outwards exhibit a slight diminution. ... e As usual on S aturday, there is very little busi '!".s, and th e operat i ons in most departments are ch iefly of a routine description. .19.. t th e S tock Exchange there is little animation. The speculative transactions have been circum scribed, but ow i ng to a little realising prices have ibnen less buoyant. A decline of pe r cen t. h as , wet, t aken place, Consols having b een 951- 4 96, 'whereas late yesterday afternoon they were 96 -. tee New Thr ees an d t h e Reduced are about 961 ; M arch Exchequer Bills, 38s. prem., and the tle ditt o 238. to 265. prem. Bank Stock is 225 to 220, „ rather li m it e d b us i ness h as b een transacted in T Foreign Stock Market, 111116/1 6 per Cent s , are 941 95i ; and prices are heavy. Spanish 3 per °mats., 431 ; ditto Deferred, 27i ; Peruvian 4i rCents., 8 91 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 90 ; raz ilian 5 per Cents., 103 ; ditto 41 per Cents, ( 1 1 858 ), 94 96 ; ditto S cr ip, I di s . t o par ; B uenos r,ents. Ayres 6 391 per Cents., 80 ; and Venezuel a 5 per -d, it A very limited business has been done in the a ltil waY Share M ar k et t hi s morn i ng, an d pr i ces ntdeclined to th e ex t en t o f a b cu t to 1 per l . North W estern, S out h W es t ern, an d ' ld larld have declined 10s. ; South Eastern, 10s. to 15s , and C a l e d onian 1/. ; Great Western im- Proved about ss. The foreign and colonial Undertaki ngs Were dull, and exhibited little variation in prices. Paris and Lyons improved about 55., and East Indian 58. ; Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been rather actively dealt in at or about former quotations. 811 i VISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY, (Prom the Official List:) liaLlz Stock . . 226 5 Tl 'eo Per Cent. * ii.;&;,:fl ''''''' Tilt,fe's ' ( : 6 il zl - An s lie Per • ;Grit. 11,Ing.m, nuities 964 5 4 Lon Threeu Cent. Annuities tees Ann, expir e sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years ex rire sth A 1 1885 1”, India ;took ' ' 1 P •' Ditto Bonds, £lOOO Di t, under Elilisti Consol s for Account 15 ktehequerßills— -96 51 March. June. 21000 .. ................. ..... ............ 33 26 3 2500 Sinai 35 23 6 ..,. FOREIG?•.I FUNDS. —THIS D AY. zrazilian 5 per Cent ............................. 1 1 )3 Ditto 1858, 4:1 per Cent. ................ tunes Ayres B on d s , 6 per Cent. ............ 80 95& 6 Peruvian Bonds, 0 per Cent Ditto Account Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account ~, __. Jesulisli }lovas, *.; per Cont. D itto Account, Di• -to Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Accou n t 27 . 1; Tillitish Bonds, 6 per Cent. A 3 . Ditto, Acc oun t Venezuela Bonds,s per Cent Ditto Account S9.I •I TWO O'CILOC. K 95/ 6 Consols, money Ditto 'moue 951 6 of Juadvices f rom the Cape of Good Hope to the 11th ne we o b serve that the royal mail steamship Phoebe had artived out in 34 d ays an d 12 h ours from Plymouth. The vessels f this line h ave d one th eir wor k ex , reme l y wanderB. ell, and greoat credit is due t o th e i r ow n e rs an d ce th T he rn Y have never excee d e d t h e i r contract under it. time, and in almost every i ns t ance h ave b een a wee p mice of the This contrast s strangely with the pelform" prey i cus contracts for the conveyance of the Cape mails. It is greatly to be wished that the Austra lift *mice could be carried on with similar regularity. I` E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1858. SHALIE MARKETS— (This Day). RAILWAYS. , losing 7 Tic , this day Besizess done this day. Paid RAatvior, 12i 10 1 Amb. , . Idottna. Bost. & Eastn. June.... 60 all Belfast & BidlYmen' 13i all a rna ng. Wolverh. A Stour ...... St. 100 Birkenhd. Lanesb. Cheshire Junct 25 all Blackburn 25 all Blyth k, Tyne origina! £25 (iss. at £45).... St. 100 Bristol & Exeter . St. 100 Calodonian.... ...... St. 100 Chester & Holyhea 60 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. 20 all Cornwall 10 all Do. A 10 all Do. 8.. 50 all .Dublin&BelfastJum all Dun. P. &Aber June. 100 East Anglian 4 100 Eastern Counties :•• ' lOO Eastern Union ,A. stk 6 100 I Do. ' do. B. 5 8} Do. Now A all',East Kent it. 'lOO ;F...ast Lancashire 0 all 'East Suffolk . .0 all Do. ;t.'loo Edinburgh& Glasgow .t. ,100 Edinb.Prth.dsDund. 0 all IForthand Clyde June. it. 100 Furness . it. 100 Glasgow &S. Western LO , all Great N. of Scotland it. 100 ! Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1100 Sth.&West.(lre). 1 100 , Great Western. 1.00 I Do. Str.V.R. g ua. St all Irish South-Eastern. all I Lancaster &Carlisle. 14i Do., Thirds 15 :Do. New Thirds 100 ;Lancash. &Yorkshir 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... 7 Do. Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwal ,Do. Now, iss. 51. 10s, 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Wester 73 1.)0. Eighths 100 London & S.Weatro all Lnduarry.&Coleraine all T,ndudrry. & Ennisk. 100 Mauch.Shet&Line.lr, 3 Metropolitan 100 Aidland 100 Do. Birraing.& Del+, all Nfidland G. West. (Ir. ' all Do. ? j , Shares . all Newcastle &Carlislc all Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd 9 Newry & Armagh all Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor 100 Norfolk.— ..... 3 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British ,100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do. B Stock 100 N. inateru Berwick 10i Do do. C.N.E.Purch. 100 Do. Leeds LOO Do. York 1.00 North London. 31.1 N. &S. Wan., Ramp stead, and City Jn, 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton..... all Peebles 19 Portsmouth 10 Ethymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St >t. 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock it. 100 Shropshire Union . O all Sitingbourne &Sheer. ;t. 100 South Devon it. 100 South Eastern >t. 100 South Wales ;0 all S. Yorksh. River Dun ;0 18 ,Do. 10 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 15 all ,Stockton & Darling 15 20 ; Do. do., 1854 15 7 I Do. do., ltM ... 16i Stockton & Ilartlepl. Vale.... St. 100 Pref., No. 25 .. 22:,.arses Hay. D. &R. St. 100 Kale of Neath 3t. 100 : Watered. & Kilkenny 50 all Waterford&Limerick 20 all West Cornwall.. 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B 20 all I West L0nd0n......, 10 all ; Do. First Class 20 all , Do. Second Class 6,i - 6A 7i - 8 i 66 - 6i 11 - 12 - 27 89 - 91 76 - 77 38 - 40 • •• ..... • • 4 - • 5 71 - 8.1 16 - 17 Gl i - 62? 45 - 47 30 - 32 14 . - 151 90 - 92 631 - 251 - 25] 90 - 921 gi - 10 1011 - 102k 1 82 - 84 131 - 133 1 102 - 104 48i - 494 56 - 53 87 90 11i 11A —12 Ar 9 —91 i 11 d 1 **4 —s 109 - 110 91i - 92 1i - 11 94 - 95 35 36.11 2 ld —92 j 61 66 60 - 62 49 - ;0 ... • 91 - 92 2 - 1 46 - 47 72 - 73 96 - 98 FA - si.' gi - 8 ! 8 - 9 27 ..-- 29 ... - •.. 7 . - 4 4 109 - 111 261 - 81 - 83 44 - 46 3 - 2 34 - 67i - 6fq 79 - 80 14 - 15 6 - 4 9 - 31 34 - 35 •.. •--- ••• 97 .-- 99 21- 3: 6.f -6! BRITISH POSSESSIONS. do Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda;and Cen.lnd,gnar. 5 p. c. all IDo. all Do. Additional A all Buffalo do Lake Sur 100 Buff. Brut. & God ch 100 6p. Ads., 1 Aug.." 72 Do. do., 1 July, '7l 'lOO Do. do., 1 June' '74 2s. Calcutta and S. Pl,-t 0 'I,EM ( 1, -• ; Uado Ceylon A shares all Demerara. 2s. Eastern Bengal .00 East Indian I . all Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. do. all Do.4i p.e.Bnds.,'s all Geelong dt Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. [OO al. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6 p.c. Deben... alt Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wostn. of Canada' 13 Do. New all Do. Bde. payable '5"l all Do. do., "76, p. all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without 20i WO 1.00 100 100 100 100 20 option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per C. 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. l 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ss. Oude (Limited) 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per 0 all I Do d — I di sd id 7 - 8A 184 - 88 75 - SO 74 - 73 .•. -- •.: i ...- 14 ••• •• Ad d i -- 1021 - ;P 17 -- 18 37 -- 38 72 75 20i -20 i id -- pars 17i -- 176 3B 38,1 106 - 110 106 - 110 103 -- 106 173 -- 18} -- lid --11d' d id d id par i FOREIGN. all Antwrp & Rotterdam all Ardennes 3 Bahia & Francisco all Belgian East. Junct al I Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 15 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 2s. Euphrates Valley all Gt. Central of France all Great Luxembourg... 6 Italian Junction all L..,ee Con3t. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lueca & Pist.sp.c•p. all Lyons and Geneva... all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref all Northern of France 8 Do. New all NorwegianTrnk.Pref all Paris and Lyons all 'Ditto New all Paris and Orleans 9 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. I.j Riga and Dunaburg all Rome and FrasoAti, 0 - Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Do. 7 per cent. all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5 per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders Do. 5 per C. PrJf all W..k.g.W. of France 6 Western of Austria all We,-L. of Switzerland all v. , ,estaden all Do.B p. cent. prof. al, Zealand 10 1 50 15 1 all l 50 O all all 5i - d par • ...' ••• 2i - 2i 5t - 5 25 - 2W, I• ... ii = ii - -3 2 ..• -- .. 24- - 23,1 .91 211 -21 t; 361 - 56. BA‘- 301 - ;io Ii a id ". ". -- 7i 8$ -- 8 4 19i -- 204 4 -- 5 9 -- 9 t 23 -- 24 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra & United Serv knstralasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American) C.Bk.of Ind. An. &Ch City Colonial Commercialof Canada Commercial of Loud. E ng.Seot.&Aus.Ci Lon. Ch. Bk •of A ast. London and County London Joint Stock. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New. south - astralia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual... Mootrußli of 1 Qud 86 - 23 -23 i 48 - 50 53 - 501 3 - 60 - 62 fit 19i -- 20 ...-- ... ... - 37 - ig lq - 17 61. - 63 23 = 24 18 ..... 174, Paial RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies ,100 IBuckghamsh. 100 IClydesd.ale Je all ICel.Stour Vy 100 I E.Ln. g. 6 p.? all E. Un. H. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 1100 Do. Nqw all Glstr.S.r,Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preforence 100 Lon. Til., &S. 10 Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.&Est.s p.c. all De. 6 per ct all Do. Fixed 5p c all Prest. & Wyro all Do. Shrs. A 100 Roystn.& Hit. all :Shrews Her all S. Statlordsh. • _ all W earVal.g6pc 25 all Do St. 100 Wilts&Somrst 25 V,t. 5 St. all 1313 , th and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (iasd.at 501.) 00 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 Caledn. £lO 4i, p. c 1100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c 1100 ! Do, do. 5 per cent ! all ICork&Bandon s 6p.c 1 all I Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 1 100 IE. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c 100 Do. do. Cl.s. C7p. c 100 Es.s.Co.Ex,sp.cNo. l 100 IDo. No. 2 100 Do. New 6 pr, c. St all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 'East Lancash.6 p.cts all E.&W. York, J. sth= 9 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 ;Ed,Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 !Furness, 5 p. c 100 ;Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 1 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 1 100 Do. S p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 1 100 Do. 46 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 6 p. C. prem . all Gt.N.ofSeot.lst Pr( • all Gt. S di W. (Ireland) all lc D 4t o . . w 4 . p (B er .dz e ll . Pref. . s S pe t 100 Do. con. red. 4A p.c. 100 'Do. con, red. 4 p. c. 1100 Do. Irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sit.. a ll )o. Chester Sp.c.P.S. all Do. do. sp.c, do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St 1 100 fAn.&B.G. 5 pc.No 1 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c 100 Do. do. sp. C., N 0.4 100 Lon. & N.W., Cole. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shara all Londy.& Color. 6Sh all Londy.&Ennis. 6 Sh. 100 NI., S., &L. 6 p.... 46 Do. do. do, £6 Cent. 100 Do. do. 3.i per cent. all Harypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. dl Do. 46 per cant 06 Do. do 10 tlid.Consol.6 p.c. St 10 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c 00 Do. 46 p. c, Pref. St. .00 Do. L. &IL, Pref. St. all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p. c. pm. all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. all Norfk.Deb.4p.c. Sb, 00 Do, sp. c. Ext. 154 e. .00 Do. 56 p.c. pf , 1817. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847, 100 North British 36 Do. 71. Preference 1 ' i 3 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 1 M Do. do. do 1.3 iDe. Leeds 6 pc. No. I 9 do. Qrs., 1848_ 10 iDo.Yorkil.diS. Pur. al l 'N or th Staffordshire \lOO 10x., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., let guar. 100 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar... 100 !Do, do. Debeutr. St. all Scot. Ceut.New Prep. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 ! Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 ;Do. d 0.36 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do, fixed 46 pr cent 6 all S. Eastern (Rsading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. _ 1100 'Do, 46 per cent 1. 1100 Do. Fixed 46 p.c. Sh 1. 1100 Do. New 46 pr. cant It. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c it. 100 Po. c .4.11 6.Y orksh.4 p.c.Guar 15 all Stock. &Dar., sp. 0 J 5 19 ,Do. do. do. St. 100 IWaterfil&Kilk. 6 pc St. St. St. St. St. St. 121 12i1 a 12t li St. 10 Closing . Price, this day PREFERENCE SIIA.RES. 48 - 93 - 1101 - - 6 • 115 108 118 - 117 - 134 - ... - 66 - 121 - 114 - 107 - - 11. - 83 - 84 - 98 - 10 - 74 - 9 - 142 ''''• ••• ••••• ••• ".'" ••• ... - 165 .. ••• - 124 - t - 70 - 141 - 104 - '1! - 9i - 110 97 99 Id - r 23 - 24 - 121 - 107 - 100 119 - 121 125 - !27 74 - it 101 - 1 231.- 24, 101 - 103 101 - 103 ••• .- ••• ••• 164 17, 28 -- 29 40 7 45 MINES. - 91 3 - 4 50 - CO 465 - 47.) 90 - 95 15 - 16 6 - q 1 1; -- li 6 -- IA ) "^ 8 9 4 - 5 ), 16 - 17 1 - 395 903 - 230 - 240 31 - 70 - 9U 22 - 24 ) 95 -- 105 .175 - 185 .20C - 220 41 - 5 8 - 9 46 -- 48 24 26 MIN ..Er.l. a -- 1 1.1: - 12 40 - 42 12 - 13 - - ii 2,.4 - 2UI - - d n * - 5 - 7 A - I i - 1 3f - 311 110 103 115 - 115 ,132 BRITISH 21 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk.); i 0 14 British Iron ~. 20 I Condurow (Cantbrn.): 10 1 IDev.Gt.Cusls. (Tay.) .. 30 jEast Basset (Mogan); .. 17s I Great, S ou th Toll,-;us,. 1l G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 711Grt.W. Vor (liolstn.) 17s 4.Ady Bertha ......... 8 IN, Frances (Mogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par, Cons. (St.Blary; Porkellis U. (Wend,' Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cara Brea (Illegu.) S. W. F r ances( Moa ' n. ; ..Tail. S. At L„Min.Co , Tin Croft ~. ~Ell~l ~. 2 19 5 4i LO 9 ... 40 Un.ifinel (Gwennap) ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camay.) ... 1i W. Basset (Illogan).. ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) ... 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan). ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). ... F Wh. Edward(Calstek; ... 1178 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant ... 8 !MI. Ma. Ann (Menht. 4 Wh. Trelavraey (LI% 10 1 7* 1 los. ;5 27 10 all 0 15 1 4 LO 1 all 1i all 2 all O all 3 all 5 1i 1 all 1 all 1 all ZO all FOE.EIGN 'Auatralian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm) Do. Coca.es & Culada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Alin. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitaniam dariquita New Granada Novean Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.dx.Sralt, Port Philip ' Santiago do Cuba 'United Mexican.., MISCELLANEOUS. 1000,1000 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) 5 19 Australian Agricult. LO !Australn. Royal Mail LO all ,Berlin Water Works. LO 2 New isa. at 51. ell 5) 40 Brit. American Land )0 _321 Canada It. 100 . A. all ',5 all 5 all 5 all D o.Go. pe.JanSzJuly 'Copper Alin. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7q p. cent. Crystal Palaco I • ,Do. Preference 4 all 'Crystal Pal, of France ! !O all Ilistern Steam It. 100 Electric Tel °graph I 1 all Electric Tel, of Irol 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo LO 10s. Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel. 9 all Eur. &A m, Stra.(lim,) 20 %el Gen. Ir. Se. Col.(lim.) L 5 L 4 Gen. Steam Navigat, 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Oranibub 20 10 llagdalons. St. Navig. 10 all Moditeran. Elec, Tel. 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all Mexican & S.A Illerin 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 10 6 (Netherlands land._ 10 all Do. Do. 5 all !Do.B p. e.Pf. iss.at Id. 5 3 Do, Do. LOO 80 'New B. &N. S. Land St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 1 all 'N. B. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.of EuropoSteam 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares 5 all Peelltr. Ld. & Minrl 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron , 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. St. 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.c.bds. 25 all South Austral. Land 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 all Do. Registered ...... 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. 100 1 2N,Yau Plosum- em Lad.. - - 4 29 - 30 1 - 3i - 4i 115 - 120 113 - 114 25 - 30 25 - 27 - - 44 I 21 2 --. 1108 - ii - i• i - iii • •• .... ••• --- 1 -- 2i -- 800 - 7f -- • ... "." i .--' 1 - 981 2/ Id 78i - 74 - 21 - ii 107 - 36 - : 1 ... 10} r! Ln.hlt W.I Cale don E.U.&E.O Gt.Nortnn E. Count. Caldonian Do Gt.We3tn Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do TAM diN.W Midld Midland E. Count Do Do Do L. & N. W Do Gt. Northn T. Bressoy Melean Stk. &Dar Do Gt. Wes 100 1 - 102 103 -- 105 - 16 139 - 141 4 - 5 l iio - ••• 13 -14 ••• 23i - 24? 2 93 - 96 24 -2/ 97 - 9 I - 0 58 .- 60 I liA - 142 10 - 10. aid -3 3 i 89 - 91 this day• LAW INTE ;LLIGENC", - 2.-.—(This Day )- couar OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL —CHEALE Y. KENNARD —JUDGMENT. This an appal from a decision of the Nla4,r cf the allop,ing tho demurrer to the bill. The plaintiff filed hie bib for sorcifi,3periirtnanc: of en i . e.:- meat to transfer ten shares of the Lee and Upt,in Railway hr 5001., upon which no deposit and no calls had been pail. The Lord Chancellor considered that there was a suffi cient valuable consideration for the sale and transfer of these shares in the agreement, and that the plaintiff was entitled to file his bill for epecific performance of the agreement to transfer. Rh lordship over-ruled the demurrer with costs, atd allowed the defendant time to answer. ROLLS' COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) IRBY V. IRBY.-JUDGMENT. His Honour, the Master of the Role, in delivering judgment in this case this morning, staid that one of the questions was, whether the sum of 3,9331. was due to Sir Herbert de Cripenney, as executer nada. his father and mother's marriage settlement. His Honour consi dered that Sir Herbert was entitled to claim this sum as executor under his father and mother's deed of settle meat, and that the equity attaches to any person chiming under this settlement. The next point was whether ari annuity of 701. was due under a right of redemption of the lands in question: His Honour considered that the annuity was not dis charged so long as the right of redemption exii:ted, and that the annuity followed the lands. His Honour said he would make no order in this case, but give directions to take accounts at chambers consistent with these findings. His Honour passed a declaration accordingly. (B.fore the Lords Justices.) APPEALS. lIEDCIES V. BLICKE. -HEDGES V. HAMPER. --JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Roll 3, the late Lord Langdale, in 1846. The question was whether, under the will of the late Thomas Fentham, his four daughters took an annuity of 4001. for life, or in perpetuity. Lord Langdale held that the children took the annuity for life. The appellant claims it in perpetuity, _ _ Lord Justice Turner and Lord Justice Knight Bruce, in delivering judgment, were of opinion that the daugh ters of the testator took the annuity in perpetuity, sub ject to the life interest of their children for life. Their lordships reversed the decree of the late Master of the Rolls, with cots as between party and patty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. (Before Mr. Alderman Mechi.) IMPORTANT CONVICTION. — PUBLICANS AND LODGERS. Mrs. White, the mistress of the Dolphin Tavern in 140 Ludgate-hill, was summoned before the presiding alder man, for keeping open house on Sunday during divine service. City police constable 40, said, that en Sunday last, July 18th, he was on duty in Ludgate-hill, and, about seven minutes to one, be, in passing defendant's door ) heard voices within defendant's public-house. Witness knocked, and on the patman's opening the door he saw two persons drinking at the bar; one had a glass of cold gin and water before him and w a s smoking a pipe, and the other was drinking a gla ss of a l e. Defendant was lurs behind .White, the bar. and open house." n saids e." toTh er " 7 m i n ut es to 1, Mrs. White replied, "Oa ! they're only lodgers." Witness then said, "You very well know you have no right to supply lodgers even. You shall bear from me again." Mrs, White said that the persons were lodgers and she thought it was no harm to dra m them a little refreshment. 103 i Fined five shillings. THAMES. DARING JUVENILE 13URGLAR9. —A boy, named Michael Latteridge, only 14 years of age, and who has been often in custody and twice summarily convicted, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being concerned with two other boys in breaking into the pre noises of Mr. John Rosell, of No. 35, Fore-street, Lime house, end stealing 167 lbs. of lead and a coppr r boiler therefrom. It appeared from the evidence of a Thames police-constable named HO that he was passing the back of Mr. Russeh's premises in a Thames police galley on the river, and saw the prisoner ass two other boys re moving something heavy from the building towards the shore. The officer in the galley rowed towards the shore, and the boys made a ha - ty retreat through the mud towards the river. Two of them being closely pressed by the river constable?, jumped into the water and swam away. Before the officers could reach their boat the two urchins made for the shore, got upon the plying plac3 at Duke's there, and made their escape. The prisoacr, who was not so nimble as his confederates, was secured. About a card and a-half from Mr. Russell's watrrsi e pre.,,is which were unoc2,uped, the i.e:(., bound 1671 b?. of old lead and a c:ipper boiler. The young burglars had done con ' siderable mischief on the premises, and had stripped the lead, identified by Mr. Russell, off the roof and from a pump in the yard. The copper boiler had been removed from its place in the kitchen. A brass key was found upon the prisoner, and Mr. Russell said it was taken from the iron boiler in the kitchen. The ptisoner, very impudent boy, denied that he had been on the pro secutor's premises, deer:red the brass key to belhis own property, and said when ho was convicted before he was quite innocent. Mr. Yardley—Very well. You are committed for taial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.— (This Day.) LONDON, July 24.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, July 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Chaos, from London for Kurrachee, leaky. CARDIFF, July 23.--Wind W, N.W.—Sailed—Gallego, for Ilia Janeiro. _ _ . QUEENSTOWN, July 21.—Arrived—Zelipay Vicouria, from Elavannah. Sailed- Xaufa, for Batbadoes ; Maria, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, July 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tagus H, from Gibraltar. DUBLIN, July 22.—Wind S.W. —Arrived —Gipsy, from Quebec. DROGHEDA, July 22—Wind S.W. —Arrived—Bacchus, from Quebec. PooLE, July 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Findon, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Willa W. Arrived--Tagus, ste a m er , f r na Gibraltar ; Dispatch, steamer, Jersey ; Vi c t or i a, C ar diff ; Gi p sy, Llanelly ; Rising Sun, Swanse a; P omona , Sunderland ; Havre, steamer, Havre. Sailed—Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, Havre ; Ariel, steamer, Havre. LIVELLPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.S.W. Arrived, July 23 —Oregon, from Quebec (and not from New Orleans, as reported) ; Mary Coe, Cardenas ; Mes senger, Quebec ; N. Zettina, Leghorn. Arrived, July Westburn, from Honduras ; Alba. Dian, screw steamer, Genoa ; •Pedestrian, Konigsberg ] Barnabas Wells, New Yo l k; Mary Cook, Quebec. Off.—Simoda, from N ow O r l eans; Sea King, Quebec. Sailed, July 2 4.—Persia, (s.), for New York. (DT SUBMARINE AND BR TISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind S.S.E. ; tide three hours' flood ; weather light, and cloudy. Arrived —July 23—Laura Janet, from Lagos ; Rowllan, Defender, and Islay, Cronstadt ; Sumandeu, Riga. An ived, July 24—Jane Lauson, from Dantaic; Holland, Ostend. Sailed, July 24 Harward, for Auckland !, Perseverance, Archangel ; Eugenie, Corfu ; Citizen, steamer, Bordeaux. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind southerly, Pa;sed, July 23.—liawk, from Antwerp, for Jersey ; Barnard Castle, Shields, Exeter. Passed. --Propellor, steamer, from London, for Cardiff; Lizzy Garrow, London, Salcombo. Anchored.—St, Aubin, from Archangel, for Jersey ; Maria Le Conception, Loudon, Monte Video. SALE OF TEIE HULL OF TIIE J&IIES BAlNES.—Yester- I day the bull of the well-known clipper ship James Baines, the famous Australian shi p , was offered for sale at the i Cotton Sates-rooms, Liverpo..l, by Mr. J. P. C am pb e ll, I I T Percival, Campbell, and Co., i t 3 belt wal offered as it lay, in the Huekis con Dock, with 18 water-tanks on f board. The attendanc e was ver y lar g e, including m an y obfroktheersfifro firm the o underwriters.Alnssrs of the shipowners of the port. The first offer made was 5001., speedily followed by one of 8001., and after a few advances it was knocked down to Captain Pace for the sum of 1,0801. It may be stated that the James Baines originally cost 35,01)0/. It is believed she will be re built, as her hull is in very good condition, being heavily sheathed with yellow metal and copper fastened. After the sale of the hull , the sails, c h a i ns , anchors, &c., were disposed of, and averaged pretty f sir rater. Harvest operations have commenced in many of the earlier districts of the West of England, and most kinds of grain have already fallen to the sickle. We have seen samples of new wheat from the neighbourhood of Somerton and Cheddar , spring barley from Abingdon and Teignmouth, and peas, winter beans, oats and barley, from many pa , ts of Somerset, Gloucester, and Monmouth.—Bristol Mirror. A. LION IN Tan PATIL—Aa the diligence which plies between Guelma and Bona, in Africa, was a few nights ago proceeding along the road near the village of Pen tbievre, the horses all at once reared up and refused to advance, and the drive r perceived a gigantic lion seated in the middle of the road. H . e at once inforried the passengers, and they all manifested the greatest conster• nation; but at his engestion t'aey lighted chemical matches and burnt paper. The light of the moon was, however, so strong that it paralysed the glare of the flames, and they produced no effect on the lion. The Iconsternation of the passengers was on the increase, when the animal relieved them by walking slowly away. — acZynanc; /limner. INPERIA . AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. IV _ESTERDAY.) ROYAL COM The Royal tv.aent was given, by corninieeion, to the foleeieg :—Fu de i Dinn HeicaeF Ferest (Allot meet Ceneen.), Cniety Poloeiee Jeiisdie rat Pest-T.le.: N eo i Advance:: .Prteieriinien (Irelee.(l), iolui,eep Franchise, Universities and Colleges E.t Ballot Suspension ; Churches, &c. (Ireland) ; Coafirwa tion of Execntors, &c., Ecclesiastical Cerperations Leasing ; Nisi Prins Court, &o. (Ireland) ; Stanhope and WolsirOam Rectoris ' Law of Felee Pretences Amendment, Jews' Oaths, Mareages (Mosco - .v, Tahiti, &c ), Joint-stock Companies Amendment Acts, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continnance, Chant ..ble Trusts'Act Continuance, Copyhold and Eneiwaire Com miseioners (Indemnity), Duhlin and Meath Railway, Ilesketh Marsh, Devon Valley, Birkenhead Improve ment Commissioners (0-as and Water), Ox'ord, Worces• ter, and Wolverhampton Railway, Windsor New Road, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, Cry stal Palace District Gas, Whitehaven Junction Rail way, Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (No. 2), Che-ter and Holyhead Railway, London and North-We-tern Railway (additional works), St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Parish, Stockton, Middlesborough, and YarencuthWater, North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway, Severn Valley Railway (Extension of Time), Manchester Junction, Athenry and Tuam Railway, Manchceter, Sheffiel I, and Lincolnshire and Great Northern Railway Companies, East Kent Railway (Western Extension), F,rriaartine and Buchan Railway, Shrewsbury and Welcbpool Rail way, East Suffolk, Yarmouth, and Iladdi,coe and Lowestoft and Beecles Railway Companies Amalgams tion, Cleveland Railway, Stockton and Darlington Rail way (Durham Lines), Stockton and Darlinc;ton Rail way (Ncrth Riding Lines), Stockton and Darlington and Wear Valley, &e., Railway Companies Amalgama tion, Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway, Hove Im provement, North Briti-h and .Altrinebam Railway (No. 2), Redditch Railway, Westminster Paltc3 'Hui el Company, Earl of Fife's Ileate, Sir Berjaniin Hall's Estate, and liolroyd'a Estate. The Royal Commmissioners were the Lord Chancel lor, Lord St. Leanards, and Lord Cranworth. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCULLOR took his seat on the wool• sack at five o'clock. Petitions in favour of the legalisation of marriage with a deceased wife's sister were presented by Lord Ebury, Viscount Torrington, Lord Gage, and Lord Wrottesley. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Great Southern of India Rail way Company, the Lancashire, Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Railway Compel. y ; Limerick and Castle Connell Railway, and South Wales Railway (New Railway) bills were read a third time and passed. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S BILL. Oa the motion that this bill be read a third time, The Earl of DERBY moved the insertion of a clause which would place the. American on the same footing as the English company. A short conversation ensued between Lord REDES DALE and Lerd STANLEY of ALDMILEY, at the termina tion of which the third reading was postponed until Monday next. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. • Lord GAGE said he had most unexpectedly been called upon to propose the second reading of this bill, and no thing short of the importance of the question involved in the bill could have induced him to have undertaken the task. The measure to which he now asked their lord ships to give a secorwireading was to remedy a grievance of which a large portion of the population of the country complained, and they naturally felt that redress would be given, provided feeir lordship saw no sound reason egainst doing so. If they rejected the bill then those who were in favour of it would come to the conclusion that there did exist some reasons why the relief now scught for should not he given. He had heard it said that there existed both spiritual and religious reasons why such a bid should not pass, but whenever the objectors to the measure had been asked to point out the Scriptural oljections they had invariably failed to do so. A great deal of importance had been attributed to a particular chapter in the Book of Leviticus, hut he contended that nothing in the verse forbade a man to marry Lis deceased wife's sise r—(hear) —on the contrary, he (Lord Gage) was of opinion that the verse gave a clear permisssion to con tract such a marriage ; and he was further cf opinion the canons of the Church and not the law of God forbade the marriage. The noble lord then al luded to the social view of the geeetion, and said he believed that the wife's sister would form a much better stepmother to the wife's children than a total stranger. He also alluded to the increasing majorities by which the bill had passed the 'Henn of Commons, and declared that there was a strong feeling in favour of the bill throughout the country. Lord REDESDALE said the noble viscount had treated this question on two grounds, the religious ground and the social ground. As regarded the religious view of the subject, it was impossible to deny that the texts most referred to were open to various interpreta tions, but when difficulties arose they should be guided by a consideration of the consequences which would na turally flow from a lax interpretation. The real question in this case was, " What is marl iige; what is the relation ship thereby established ? ' Tory were distinctly tr Id in Scripture that the man .and w fa became " one a ,1,," and 11 b sing the case the re'all.,us of the one neces sarily become the re.letieus of the other. (Hear.) Unities toot simple principle were acted upon, society ine vitably got involved in difficulties from which there was no escape, The noble viscount had asked - who c ,old ex pest anything but objections to the bill from women ? In that view he entirely concurred. This was purely a woman's bill. The man di] not propose tbat his wife should have a right to marry his brother, but ho came forward with his own lustful purposes and said, " Let me marry my wife's sister," the two standing in precisely the same position as regarded affinity. (Elear.) If this bill passed, why should they not go further Why should not a man be allowed to marry his stepdaughter ? There as no blood relationship in that case ? (Hear.) Or wiry should nut a stepson marry his father's widow ? From such things as these the minds of all men naturally shrunk ; and yet there was no security against them if you once got rid of the deductions arising from the fact of man and wife being one flesh. What was a man to call his wife's sister if this bill passed Was he still to call her sister or was he to call her cousin ? If she were Lis sister during his wife's life, she was also his slater after her death. The canon which erebibited these mar rages was almost as old as the church itself, and was by no means, as it had been represented to be, an innova tion of the time ef the Reformation. As to the bill of 1835, that bill did not alter the law on the sui,jsct any further than this, that a hereas before the marriage was voidable if anybody chose to object to it, it was then made void from the beginning. As regarded the social ground, it appeared to him that the greatest possible ic jury would be done in families if the near and close re lationship which existed between persons connected by marriage were interfered with, as it necessarily worth? be by this bill. It was said that there had always been a great number of persona who had evaded the restric tion, and that this was a reason for altering the law. If they were merely to consider how many persons gratified their sensual appetites withouthe sanction of the law, there were a number of other things to which this argu ment would apply. He feared that if they went among the dwellings of the lower orders they would find in many quarters connexions existing which no one weal think of sanctioning by law. (Hear.) In all the attempts which had been made to alter the law difficulties had arisen from the nature of the connexion between a man and his wife's sister. In the first bill which was introduced for that purpose after the passing of the bill of 1835, there was a clause providing that the marriage should not be allowed if there had been any adulterous connexion be tween the parties during the lifetime of the deceased. Thus deceased wife's sister was sliced on a different foot ing from other women. In the present bel, the second clause provided that a past marriage should not be valid if either of the parties to it had contracted a second mar riage with another parson. That was a clause which would give rise to great difficulty. The bill confined the right to any dignity, title, or honour to those to whom it was vested before the passing of the act. A very curi ous question might arise out of that clause taken in con nection with the sth. By the latter, Ireland and Scotland were excluded from the operation of the bill, not only as regarded dignities, titles, and honours, but also as re garded property ; and as there were many members cf that house who held titles in the three kingdoms the re sult might be that one set of children would be legiti mate as regarded one set of titles, and another set of children as regarded another set of titles. The measure appeared to him to be both itioperf , et in itself and highly objectionable in principle; he believed that social evils of the gravest character would arise from the passing of it ; he believed it to be contrary to the 'Lew of God ; and entertaining these views, be felt bound to move that it be read a second time that day six months. (Cheers ) Lord LYNDHURST said he had not risen to address their lordahips on the general question, but the noble lor'a who had just spoken Laing alluded to the bill'which was passed in 1835, and with which his name was con nected, he wished to give a brief history of that bill. His attention was drawn to the state of the law with respect to marriages that a ere voidable during the joint lives of the parties. The consequence was that the ultimate status of the children must remain uncertain for 10, 20, 30, or even 50 years. A person might hav to succ e been ronug nt the it up as the heir of his parents , ex p ecting e e t e tl d i eem ordinary way to the family e states under as h _ and all at once, after he h ad married, and be t he was the father of children, a proceeding might ins for annulling the marriag e of his parente, .and the result be his being bastardised. He co nsidered this a very cruel and inconvenient state of the law, and the object of the bill which he brought in was to provide a remedy. The bill had nothing to do with the disallowance of th mar riage ; its object w as to protect the legitimacy of the children, it being provided that if that were not ques tioned within two years it should not lea questioned at all. He said nothing with regard to the parents ; his proposition was confined to the children. He bad in his hand a copy of the bill as it was laid on their lordehips' table. The title of it was, " An Act to limit the time for commencing suits in the Ecclesiastical Courts, so far as theymay affect the children of parents married withi n th e prohibited degrees." The bill relater? only to parents and was ordered to be printed in the form in which he prop o sed it, on the fir st of Jude, 1835 . There was but one enictivg clause, and it was as follows :—" Whereas the children of parents married within the prohibited de grees are by law legitimate, unless such marriages be de clared void by sentence of the Ecclesiastic ICourt during the life-time of their parents, and it being unreasonable and unjust that the state and condition of children born under such ciroutaatanceo should remain unset • origin of the hum a n race wa s f ro m a mi x t ure o f blood s * tied for so long a period, be it therefore enacted that the children of parents married as aforesaid shall be and con - such as people would now regar d w i t h h orror; and as the tinue leeitiraste, unless a suit be duly instituted for an - "worst form o f i nces t . Th e s i n o f ince3t, therefore, ailing the tnarriaga of their parents within two year net he re gar d e d as a s i n aga i nst nature, bat a ro zE hily earn: a s i . Th e circumstance which led him to introduws that bi l l tion of divine wisdom and lo ve to th e race of man, in was the marriage of a nulls lord of high rank who was a order from this prehibitiou to draw blessings upon member of that house. His attention was drawn to the the race at large, which, but for this prohibition, would children and the succession of the eldest son, arid the re- net have been given: If thi s was the. true view itfol cult was, as in many other cares, that a particular iu- lowed that it was iu the power oftheSupr time to enact Supreme Lawgiver stance of h ea l- hip led to a general a'leviatien in the state for a vufficient advantage, a t a particular of the law. Th e belt was read a second time without op- that which was contrary to His ordinary loving enact- . position, bei ng gene ra lly approved by their lordships ; meat for the race, iu orderbieb b tb e at se a v t w a o p u a h r i ti b c e ula fo r r tim h e but between th e fi rs t an d th e secon d re adings, a right some particular result, w rev. prelate ; for w h ose memory h e en t er t a i ne d g reat re- goo d if the race, might be aceoamiished—the special te spect, and who p ossesse d great i n fl uence i n th a t h ou se, o bj ec t i n the case referred to to ing to keep clear the line owing to his position, his talents, and his masterly elo- of descent through which the Messiah was to be called. (pence, had a conversation with him and a noble and The command in that case to raise up seed to the dead learned friend of his now i n th e nor th on th e subject, in brother was a supercession by the Supreme Lawgiver . which be declared that he enlirelYslisapproved of the bill, for certain manifest purposes of the law which He was and that in his opinion all such marriages ought to be de- pleased to lay down as the rule for the general welfare of Glared void, observing that parties would then know His creatures, (Hear.) The noble lord said that it- what was the law, and if they committed an offence seemed tole the general opinion that the religious argu against it they would take the consequences. The cense- meat was abandoned. He denied that. For himself—. quences were that in - committee the whole character of and he believed he might also venture to say it for his' the bill was entirely changed. By whom these amend- right rev, brethren—he said that they took heartily and merits were moved be did not recollect. The now title of ae ani•ro the declaration of the church that such mix the bill was as follows tee" An act to render certain mar tures were — contrary to God's law, were incestuous, and nines v ilid, and to alter the law with respect to certain therefore void from the beginning. They grounded this. voidable marriages." It was enacted that tell marriages not only on the chapter of Leviticus, but en the New which should thereafter be celebrated between persons Testament legislation on the subject. It was a mistake • , to say that the main strain of the scriptural argument within the prohibi ed degrees sho uld i p so f acto be void not merely voidable. By ano ther clause it was provided rested on a single text in Leviticus. As far as he remem that unless proceedings were instituted for the purpose bered th e d e b ates on this subect, that text had always of annulling past marriages before the passing of th e bill, b een use d b y the advocates fur a change in the law as no proceedings whatever should ever I elirtituted. Such being a text which shook the rest of the scriptural arg u was the history of the bill ; such was the result of the went. The scriptural argument from the Oid Testament censultation with the right rev. prelate of whom he had rested mainly on the early part of the chap ter referred before spoken. On rising he stated that it was not his to, from the 6th to th e 16 : h verse. The noble viscount intention to enter into the general question, and he bad stated that it was very doubtful whether there was still meant to abstain from doing so. There were any allusion in those verses to marriage at all; be. con some circumstances, however, with which he was tended that it rather referred to what might occur in acquainted, to which, as they had some bearing o n the p rivate life ; and rested this view on the interpretation question, he would for a moment advert. He was mai- of one word in the Septuagint and the Vulgate. The most reately.acquainted with the state of society in a district conclusive way of ascertaining what the word meant was of New Eagland ;he alluded to the state of Massachus- by i n quiring what was the interpretation put upon it setts, cf which the city of Boston was the capital. He by the commentators of that church who drew up. had several near conmxions there, and be would under- the Vulgate. Not one of them put upon it the inter take to say that there was not in any part of the civi• pretation contended for by the noble viscount. They lied world a people more intelligent, more moral, and all 'put upon it the interpretation that it was the.proln particularly more moral as regarded the intercourse of bitiwn of marriage between those who were nearly con the se xes, than the people of the state to which be re- nested by the ties ( f blood or affinity. The Septuagint ferred, and yet in that state the marriages in que tion version need a word which had always been taken in the: - were not only legal but of constant occurrence. (Hear.) Eastern Church as meaning the mixture by marriage of Now, he did not for a moment mean to say that a law those who, whether by blood or affinity, were in near which produced no ill effect in one state of society might relationship. Going up to a higher authority, there was not produce ill effects in another state of society, a state not the shadow of a doubt about the word used in the of society with different habits and different manners. Hebrew ; and the English version was as near as pew- He etated as a witness the fact to which he had re- tibia an exact translation of the Hebrew words—" None fet re', and he left it to noble lords who might take part of you shell approach to any that is near of kin to him,. in the diocussion to draw the it.f,rance from _that fact. to uncover their nakedness. lam the Lord." This being Rethought he had not done amiss in alluding to the so, the argument remained as it had been urged by the state of society in another country, and he felt sure that noble earl, that whether related by blood or by parallel what ho had said on that subject would have due weight degrees of affinity, those marriages were distinctly for with their lordships. (Hear.) bidden to the Jews by. the Old Testament. But they Earl NELSON thought a fair interpretation of the argued this mater on far too narrow a basis, by thus , chapter in Leviticus, which had been so often referred wrangling over particluar texts in which the law was to, was to be arrived at solely by the simple process of laid down to the people of God of old. Could there be analogy. Without that they would be led to the most , any reasonable doubt that the whole course of God's absurd conclusions. Fur example, in the chapter in legislation had been to introduce new measures of question, while there was a law against adultery and strictness, instead of relaxation, in dealing with the . other ofleuces, there was no prohibition of a man marry- married life. (Hear, hoar.) Just as He bad in ing his cwn daughter. The prohibition was arrived at tended to raise a people in the male of civilisation — by analogy, a son's marrying his mother being expressly just as He had increased to them His religious guidance prahibited. It a mere omission were relied upon, it might and assistance—just so far had He. strengthened the' be said that though a man might not covet his neigh- law in those things which referred to the intercourse of honest wife, a wife might covet her neighbour's husband, the two sexes. Every one could see a reasonable round the latter offence not being prohibited along with the for that. It was in order to promote such a state of former. (Hear.) The example of protestant Germany society in the Cbrietian church that men and women was rage I upon by the advocates of the bill. That exam- met with such a degree of freedom, safety and mutual plc would carry them further, and lead to still greater affection, as could only be secured by laws which re relaretione. As regarded th e m o r al gro u n d, he denied strained sexual interccnrie beyond what it bad been. that morality would be promoted by passing this bill, before. If, es ;n Rapt of old, %%here the detestable because some persons were living in a state of wicked- doctrine of Isis allowed brothers and sisters to contract nese. The bill was not in reality, as many represented marriage, this system had continued, there would have it to be, a bill in which the lower classes were especially been an end to that freedom of intercourse between interested. It was a bill the chief object of which was to members of the same family which prevailed in every legitimise children, and the lower classes, having scarcely Christian land, where this most benevolent restraint of any property, cared but little about the matter. He was the law of God bad substituted higher feelings for the too fond of religious liberty to feel himself bound tolegis- lower animal affecti as. (Hear, hear.) When our late by the rule of the Church, but if in a matter of this blessed Lord laid it down as a principle that man and kind every man was to be left to his own individual wife shculd be one flesh lie solved all those difficult opinion where were they to stop ? (Hear.) It was well questions which men might raise as to particular degrees known that the agitation for this measure was got up of relationship. The law as it stood had always pre by a algae, who expended a groat deal of money te carry veiled in Christendom ; it had been held both by theirviews i n to e na c t. Of the religious bodies the Bap- the Church in the east and the west. Let him not, tists were the on ly p ers u a sion who petitioned in any be told that the Roman Cat h o lic Church alto ved die numbers in favour of the bill. The Presbyterians of pensations for those marriages. What did she not Scotland and of Ireland, and the Roman Catholics of the allow dispensations for ? (Hear , hea r.) On behalf fatter country, were so opposed to it that they were ex• of the reformed church of England, which it was empted from its operation. (Hear.) He hoped their his happiness and glory to belong to, he must declare lordships would rej-wt the measure, that such were not the notions of marriage which were Vwceunt DUNGANNON said he opposed the second held by the reformers of the Eoglish Church. It om t reading because be believed it would destroy the social one of our great blessings that we bad been brought back intercourse and peace of families, and introduce distrust from that system of dispensation to what had been held where there now existed nothiug bet confidenceand affec. in primitive times as the undoubted word of the law of tion. He did not think that these marriages were di- God. And who was the particular Roman pontiff wbo redly prohibited in Scripture ; but fir the reason he had had introduced this change ? It was the infamous Borgia stated, he implored their lordships not to assent to the —a man who, under vows of celibacy and sanctity, was second reading. (Hear.) more than suspected to be living in shameless incest ;he The Archbishop of CANTERBURY could not agree granted the se dispensations under the colourable pretext with the noble viscount that these marriages were not of enlarging the power of the Ronaish see, which had prohibited in Scripture. , never before claimed the power of dispensing with mar- Viscount DUNGANNON—I said not directly pre- rages. The voice of the Ea^t^rn Citt:elt a...... the View hibited. . t" nn Church, and tee uubroken testimony of the early The Archbishop of CANTERBUTtY —lt was die- church, sh3wed that this was the true interpretation of tirctly laid down that, the brother was not to merry the the Word of God, and that it prohib ted these mix -o.inow of his deceased brother, and by the rule of analogy tures. Therefore it was with no hesitating voice that the husbaod of a deceased sister ought to be prohibited he and his right reverend brethren who thought with from marry ing her sister. On social as well as on reli- him put forward the scriptural and religious argument glens grounds he thought they ought not to legalise that these marriages were incestuous and contrary to Wore marriages. the law of God. Upon the social argument he would Lord CRAN WORTH wished to state in a few words not trouble their lordships at length. The noble vie the grounds on which he thought this measure would be count had attributed the dislike of English females to mischievous to the country. He looked at the question the relaxation of the constitutional jealousy of the female abstracted from the religious view altogether,about which mind. Ile denied this imputation, and believed that he had not sufficient confidence to express a decided it was the natural desire of a woman on her deathted opinion. Surely one of the most important interests to that her children should be provided with a suitable be cultivated in marriage life was that there should be protector. The real reason was thie.--=God bad given to unlimited freedom of intercourse between the wife and the two sexes different intellec:ual advantages: to ours, the wife's sisters. (Hear.) The husband was neces- the power of arriving at a true conclusion by reasoning; rarity often withdrawn from home, and it was of the ut - to their's, the power of arriving at it by intuition, which most importance to the social and domestic happiness of was always in favour of that which was purest and best . the wife that her own sisters should be her familiar cow- It was not the least argument against this measure that pardon'. Now, disguise it as they might, the wife could the great majority of educated women were against it. not receive them with the same cordiality if the suspi- From inquiry in his diocese, be found that there only cion crossed her mind that the sister might supply her three of these marriages had been contracted, and those place if it pleased Providence to call her out of this world. not amongst the poor, with whom motives of economy (Hear.) it had been said that LO one would make so might have prevailed, but amongst the middle class. If good a stepmother to the children as the sister of the they once relaxed the existing marriage law they must deceased wife. He might doubt that, but if thii bill go much further than this bill. He implored them, by passed how was the sister to take charge of the children rejecting it, to preserve the purity of our English homes. without creating suspicion and giving cccaeion to re- In runny cues - sisters were enabled to live with their mark Whether he looked to the interests of society married sisters solely on the account of the impossi before or after the wife's death, he thought this measure bility of these alliances. He asked the house on the would tend to impair those interests. Bet he was per- mere ground of humanity to protect these families ; for fectly aware that what was a desirable state of the dew no unmarried woman could ever dwell as the guardian of for the upper classes of society might be undesirable for her deceased sister's children if the law allowed of her the lower. If that were se, what they should do was to marrying the husband. Where there was a dotibt strike a ba'ance and see on which side the preponder- whether the blessing of the Redeemer would rest on mice of grind and evil was to be found. But in making these marriage?, it was a part of humanity no less than such an estimate they ought to be much on their guard of faith to refuse to sanction such unions. He acknow thattheydid not legislate for that date of society to which ledged that the framers of the bill had shown due con they themselves belonged. But he did not believe that the eideretion for the consciences of the clergy. Could he atag,uiordrict,lndedsoy'l a sin g interests of the lower ranks of society were different in conscientiously have done so, he would have gladly met_ this matter from those of the upper, and that was shown them half way on this Tres. on of incest; but the law of by the distinction made in favour of Ireland and Scotland God was paramount. Was it meant that in the rural districts of England there Earl GRANVILLE questioned the statement of the tura, was an inclination to marry a wife's sister. Heappeeled rev. prelate, that incest was not a sin fag anB t t ha u t a it did to their lordships' experience in this matter. It these but. against positive enaoment, flow was sitive en marriages were to be permitted because the law was not prevail where it was not . forbidden hic y h p t o he house sometimes violated, they might on the same ground !e- actment ? . This was a question . the e of cb t a h n e p e. ubi n ic e . galise bigamy. He had no doubt his noble and learned ought to be guided by lower classes was de friend had truly described the state of morals in Massa- The opinion of the middle a a r n r:ages. He denied that churrette, where these marriages were permitted, but he cidedly in favour of these believed ilthey passed this bill, that they would sanction the women were generally , , deutractea sum marriaues g th h wwhernebpaerfnectly well received in ° th ' elr o o ll ei g n a measure which would be found to be at variance with u fo o u vr ad ill t e h g o e s i e , hear.) There was a case in Leeds where the interests of this community. (Hear.) (Hear,who kept a girls' school, which was well sup ,had married the husband of her deceased sister Lord WODELIOUSE said that the question had been Flo chill had been removed from the school. argued on two grounds—the religious and the social. With regard to the religicus ground much less weight on ham, doubt these marriages were common in populous seemed to be given to it on that than on former oc u c o a f • laces, and even in rural districts. The Rev. Mr. Den slope. Ho bad no confidence in his own interpretat t i m o t , obscare texts of Scripture, but the obvious interpretation f 3 ham, the rector of St. Mary's, in the Strand, stated that of the often queted verse in Leviticus seetne r d o t ..s i wif , 3 he had known of many such ' marriages, and they had invariably been attended with beneficialresults. Refer be that the husband was not to take the . s e iste .e f a i r. l , bit enco had bean made to the apeatolicel canon, but the in marriage during the lifetime of the w opponents of the measure had been driven oar}Fook another right rev, prelate forgot that that canon forbade the from that ground. Bet the rev. pre ition of two marriage of priests. ground, and raid that there was ap and that by ana- The Bishop of RIPON' said that it was his misfortune brothers marrying the same woman. erry . If:(tibit 4The the same man, to differ from many of his right rev. brethren on this logy two sis•ers ought not to m argument, but if these _question. There was no direct scriptural prohibition There was plausibility in the . ~ far that was the grannd of of these marriages ; and the argument from inference marriages were incestuous — hat in the same book a die- was of a vercdoubtful character. II r. ebe l ieved that the argument—bow came it t twobrothere? (Eleaw) , Scripture sanctioned these marriages ; and he should tinct injunction wasgiven to roans tion that God ' • tL in that mefere support the bill. He denied that the measure Hoc .old not consent to sa ve . instance commanded a positive injunction to violate his would produce the social evils that lad been anticipated. own law for f such a hypotheAs seemed to him to be de- Why had it not done so in the countries where this law to-divine wisdom. On the social view of the prevailed ? There bad been only 300 petitions presented rogator y - argued b • every man might entertain his own view, but to the other house against the measure, y question 1 bie view was that the law e tight to be relaxed. I n B os - 10,000 persons ; while there had been 1,047 p etitions in t o n, whore these marriages were permitted, no such in• its favour, signed by 123,000 p ersons. He knew of one convenient and horrible consequences as had been de- town where there had been 500 of these marriages. scribed by the noble lord (Reclesdale) had followed from Believing that Scripture directly sanctioned these unions the permission to marry a deceased wife's sister. In he should vote for the second reading of the bill. (Hear.) Roman Catholic countries these marriages might take The Bishop of EXETER expressed surprise at hear place by dispensation, and in most Protestant countries ing this declaration from a ,bishop, and reminded him they w ere allowed. There appeared to him to be strong that the law of the Church of England declared Abase . grounds in favour of the relaxati on w hi c h th e bill pro - marriages to be incestuous, and forbidden b y th e law of posed. It had been said that great inconvenience would God. (Hear, hear.) If any, clergyman bad made such, a arise in the relation between the wife and her sister if the declaration from the pulpit as that of the right rev. pee• bill passed. The ens ever to that war that the p ro hibition late he would at once have been called to account by a had not got rid of the i nconven i ence , f or it could not be faithful bishop—if he had a faithful bishop. (Hear.) This was the law of the Church of England, because _ it denied that there was a l arge num b er o f p ers ons in this country who were either married to their wife's sister, had been that of early times ; the Church claimed to or, what was still worse lived with them in a states of be the catholic church of England, purified iron! concubinage. Fur these , reasons he thought a good case the corruptions of Romieb times. The bill itself _a° did . had been wad e ou t i n f av our of the second reading of the nut g o so far as the declaration of the right rev. prrlet'e. bill. (Hear.) It onl y le g alised these marriages in a registrar's ow .* ntained in The Bishop of OXFORD said that having on a former but this provision was inconsistent with one co n this bill a subsequent clause. If a man married occasion argued a`. length in favour of what he considered d under iss.on ,_., the to be the true view of this question, he had no cccasion was to ripply to a faithful It:Mister for admission th i e ' minister to trouble their lordships with. many remarks at the pre- Holy Communion, it would be the duty soil -ri neatly could to tell him he was living sent time. But one or two remarks made by the noble . lord in aofs'an'Faacrament which he had not be admitted to partake who had just spoken seemed to require some answer. The learned to believe necessary to salvation., noble lord referred to the particular injunction in Den- NE hoped be bad misunderstood the Lord OVERSTC! teronomy, that a brother should marry the wife of his de '"f not, he stood beftlre their lordships right rev. prelate ceased brother, under certain circumstances. If that are ldinot be admitted to the most holy as a man . who coil gtment was worth anything, it proved too much. It proved too much for this reason, that no one urged that it sacram ent - ,e f Ex -ETBR, n ever said that the suppo r ter would be consistent with the purity of C h ris tian life that The B i shop to be excluded from the sacrament ; he a man should now marry the wife of his own brother. It of the bill ought fo partie3 married under its provisions. was admitted by the common sense of Christendom that referred Only EPSTONE said in that case h . t • is as onish. ord V i, that would be intolerable. To give, a clear answer to the L ment and regret at the light rev. prelate's remarks were argument of the noble lord would take them upon delicate lessened. 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