The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

fourtt Vaition SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. _ PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, A ND MILER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BVININIii. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 25. TOTNT.STOCH SBNHS• ---- ..------------ _ Dividend Amount Name of Comp . any per um o f Paid. Price el Ann. ‘ Share. gf ------...----- .-----,- z s. d. £ 1. d. - w 40 0 0 40 0 0 15 Oi Arotralasia • • ........ Ce er cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - al Brolo-'lll"rtil'American sr. p 25 0025 0 0 71. per cent. - En commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - hi per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Colonial .•• • • • ..... • 51. Gloucestershire ••• • •• 151 per cent. - - - n ionic •• 6l. par cent. 25 CI 0 25 0 0 -p, Louth' and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 1) 0 20 0 0 22 tr - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • 61 . per cent. 50 0010 0 0 - oi Provincialof Ireland • • 81. per cent. 1 00 0 0 25 0 0 - ti Ditto, New. - tl N a ti o nal of Ireland .• 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 22 1.0 0 - h , gat. Provnc ial of En g . 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 3331 Ditto, New. •••• •• • • 51 . per cent . 20 0 0 10 0 0 - A so,uth Australia ••• • - 51. per cent. - 22 10 0 - a v i a en of Australia •. •• 61 . p er cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - - r DLtto • • - - 210 0 - - uniolg of London. • • ••61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 - 1 U n ion of Madrid - 4O .------- • t BRIDGES _ C Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. c Annum. Share. 011..........,...... .......... i......... .......... ............ , X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross •• • • - - 25 0 0 1 9 % 632 12 8 - 3 , Southwrk,Nw Sub• Av. - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - lh Vilaterloo •.•••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 4 1 L'itto Old Ann. 01'81. 11. ss. 4 d. - 60 0 0 27 i Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11 . 2 s. 2d. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .• .. ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 27 1 INSURANCE COMPANIES.. , • Dividend Amount )Same of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. 0...--------- ----.-- ...--- - £ 8. d. £ s. d. Albino •••••••••• •• •• V. 10e. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17 1 ,6 Ditto Marine.• ••• •• 61. pe r cent, 100 0 0 50 0 4% .U 15.4 . . 135.6 d. pr sh 50 0 0 5 6 8 13 Britian Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 6 Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 Crown • • • • - • • • • • • • • ll gagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 - F.nB.& Scot. Law •• - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life •• - -5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Famlly Endowinri t Soo. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .••• • - - M. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - illobe ••.••• • • • •• .... 61 . p er cent. Stock. - 115 43, tardian - /mverial Fire ........12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - i m p t srial Life •• •• •• .. • 128. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15% Inden2nity Marine •• •• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 25 Law Ilse •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 - Law Life ..... ••• • • . 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - L eg al and General Life - 50 0 0 200 41 Os. London Fire •••• • • . • 10s. 25 00 12 10 0 - London Ship ..... •• • • 10s. 25 0 012 10 0 13 - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4311. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Loan Fund •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 --- National Life •• -• ••••• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - p alladium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2 - - - - Fucenix • • V. p. sh. BDbs. - - - pi otector Life.. • • .... 51:per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - p • -ovident Life •••• • • .. 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 gook Life . 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% R o yal Exchange 5 l. per cent. Stock. - 170 S an fire --.• • • • - - 1 197 Ditto Life 11. 6s. - - - Universal Life.... - - 10% pr alt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 25 Vlaorla. Life • - 4 ISOCES., Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ...-,.------- -,....- -- - £ s. d. £ s. d. ommercial - - East and West India - 118% Nast Country - 21 London 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 102% i)itto Bonds.• ••• • -4/. per cent. - - - Bt. Katharine •• • • .... 4 per cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds . • •• - • • 431. pr cent. - - - Southapilaton •• • • .... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - WATEIit,WORKS. Dividend' Amount mime of Company. per of Paid. Price. 'Annum. Share. ---- - - - - . A 5. d. X s. d. BirminghAm ..••• . • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Bast London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 178 Grand Junction ••• • .. 21. 108; 41 13 4 - 81 3/. 100 0 0 - 75 New Rl* Lndln Brdge • 21. 10s. -. Si.per ent. 100 - 55 Vauxhall ...... .. - West Middlesex . ... • 61.05. pr cnt. - - 117 GAS-LIGHT AND COME COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. A per Share e. Paid. I Price. _......------- A. a. d. A. a. d. British •••• • • • • •• •• 11 . 40 0 0 18 0 0 16 D i tto PrOvinCitil•• •• I/. Bs. i2O 0 0 19 0 0 22 Bristol ••• •••••••• .- •• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton •••••. •• • • .. 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 16 City of Lonaon .• •• •• 101. , 100 0 0 (00 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 Ditto, New •• ••• • • • 855. pr share' 40 0 0 37 10 0 Equitable- ••••••• •• • • 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 Imperial ••••••• • •• •• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 L0nd0n............... 150 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Phcenix .• • ... • ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 29 % Ratcliff .. •• . ........ 51. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General —.. •• 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westrnin.ster Chartered 31, 50 0 0 55)6 Ditto, New •.•• - • • • 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11 C. 19-01 AL S. ' . 1 .; Dividend Names of E IDivideud i Pry _ Names of ~. Companies. A , per 1 "' Companies. A per Pri ce. ao Annum. V. Annum. £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p 0 80 Macclesfield . 100 - _ Barnslel.• • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 181. Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford .. •• • • 100 201. 190 Birmingham 3 0 5 d i ~, 41. 80 Peak Forest . 7 8 - C o ventry ..•. 100 251. - Regent's •••• 33 IL 2s. 18 Derby • • ... 1 61. 63 Rochdale ..• • 85 i 41. 54 Ells.rre&Chs 133 41. 48 Somrset Coal 150', 71.105. 130 E:e A ash •• • 100, 321. - Do.Lk Ed St 1216 i. p. c . _ Grand.ltman 1001 51. 77 Stffr4 &Wore 140 281. 210 Grand Surrey 100, - 35 Shrewsbury.. 125 -. 151. - Grand Union 100, 1/. 100. 25 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 256 Grantham • - 150! 121. -- Severn and/ Kennt & Avn 39, 7s. 6d. 4% Wye Raft.s 26 11. 88. 26 Leeds& Livrp .100, 341. . . 410 Warwick Sol ~..,, Leicester -•• 140 101. 75 liiirming. j ," Si.u' 66 LeicstrANth 83, 1 00 41. 36 W'arvrick& 1 L o ughborogh 141' 701. - Napton..) " - 46 M o nmOuthsh 100 Si. - Worcstr &1 78 21. 36 Malsgemrysh 100 51. - Birming. SieltnMyrbry 100 101. - Wilts & Brks - IL II LAST OT SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PIUCES --- - . • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Share. ....---..---7---- -- - X s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British LinenComptury Al. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank City of. Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 111 0 0 1134 Clydesdale Bank• •••• • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 , 0 C 91.195. Erlinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 ;59i Exahangeßnk of Scot.. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 4134 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 N a tional Bank... ... •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 North of Scotian dB ank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.155. N or th British Bank -••- 50 0 0 10 0 0 3 Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 11834 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 Western Bank •••• • • . • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 TO Aberdeen Fire and Life 1 . 21. per cent. 12 10 0 20 6 234 H. Aceord. tifeand Fire - 20 0' 0 011 0 - British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 10 0 10s Od Caledonian -Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 0 1 le.od 210 0 17 East of Scotland Life.. - 1. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 Hercu l es Insurance Co. 71. p er cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 " Insur. Co. of Scotlnd .• bl• per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 it . 7 , Mercantile Life .. •• • • - 10 0 0 01$ 0 Ss. 00. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 20s. North British Insur. •• 20 0 0 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 22 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 1 7 L0 ,1. 20 0 0 011 0 Scottish Life and Guar. - ss. Scot. Mai. and Gen. Life - 100 0 15 0 loB.od CI 0 13 1 1 2 1 s. .0 1 d s Scottish Union Insrnce. 041 • pr cent. 20 0 0 Standard Life .. ••.. - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 j/i 1 0 United Dep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 • MISCELLANEOUS. ..,....-. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- - ----- - --- ...--- .£ d X. b. • 3. • d• Australian Agriculturl - 100 0030 0 0 - 10 0 0 - Angle-Mexican Mint., 11. 49. 10 0 0 2 10 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - Canada ... ••... . • • . . 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 9 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 82 City Bonds.. ........ 3341. pr cent. - - Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 5 1. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. a te, 2 / 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 6 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 91 % Oea.SteamNavigatlon 11.8 s. lb 0 0'14 0 0 17 London Institution . • • - - - le Peninsir& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 52 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 45% South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 -- Universal Salvage_ .. - 25 0 0 6 0 0 - RAILWAY COMMITTEES. AY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) ROUSE OF LORDS. LORD 'SHAFTESBURY'S CO XIMITTEE. —Fun- NEss,—This Bill was recommitted for thelpurpose of in troducing clauses relating to the capital. GROUP No. B.—NORTH; AN. SOUTH-WESTERN (Harrow to Brentford).—Th e case for the promoters and the opposition of the Great Western Company having closed, the room was cleared, and the Committee, after a short consultation, decided that it was not desirable to Pr oceed further with the Bill. GROUPS No. 9.— GLASGOW, 'WARHEAD, AND HUE LET.—Case and opposition further considered. GROUP, No. 10.—LIVERP0OL, MANCHESTER, A ND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNOTIoN (Abandonment of Line, and Dissolution of the Company(.—Case end opposition closed, but decision postponed till to-morrow. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAL) DUBLIN. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, Mr. Rowe applied to the Committee on behalf of the sitting Member to report to the House that the petitioners had - neglected to:pay the expenses of their witnesses, who had been brought from their homes in Dublin at great incon venienoe to themselves. The Non.; CILIZAJLec said ho would consult the Speaker as to the course usually pursued under such circumstances, and report the result to-morrow morning. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was then proceeded with, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off another vote. NORTH CHESHIRE.. The evidence as to treating at Stockport was resumed.' One witness stated that he was promised by one of Mr. Leigh's agent that in the event of his losing his situa tion through voting for that gentleman another should be procured for him. Upon the faith of this promise he polled for Mr. Leigh, and was imme diately afterwards dismissed from the enrAployment he was then engaged in. bubsequer,tly, how ever, :another situation was procured for him by the gentleman who had canvassed him for Mr. Leigh, and he was also paid 12s. for the loss he sustained in being out of employment for a few days. On Vac polling day he and a number of other voters were supplied with refresh ment tickets, but he understood that the publican who honoured the tickets bad been informed that he would not be paid his Bill till after the petition had been dis posed of. Another witness, while giving evidence of treating, accidentally let out that before polling he met one of Mr. Leigh's canvassers, to whom he stated that he had a great disinclination to vote fur that gen tleman, whereupon the canvasser gave him 155., to set his mind at rest on that point, and carried him off there and then to poll for Mr. Leigh. A lengthened argument arose as to whether this part of the evidence ought to remain on the notes, or whether these two instances of bribery could be pursued further. It was contended by Mr. Merewether, the counsel for the sitting Member, that, as the petitioners had abandoned their allegations of bribery, the Committee ought not to allow the evi dence of bribery to proceed further. The Committee decided against the objection. VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A meeting of the proprietors was held to-day at the George: and Vulture Tavern Cornhill:(Mr. Parnell in the chair), for the purpose of considering the pro priety of rescinding a resolution passed at a general meeting of the proprietors, on the 4th of May, by which the committee were recommended not to incur any law expenses in resisting the claims made on the company for land-tax and sewers' rate, and to authorise the com mittee to resist payment of such claims, or either of them. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the minutes of the last general meeting were recited, by which it appears that the amount of land-tax demanded was 141. 11s. Bd. An amendment had been moved that the Committee should pay the amount or not, according to their discretion. The amendment was negatived by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN stated, that at the last meeting on this subject, it had been very properly stated, that it was not worth the while of the company, for such a sum as a little more than 141., which was the amount demanded of the proprietors. But it had been also properly stated that the wedge, when once inserted, would soon be driven home. And so it had proved, for instead of 5641., which was the amount to which the property was formerly assessed, the rate had now been charged on no less a sum than 5,968/., and the land-tax, instead of amounting to about 161., was now 1511. The same rule held with regard to the sewers' rate, for though the only charge now levied was upon 6001. on the Surrey side, yet there was every reason to believe that the same excess as had been ob servable in the land-tax would also be noticeable in the sewers' rate. A resolution was then submitted, giving to the direc tors legal powers to resist these charges, or not, as they might think best, the Chairman stating that Sir Fitzroy Kelly bad positively given his opinion that the shares being personal property, the bridge was not liable to land-tax. A conversation ensued, from which it appeared, that although the probability was great that the imposition of the land-tax might be avoided, a resistance to the sewers' rate was hopeless, at least so far as the costs . were concerned. The resolution was ultimately divided into two, one for rescinding the resolution previously passed, so far as the land-tax was concerned, and the other with respect to the sewers' rate, and both were passed. Thanks were then voted to tho Chairman and com mittee, and the meeting was dissolved. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ...... •• •• 12 2 Ditto, at sight ••• • .. H3tterdatn .• .. • ... .. 12 2% Antwerp • • •• • • liamburgh —II.B. 13 12% Altona ..... •• • raids, 3 days' eight .. 25 55 Ditto, • • • • 25 80 Liarseilles • • •• • • 2$ 85 80urdeaux......... . Frankfort on Maine 122 Peteisburgh, Sil. Ebbe.. Berlin •• ...... •• • • Vienna, effec. f 10....•. Trieste, ditto.. ...• .... Madrid •• .. • .. _ .. Cadiz .. , . Bilbao ..• • ..... Barcelona • •• ........ NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar...... .• Leghorn 31 50 Genoa .. • • Milan ........., Venice.— .......... Naples . 36U Palermo, per oa ........ Li5b0n....... ..... 52 Oporto ...... „ „ .. ~ „ Rio Janeiro •.... . .. • . Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .... PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01. Foreign Gold in bars..X3 17 9 Nvw Dollars • ... .. 0 4 10 Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver 1a bars ...... •• 0 4 11% MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 22, DM. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 390 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• ... 54 Turbercular Diseases... ... 202 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 112 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 34 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• .•• 6 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 0•I Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Ice. Malformations... Premature Birth ••• Atrophy Old Age Stidden ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance 8% Causes not specified ... 54 ... 26 ... 27 ... 34 ... 36 DRATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841 y Five Summers. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 142 ... 152 North D::,tricts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 232 Central Districts 373,653 ... 178 ... 227 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 219 ... 242 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 251 - ... 243 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Malea ... ... Females ••• ... BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ... 1,096 ... 567 ... 529 Males ... Females ... ... 695 ... 614 Total ... ... 1,309 THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 21, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Fran cisco de River°, as Consul General in England for the Republic of Peru. . • DOWNING-STREET, JULY 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John R. Parte low, Esq., to be Provincial Secretary, and Lemuel A. Wilmot, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, for the province of Now Brunswick. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute nant, April 1, 1848. WHITEHALL, JULY 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Farley Rutter, of Shaftesbury, in the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY. SUPERSEDED. John Shepard Mayfield, builder, Ware, Hertfordshire. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1848 BANKRUPTS. Thomas Earle, funeral carriage master, Castle-street, Long-acre, to surrender Aug. 3, at eleven, and Sept. 1, at half•past eleven, aitixe Court of Bankrutcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchinllane; Smith, New•inn. Charles Langley, licensed victualler, Little Moorfields, Aug. 1, and Sept. 1, at half pa►t one, at the Court of Bankruptcy- Whitmore, official a s signee, Basinghall street ; Catterns, Mark-lane. _ George Parker, chemist, St. Martin's-lane, Aug. 1, at eleven, and Sept. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannon, official assignee, Birchia-lane; Clarke, George-street, Mansion-house. Richard Webb, licensed victualler, Chelsea, Aug. 1 and Sept. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit , - more, official assignee, Basieghall-street; Dimmock and Burbey, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Ann Drew, stationer, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn fields, Aug. 7, at half-past one, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assig nee, Coleman-street; Rivolta, Hart-street, Bloomsbury square. Matthew Death, shoemaker, Iladleigh, Suffolk, July 31, at eleven, and September 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Smith, Furnival's•inn. Felix Lieven 13auwens,:candle manufacturer, Croydon, August 3, at one, and September 9, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-place, Basinghall-street ; Cutten, Coleman street. James Munro M`Kenzie and James Fraser, ware housemen, Pancras-lane , City , Au g . 3, at twelve, and Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings; Reed, Lang ford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Joseph Lowe and Thomas Farnell Read Shaw, fac tors, Birmingham, Aug. 5 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Thomas Merrill and Charles Benson, type founders, Salford, Lancashire, August 7 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Hampson and Son, Manchester. Edward Jones, snuff manufahturer, Bristol ; Aug. 8 and Sept. 19, at ekven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Short and Co., Bristol; White and Co. Bedford-row. Freeman, and Squire q S u i e r p e t ß ( la ,Ifi nd, 15, caiatl re a a s lt eleven, ssige at assignee, Bothwell, Yorkshire ; Aug. 11 e,Le t e h d e s I ; Re lv ds ill D ia i m st s r o ie n t , Court. . James-street, London Dulmer, Park-row, Leeds. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Sir R. H. INGLIS seeing the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bute in his place, he wished to ask him a question relative to a notice of motion he had given for to morrow. The Right lion.. and Learned Gentleman had a notice on the paper to the effect that he intended to move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the .sth and 6th of Wm. IV., relating to the degrees of affinity, and he should be glad, to know whether the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman intended to perse vere in that motion. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said the present law of marriage was certainly in a most unsatisfactory state, but as the report of the Committee which had been sitting upon the subject could not be in the hands of Hon. Members to-morrow, he proposed to postpone his moiion till one day next week. If, however, Govern ment would take the Bill up he would readily surrender it into their hands. Sir G. GREY said the matter could not be in better bands, and he hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would still retain charge of the measure. A good deal of valuable evidence had been taken before the Com mittee, which was well worthy the serious consideration of the House. DENMARK AND PRUSSIA. Mr. DISRAELI, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, wished to ask him a question relative to the negociations which had taken place between Denmark and Germany under the Noble Lord's auspices. It would be in the recollection of the House, that the King of Denmark, out of regard for the commerce of this country, was reluctantly induced to sign armistice between Denmark and Prussia, which was afterwards carried to Berlin, and there signed by the King of Prussia ; he believed mainly through the auspices of Sweden, and the native in telligence of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The House would be surprised to learn that this armistice thns signed and ratified had been repudiated by the Prussian people, and Europe had now the mortification to learn that hostilities ruinous to the commerce of England were about to be commenced. He wished therefore to ask whether the Noble Lord had any communication to make to the House on this almost unprecedented occurrence in diplomatic negociations; whether he had received any communication from Prussia to the Court of St. James's explanatory of these proceedings; whether Prussia, under the new con stitution which at present prevailed in Ger many, which not ev'en the King of Prussia seemed to understand had. informed the Government that the King had had no authority to sign and ratify the armistice, and whether the King himself had withdrawn his ambassador from The Court ofiSt. James,s. Lord PALMERSTON had great pleasure in furnish ing the House with such information as he had received with regard to this important Matter, and he trusted the general result of his answer would be encouraging, but perhaps not so satisfactory as the Hon. Gentleman anticipated. Government proppsed to the two parties, Denmark and Prussia, articles of an armistice which also contained the basis et a futtitegerM;neniTeZenerliof the ;disputes :between the two powers. That offer however, was not accepted, .but eventually an officer in the confidence of the King. of Prussia was appointed to negociate for the-King, and he repaired for that purpose to Malmo to communicate with the Ministers of Sweden and Denmark. At that meeting articles of an armistice not involving. the principle of a paramount settlement were agreed to but not actually signed. It might undoubtedly have been reasonably supposed that the articles of the armistice were finally concluded and duly signed, but when it was sent to the General commanding the Prussian forces, that officer started difficulties with reference to the position of his own Government and the.. German Confederation. He would not trouble the House by going into further de tails, but he. might state that from a communication which he had received this morning from Ber lin, he was led . to hope that the difficulties which had arisen would eventually be got over, and that the armistice would be signed and finally concluded upon. The House would understand that the main question re-• mained to be settled, but her Majesty's Government would still continue to give their good offices, with the view of settling existing hostilities. DANUBLAN TERRITORY. Mr. URQUHART asked whether the Government had received any information respecting the Danubian provinces, .and also .inquired in what character the Russian troops had .marcbed into that territory? Lord PALMERSTON..said the Government had re ceived information .of the.march of the Russian troops to Wallachia, but they had not received any in formation as to the actual entrance of any Russian or Danish forces into Wallachia. He did not expect that any collisioa would, take place, as the object of their entry being to enforce certain arrangements sub sisting between the two powers, the sovereign power on the one hand, and the protecting power on the other, (LEST SITTING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of July 25.) Suo.a.e.—To-day there was not the least improvement in the home demand for raw Sugar, although holders were disposed to make a further concession in the value of duty paid soots. Indeed it is still difficult to give accurate quotations. For. Foreign, in bond, there is a firm market. . . West . India was dealt in with caution for. all purposes, whilst prices compared with those- of Friday show a decline of 6d. A public sale of 141 hhds and 92 tierces of Barbadoes went off flatly at a similar reduction—fine yellow sold at 41s to 425, good 40s to 41S. - good middling 39s 6d. middling 38s to 39s per cwt.. Thelotal -quantity sold alnounts to only 360 hhds and trcs. REFINED..—To-day there was no imprOvement in the position of -the market for Refined Sugar ; there was also a desire on the part of home-trade refiners to sell. The rates accepted are 52s 6d far brown, and 53s for brown, and 53s for standard lumps. For bonded Crushed Sugar the market is firm, and there is a good demand at 26s to 27s per cwt. MAMUNWS.—This afternoon the sales made by pri vate treaty in Mauritius were small, and 505 bags at auction went at barely the former value, fine yellow 39s to 39s 6d, good 37s 6d to 38s, middling 36s to 375, low 345, washed and syrupy 33s to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.--,This afternoon there was no improve ment in the demand for Madras Sugar; at public sale 4,470 bags were nearly all taken in about the former va l ue . Orßengal 1,790 were, offered_ and sold at 6d per cwt decline- . FOREIGN. —Today there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and by private treaty little desire was shown to do business in duty paid or bonded sorts, whilst prices are on the decline. c or r Ex. This afternoon there was not a better demand by private treaty for Native Ceylon, and 433 begs at auction were taken in at 30s for good ordinary, whilst 64 casks and 1367 bags Plantation were only in part sold at about the former value. CocoA..--British plantation is not much wanted, and sellers are willing to make a concession on last week's rates of 6d to is per cwt. At auction 555 bags 125 brls of Trinidad were only .in part sold. The market for foreign is dull. . TEA.—On the part of the trade a desire is manifested generally to get well stocked with Congou, and former advanced rates are supported. There is firmness on the part of holders, and they insist upon the fol following terms;,ord unclean 7d to 71d, coarse and new kinds 8d to Sid, mixed leaf ditto 9d to I ld, blackish leaf rather strong to strong is to is 2d strong, and Pekoe flavour is 3d to Is 6d, and fine is is 8d to 2s 2d. There is a fair demand for Pouchong at 4d to Bd. Of Sou chong several parcels have been taken; ord at 9d to ls, and good to fine is .3d to 2s. 4d. Green cannot be called higher, but there is firmness on the part of holders, and a fair amount of..business has been concluded. A fair demand exists for. other sorts of Tea. RICE.—To-day there was much activity in the market for East India Rice, and prices have further advanced ls per cwt. At public sale 2,260 bags and 802 packages Bengal were sold. Seco.--To-day at auction 337 boxes were offered, and nearly all taken in above the value; middling mall greyish pearl 20s, a few lots sold at 19s 6d per cwt: 642 tins Jamaica Arrowroot at 7id: 100 tins, 35 brls of St. Vincents taken in at 54d to Bd. SPICES.—To -day Cassia Lignea met with little atten tion, and 842 boxes at public auction went is per cwt cheaper. 597 bags Malabar Pepper sold at lid for half heavy grey; 35 bags of White ditto taken in at 41d for middling; 198 barrels Jamaica Ginger sold at 2/ 11s to 8/ is. - SALTPETRE To;day there was little passing in rough Saltpetre privately, and none afforded at public sale. Prices keep on the decline, and rule at 22s 6d to 26s for low to fine. SfnafTs.—Jamaica Rum has not improved in value, although there has been a much better demand for all sorts, but the home trade have been the chief operators. Holders , show firmness, and obtain rates equal to those. of this day week. Since that time '5OO puns have been sold. The market is well supplied, especially with low and middling sorts. Demerara has been dealt in with greater freedom, but quotations are not higher, and rule at 2s 4cl to 3s for 25 to 38 per cent over proof. A much better demand exists for Leeward Island. OlLS.—There has been less business concluded in Palm, still on the part of holders there is firmness. At public sale 202 casks' were only in part sold, at 26s to 303 6d for lbw to fine. 'Cocoa Nut is yet little wanted. Rapeseed Oil is not much required, and prices tend down wards. The sales made in Linseed Oil have been of lit itnle t m he om m en ar t k f e o t r . tr r ad r e ie p e u s r a p r o e se n s, n an t d h e f e w d e e e x li p n o e r . t o T r d h e e r r s e a r i e s firmness on the part of holders of Olive, as arrivals con tinue small, whilst the demand is improving. Lard Oil has been rteady. Of Fish Oils further parcels have come to hand, and prices generally have a downward tendeney. In Cod few sales have bsen made. Seal is offered at further reduced terms, yet buyers have operated with caution. Southern is wanted, and pri tviaotnelwyerreeaalilslesfuloml.y former rates, whilst 145 tuns at aue- TALLow.--Pricea continue to decline for Russian on the spot, and the town as well as country trade to make purchases with caution. Fine P. Y. Candle can be ob tained at 43s 3d to 43s 6d per cwt. Buyers only take safficient for their immediate wants, as prices are likely to farther recede. For delivery in the last three months pf the year few contracts have been concluded, and there are sellers at 42s 6d to 42s 9(3 per cwt. H ome made have been operated in with caution, and can be ob tained at 43s 6d to 44s net cash ; there is also a further increase in the supply. For other kinds of Tallow fur ther reduced rates have been taken, as the supply con tinues to timed the wants of the UT* SWEDISH POTATOES. —A vessel 'Strived from Go thenburg has brought 35 sacks of potatoes, as a portion of her cargo, the product of Sweden. This is a very un angel article of importation froth this European state, and tao :mina on scoVuit °Vita adieelty is otintereat. George William Curie, wine merchant, Plymouth, Aug. 10, at one, and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Little, I )evonport; Stogdon, Exeter; Soles and Turner, Alden; ianbury, London. Marl, Riley, tobacconist, Sheffield, Aug. 5 and Sept. 16, at, ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assirgnee,Sheffield; Walter and Pemberton, Symond's InT i; W. and B. Wake, Sheffield. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Their Lordships re-assembled at Five o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS BILL. The Commons amendment to this Bill were agreed to. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL presented the report of the Select Committee on this Bill which was ordered to be received. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. SCOTCH MARRIAGES BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Bill to Amend the Scotch Law of Marriages. The Earl of HADDINGTON objected to the measure as being an alteration of the law of the Church of Scot land with regard to marriages. This Bill admitted mar riage to be contracted as a civil contract ; if it were a civil contract, why should parties be compelled to go before a clergyman, and again to enter into that contract in a more solemn manner ? His impression was, that this Bill would be to make marriage, instead of a religious contract, a mere civil contract, and therefore he was opposei to the measure, and moved that it be read a third time that day six months. Lord BROUGHAM considered that this Bill would be a great improvement in the marriage law of Scotland. The present law required no religious ceremonial. It was taken from Constantinople, and enabled any boy of 14 and girl of 12 years of age, to contract a marriage, before any peasant or any chambermaid at an inn, and that was as valid a marriage as any marriage celebrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. If this Bill were passed, tile scandal of Scotch mar lriages, as evasions of the English Marriage Act would cease. He hoped they would place the marriage law of the two countries on a better footing. The Duke of ARGYLL supported the Bill, because he believed they could not proceed upon a safer prin ciple than the one which it introduced. There ought to be some statutable recognition of the irregular marriages that take place in Scotland. He should sup port the third reading of the Bill for the reasons he had stated. Lord CAMPBELL said the measure had engaged the attention of the Government for some years, and he considered that no better opportunity presented itself for its passing than the present. No marriage was valid now in Scotland unless it took place before a clergyman or a registrar. The ob jections which the Assembly had made were, in his opinion, not tenable. Believing this Bill would be ac ceptable to the people of Scotland,• he cordially asked their Lordships to pass the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM contended that at the present 'moment persons in Scotland saying, before a chamber maid or a pot-boy that they took each other for man and wife constituted a valid marriage, showing how ab solutely necessary was the alteration proposed. After a few words from the Earl of HADDINGTON the Bill was read a third time and passed. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. POOR-LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) BILL. Mr. CHARLES BULLER (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said he had no wish in making the proposition for union rating, to pre vent owners of estates in different parishes taking that direct interest which they now had in upholding the condition of the labouring classes. The Hon. Member then observed that the present law of settlement—the power of removing paupers—was a great hardship upon the poor , and he trusted that no long time would elapse without Parliament relieving the poor man of that great evil. He believed that a great change, affect ing the condition of the poor, might be made without interfering with the general principle, that the charge for the resident poor should be thrown on the particular parish in which they had resided and laboured all their lives. He proposed simply now that parishes should at once cheerfully submit to the extension of the rate over a whole union. it was provided in the Bill that extra-parochial places should be chargeable with their own poor, but there was a modification to enable them to join with another parish, instead of keeping up a sepa rate parochial rate. He was perfectly aware that some parts of the Bill would be considered objectionable, and he trusted that the House would now consent to the second reading, in order that they might discuss the de.. tails of the Bill in Committee. On the motion for the second reading being put, Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill. The Right lion. Gentleman had stated that he had no wish to break down the present parochial system, but he (Mr. Ilenley) was one who entertaiued the opinion that such would be the effect of the present Bill. If the parochial system whioh had been so many years established in this country, and upon which large purchases of property had been made, and long leases taken, was once departed from, he was of opinion that the House would eventually be obliged to grant a national rate for the maintenance of the poor. The Hon. Gentleman had given an analysis of charges which he thought ought to be thrown over a larger area; but he had brought forward no argument to show that such an arrangement was either advisable or necessary. lie objected to throwing the support of vagrants and re movables over the whole union. They were now going, by this Bill, to extend.the system for levying the rates, and if they continued to tamper with the interests of the people as they had lately done, they would be obliged to concede one universal system of rating. He wished now to offer a few observations upon that part of the Bill which related to vagrancy. The Right Hon. Baronet seemed to think that the vagrancy of the present day was not so much owing to the law affecting vagrancy as the manner in which that law was adminis tered; but in dealing with this subject they roust go back to the events which occurred some thirteen or four teen years ago. At that time, in consequence of the depression in the manufacturing districts, a great amount of destitute poor were thrown upon all the large towns in the country, and a great outcry was raised against the then system of poor-law relief, which ultimately led to the establishment of the vagrancy laws, and the formation of certain regulations for the relief of the casual poor of parishes. Those regulations had been taken advantage of by the idle vagrant, and a monstrous abuse had sprung up of parties, pretending to be desti ' tute, going from parish to parish and levying contributions upon the parochial funds. The Right Honourable Baronet proposed to remedy this evil by requiring; relieving officers to ibe more cautious in the selection of parties to whom they administered re lief, but he warned the Right Hon. Gentleman not to be too stringent in the regulations he inflicted on relieving officers, or many parties who might be really deserving of immediate relief would run the risk of dying of star vation. He thought if the relief of the casual poor were placed under the control of the police fewer frauds would be practised upon the parochial authorities by the sturdy vagrant than there were at present. Vagrancy had always been considered a crime in this country, and he could see no reason why his suggestion should not be adopted. At all events, he doubted whether the boards of guardians would pay much attention to the subject. Boards of guardians paid very little attention to any thing but the pounds, shillings, and pence, and as this Bill would extend the charge of vagrancy over a largo area the expense to each parish would be reduced, the matter would be neglected by boards of guardians, and the natural result would be an increase in the vagrancy of the country. Referring now to other parts of the Bill, he wanted to know upon what principle of justice the man who had a yearly income of 100/. derivable from land, had to pay 25/. towards the maintenance of the poor, and the man who received 1,0001. a year from the funds: paid nothing. Why should a coal-mine contribute towards the sup port of the poor and a lead-mine not? These were anomalies in the law which ought to be remedied with out delay, and so ought the system of rating; for in the agricultural districts of the south of England a labourer, with a family of four children, could only earn by honest industry 10s. a week, but if he went into the workhouse his family involved the parish in an expense of 18s. per week, so defective was the system of rating and managing the union workhouses. He did not think that bit by bit legislation, like the Bill, was calculated to do any good, but he firmly be lieved that it would do great harm, as no one could tell where it would end. He believed that this measure would only increase the evil and was not calculated to heighten the opinion of the country towards the House. He believed that the effect of the Bill would be to throw on agricultural districts those burdens which had hitherto been borne by towns. He could not see the justice of such a measure, and he should therefore oppose the second reading, and move that it be read a second time that day three months. Mr. RICE moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. C. BULLER said if it met with the approbation of the House, he should propose to resume the adjourned debate on this Bill on Thursday morning next, at twelve o'clock. Mr. CHRISTOPHER said that the Bill was a most important one, and he did not believe it could be done justice to in the present session. The debate was then adjourned to Thursday next at twelve o'clock. PAROCHIAL DEBT AND AUDIT BILL The Committee on this Bill was postponed to Thurs , day next at twelve o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIONS. The Ecclesiastical Unions and Divisions of Parishes (Ireland) Bill, was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND.) The report on the Public Works (Ireland) No. 2 Bill, was brought up. The House then adjourned to Five o'Clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, the Farmers' Estate (Ireland) Bill was ordered to be re-committed to a Committee of the whole house on Friday next. Mr. H. HERBET presented a petition from the county of Kerry, praying for an inquiry into the defal cations of certain savings banks in Ireland. Mr. MONSELL presented a petition from Limerick, pra ying that some measure might be adopted to prevent the desertion of seamen from ships in the port of Li merick. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Manchest er in favour of superannuation allowance to officers of poor 'law unions. THE TITHE COMMISSION. The following is a copy of the report of the Tithe Commissioners to Sir G. Grey, M.P.:— " Tithe Commission-office, July 8, 1848. " Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the pr3gress of the commutation of the tithes in England and Wales to the close of the year 1847. " We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,631 tithe districts ; of these no tices four were recived during the year 1847. "We have received 7,053 agreements, and confirmed 6,753 ; - of these nine have been received, and four con firmed during the year 1847. " 6,424 notices for making awards have been issued, of which 352 were issued during the year 1847. "We have received 4,847 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 4,332 ; of these 377 have been received, and 454 have been confirmed during the year 1847. " We have received 10,173 apportionments, and ton firmed 9,860; and of these 608 have been received, and 598 confirmed, during the year 180. " In 11,085 tithe districts, as will bg seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. _ _ . " We have in our possession agreements and draughts of awards as yet unconfirmed which will include 815 additional tithe districts, and make a total, when com pleted, of 11,900 districts in which the tithes have been commuted. _ _ _ " 299 altered apportionments were made by the Tithe Commissioners up to the 31st December, 1847, of which 212 were confirmed. At that date exchange of glebe lands were effected in 109 places, and 51 such exchanges were in progress. " At the close of 1847 we had confirmed 8,260 distinct mergers of tithe. A considerable body of tithe had also been merged by parochial agreements. " We have to report the assurance which we have happily been able to give in all our former reports, that the processes of commutation are going on, on the whole, tranquilly and satisfactorily. " We have adverted in four former reports to the state of the law, under what is called Lord Tenterden's Act. •" Although the law is not yet formally declared, an approach to a decision has taken place; that is, the Barons of the Exchequer have given a certificate of the opinion of their Court on a case submitted to it by the Lord Chancellor; on that certificate we have thought it best to proceed at once, without waiting for its ultimate confirmation. _ _ _ " Some inconvenience may, perhaps, result from thiss, but we think it obvious that much more intolerable in. convenience would be caused from our delaying stilt further our own decisions. " We have, titc., "T. WENTWORTII BULLER. " WILLIAM BLAMIRE. "RICHARD JONES. "To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., Ste." MARRIAGES OF AFFINITY. In a letter, full of point and pith, upon the subject of Marriages of Affinity, which is published in the Ap pendix to the Commissioners' Report, the Archbishop of Dublin says:—" I think you will find four in five mis take the real question—i.e., they will consider the real question to be, whether it be an advisable sort of marriage, But ask the same persons whether they think it advisable for a man to marry his servant-girl, or a woman young enough to be his daughter, or old enough to be his mo ther, &c. ; and when they answer No, ask them whether they would have a law to prohibit such marriages, and I think they would then perceive that it is absurd to keep men in leading-strings, and to take away all right of pri vate judgment whenever it is possible for men to judge wrong." The desire to enact one's own sentiments, into a law for other people is, indeed, the essence of all bigotry and the germ of persecution. In the present instance we have no doubt that the feeling of the great majority of the English public, entirely ir respective of the law, is, and will continue to be, averse to marriage with a sister-in-law ; a similar feeling exists in many minds against a marriage between first cousins. But the opinion or feeling of the majority upon subjects of this nature, cannot justify a prohibitory statute against the smaller class, who are in fluenced by no such sentiment, or in whom it has been over-ruled by the force of circumstances, or by such a peculiar domestic position as we find illustrated in many painful instances by the evidence before us. A recent controversy supplies us with a close analogy, No doubt a large majority of the people of this kingdom will always prefer, if you give them the choice, a Chris tian representative to a Jewish one. We do not blame them for this, but we do blame those who seek to perpe tuate a law whichl forbids all the rest of the community to do otherwise. The commissioners, after referring to the continued prevalence of the prohibited marriages, notwithstanding the legal penalties, observe—" The common foundation of such marriages is the familiar intercourse which necessarily prevails between a man and his sister-in-law, when, upon the death of a wife, She assumes her sister's place in the care of the children, and in the superintendence of the domestic establishment. We believe that among persons who have not passed the middle age, attachments will be very frequent whenever the sister of the deceased wife comes to live under the roof of the husband." " The end of such a state of things," they add, " among the poorer classes, in a great majority of cases, is either marriage or con cubinage." These conclusions of the Commissioners are powertully borne out by the evidence, especially by that of members of the clerical profession, both in the Church of England and other couunuulons, whose ministerial duties, performed in populous districts, have brought them into close contact with the poor. We extract the following passages from Dr. Wiseman's evidence—not that it differs from the statements of other witnesses to the same affect, but because it forcibly depicts a case of ordinary occurrence, and because the organization of his Church, and his position in the central districts of Eng land, give a value to his experience of the habits of the poorer classes. Dr. Wiseman says—" In the middle classes it generally results from the sister having lived, perhaps for some years, in the family with the wife, the health of the wife perhaps being delicate. The wife dies and leaves a young family : the husband has his business to attend to, and has no one to take care of his children ; and the sister in-law has no other shelter; probably has lost her pa rents, or has been living for many years in her sister's house. I had an instance where she had been living 17 years in the family, and had been a second mother to the children. The case is very trying for both partiee. There is an attachment naturally between them from their having lived so long together, To bring a stranger into the house wold probably be disturbing the peace and happi ness of the little family. The children are attached to their aunt, and it appears altogether the most natural arrangement for their happiness, as well as to prevent the sin, probably, of cohabitation without marriage, that a dispensation should be granted. That, I should say, is the history of nine out of ten cases which I have had to deal with." These Dr. Wiseman describes as the ordinary cases, but there are others, as the personal statements of some deeply interested par ties testify in the higher and more conspicuous walks of life, where the pressure of motives urging to these connections derives an intense force and sanction from the most touching of all inducements, the death bed request of the wife anxious for the children she is leaving behind her. We may refer to the evidence of a witness, reported at page 24, whose name is not disclosed. The particulars are shortly these :—The wife of this gentleman, who is a stockbroker, died in 1840. " She had said before her decease, " that she should die happy if I could marry her sister, who had lived with us during our married life, and who, she said, would be as kind to her chil dren as herself." The wife died in 1840, and the mar riage of one daughter and the peach of another, at the age of twenty-four, left the witness with three young girls in the school room. A fter tqis, event it became a question with the sister-in-law s ami y family whether she should remain in th e widower's houseor not. The wish that the difficulty should be recto /ed by their union was first suggested by her brother, repre senting the feelings of the family. The widower at first hesited how to ask. He e consultedhe r parish, now a bishop. The rector consulted the " Bishop of London, who answered, that no individual case could alter his general views of thesubject." He, however, went so far as to consider the matter with opposite ano th er prelate (who, we may infer, tookthe view), and the rect or re p orts that the two bishops both agreed in not resting the caso upon Scriptural grounds, which the Bishop of London said he thought "by no means sufficiently certain to rest upon. 'Tbe fact that two bishops thought the marriage not unlawful on Scriptural grounds, decided the witness as to his course, and he married his sister-in-law in Denmark, where such unions are autho rized by law, with the entire approbation of her family, in 1844. The opinion of society seems to have sanctioned the step, for all the friends and acquaintance continued their intercourse as before. Many similar cases, but some attended with more painful circumstances, are re corded in this volume. The argument, as far as it turns upon expediency, urged by Dr. Pusey and other advo cates of the present law, is, that by maintaining the restriction you "extend the domestic relation.' By making a marriage with a wife's sister legally impos aible, you place her, say they, in the position of a real sister, you prevent the occurrence of any feelings towards her but those of pure natural affection, and you enable her to remain unblaused in the house of her widowed brother-in-law, which otherwise she could never do. We deny the soundness of these positions in Coto. They proceed upon a thorough misconception of the power and functions of human laws. Statutes cannot control human sentiment, nor Acts of Parliament operate - either against, or in the place of, the laws of nature. The desires and affections of mankind are founded in the laws of their physical and moral being, not in those of society, and the latter will never possess a binding force unless they are in unison with the former. In the present instance ex perience has proved this to be so. For centuries these marriages have been under the ban of the law in England, yet, from the highest to the lowest class of society, they have been more or less prevalent. Twelve years apt it was found necessary to enact a new and more stringent law: still, in the face of its tremendous social - and civil penalties, these marriages have continued td take place, as the statements of this report and the very existence of this Commission abundantly testify. And when it is suggested, as a matter of fact, that the law at present actually controls social opi nion, and is an operative remedy against scandal, let Usappeal to the opinion of any man wbo knows censoriousthisblamelessly, world, whether it is really possible, safely and a young and attractive female to live alone in a h for house with her widowed brother-in-law, under the present state of things, and whether any p rudent family would sane tion such an arrangement? No. The Commissioners have stated the conclusion of truth and of common-sense in the concluding paragraphs of their report:—"These marriages will take place whe n a concurrence of circum stances gives rise to mutual attachment. They are-not dependent on legislation." They acid:—" We are not inclined to think that such attachments and marriages would be extensively inereaEed in number were the law to permit them; because, as we have said, it is not the state of the law, prohibitory or permissive, which has governed, or, as we think, ever will effectually govern, them."— Chronicle. RAILWAY SHARE Al A RKE T LIVERPOOL, JULY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day is dull, little business doing, and prices lower. The sales are—East Lancashire, Preference, % p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, _321. Shares, 7 dis.— Ditto, la Shares, Preference; p.— London and North-Western, l26—Ditto, Fifths, 5r! A p.— Ditto,New Quarters, 1 1 / 2 p.—Midland Stock, New halves, 5;% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2 7 1 4 dis.— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purhase), 1 p. MANCH ESTEE,. Jinx 24. STOCK EXCICANGM—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre ference, % p.—Great Northern, Lancashire and York shire (late West Riding Union) Fifths, 3,71 4 n. dis.— Ditto, 10/. Preference, 6 per cent., % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5 c. dis.—Ditto (Grimsby), 201. Shares, 8 3 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 9-16 dis. —North union (A), 20`2%—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 11-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 24. STOCK - EXCIi.",NGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, VA—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 51A. THE CHOLER A..—On Monday a letter was received by the owners of the Marion, of Leith, dated Elsinore, stating that the master, Captain Beal, had died of cho lera, on the voyage home from St. Petersburgh, and that one of the crew was labouring under the disease,—Edin burgh Post. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 24. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) IRISH CONSPIRATORS DETENTION BILL. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH believed that this measure, if introduced some months ago, might have pre vented the organization of the clubs, but he believed that now it would be toolate to prevent rebellion. Writings as exciting had been published three months since by that person who have now been transported for his crimes, and no steps had been taken in consequence. Three months since, he (Lord Ellenborough) had urged the necessity of proclaiming Dublin. Were they to be told that it was not till the 18th July that the Lord-Lieu tenant for the first time saw the necessity for applying to Parliament for fresh powers? That rebellion had been growing up with the knowledge of the Government, both here and in Ireland, and yet no steps had been taken, up to that time, to put it down. The country had not been organized by the Government. He be lieved the measure would not prevent, but precipitate, the rebellion, and the Government ought to be prepared for such a contingency. When they had rebellion in the south, they ought to arm and organize the north. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE assured the House and the Noble Lord that the Government had well weighed the course they had to pursue before they came to Parliament for additional powers; and, on a fitting opportunity, when the motion of the Noble Earl came on for discussion, he would be prepared to satisfy the House that, with respect to the time when, and the mode in which they applied to Parliament, they had acted with moderation, but also with firmness. The Earl of GLENG ALL, who was at first very in distinctly heard, said he was happy to say that the ac counts he had received respecting the views of the Roman Catholic clergy were generally satisfactory. He was sorry to say, however, that he knew on undoubted au thority the names of several young Roman Catholic cler gymen who were urging the people to rebellion. A Rev. Gentlemen, the day afier the recent proclamations were issued, declared the time had come for striking the death blow of British power in Ireland. He (the Earl of Glen gall) would respectfully lift his humble voice to warn the Roman Catholic clergy that revolution in every country had been fatal to the authbrity of their body; The Marquis of LANSDOWNE having moved that the standing orders be suspended, the Bill was read a second time, the Committee was negatived, and the Bill was then read a third time and passed. HEALTH. OF TOWNS BILL. _ _ Lord CAMPBELL moved the Committee on this Bill. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought it had been greatly improved in the Select Committee. Lord REDESDALE considered that the proviso which excluded so many works from the operation of the smoke prevention clause in the Bill was unnecessary. Ho had, however, been obliged to accede to it. The Bill then passed through Committee, and was re ported to the House. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 24. THE RIVER DEE COMPANY. Sir ROBERT PEEL presented a petition, numerously signed, from the inhabitants of the city of Chester, com plaining of the state of the river Dee, and alleging that the provisions of the Act of Parliament had not been complied with by the Dee Company. The allega tions of the petition were :—" That the said river and port afford a striking example of the danger to which the interests of navigation may be exposed by placing the power over the river in the hands of a joint-stock company, whose principal interest consisted in the suc cessful reclaiming of land. That the area of the estuary of the Dee between Chester and Kelstra was formerly about 12,000 acres, covered at every spring tide ; of this space 8,000 acres have been enclosed, or as it is termed reclaimed, and the tidal water excluded. That about 5,000 acres of the land thus obtained on the Cheshire side now form the Dee Company's estate ; and nearly 3,000 acres on the Flintshire shore are the property of the adjoining landed proprietors. That the Act of Par liament that sanctioned this extensive encroachment required that a depth of 15 feet at ordinary spring tides should be maintained up to Chester, in default of which the rental of the company was liable to be seized and applied to the improvement of the navigation. That it appears in evidence that this condition had not been complied with, and that the river was in so bad a state in December, 1844, that a vessel drawing only 8 feet. of water could not go up to Chester on a spring tide. That the said report goes on to state that a rubble-stone dyke or embankment extends seven miles along the Cheshire side of the river on a line most injudiciously laid out with regard to navigation ; that this dyke, a portion of which is covered at half-tide, is only marked by insigni ficant perches or beacons; that several vessels have struck on it, some of which have been entirely lost; that the river from Flint upwards, is neither lighted nor buoyed ; that a weir or milldam, rising eleven feet above the bed of the river, exists just above the city, dams the water up for several miles, and prevents the upward flood ; that loads of stones are thrown into the river to secure the foot of the jetties ; and that at Park gate, twelve miles below Chester, which formerly was one of the principal mail-packet stations between Eng land and Ireland, a dry sandbank now extends almost across the estuary. The petitioners most earnestly sub mit to the House the propriety of carrying out the mea sure propounded by the Tidal Harbour Commissioners, by the enactment of a general Conservancy Bill." The night Hon. Baronet said he thought this was a matter of great importance. an d he suggested that the Hon. and Learned Member for Chester (the Attorney- General) should move that the petition be printed, in order that a Committee might be appointed to inquire into the matter. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition to the same effect from the town• council of Chester. The Hon. Gentleman said he should to-morrow move that both the petitions be printed. SUPPLY.—IRISH JURIES. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. FAGAN rose to resume the adjourned debate on Mr. Keogh's motion with respect to the cons ti tut i on o f Irish juries. He said the time had at length arrived when they must look the evils under which Ireland laboured sternly in the face, and not delay the remedial measures which she required longer. He did not think it would be fair to allow the observations of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey) with respect to that Hon. Gen tleman's address to pass unnoticed. Though he differed with the political opinions of the Hon. Member as widely as the poles were asunder, yet he must be permitted to say of him that he was not the first to introduce a spirit of acrimony into the debate. t It was true he introduced some party feeling into the debate; but his observations were directed against the Government and not against individuals. Personalities were first intro duced into the debate by the Right Hon. Baronet, who charged the Hon. Member for Athlone with having praised the Whig Government of 1840, and of having become a Conservative in 1848. If he had done so— and really that was not the matter at issue before the House—he had simply done that of which the Cannings and Pitts of former days were not ashamed. In his opinion the Hon. Gentleman was an able statesman, and might rank amongst the best politicians of his coun try. He regretted the Hon. Member for Dublin had joined in the personal attack upon the Hon. Member. The rule that had been carried out and adopted was a perpetual and total exclusion of the Roman Catholics from the jury lists in Ireland, without any regard to their political opinions. The truth of thematterwas, that in consequence of the trials of Mr. Smith O'Brien and d in Dublin Mr.Meag and her in this u agood country t t ofr e Tro i n the teme subject ntpreva iled both of upontri l by themind jury, and of ju r y to try Mr. Mitchel.—(Hear, aesar.unfaTirhlyereeeleceotueldd be no doubt that the j ur y w whicha nd a preferencehad given eenr creation i r e r u t) e t Protestants t a. a n g t e s modvietr dealhC a r t e h f Catholics c s content in Ireland upon the subject of . Mr.. c e a d was to the g would al. have the effect of securing fair and impartial juries He sincerely hoped that the discussion in that House . for those prisoners who were now on the eve of trial, and justice to the people of Ireland. He would give his cordial support to the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. H. URATTAN likewise supported the motion, taking the same view of the duty of the Government officers respecting the religious and political sentiments of those placed upon the lists, from neither of which did he think they ought to be rejected as jurors. He would advise the Government not to irritate the people further. The people were reduced to such a state now that it was impossible to live in the country without running the risk of losing one's life. The Government would flatter themselves, indeed, if they fancied that fever or famine were at an end. The people were living at, in many case, id. a day from week to week. He objected to the manner in which the Bill for the suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act was passed. The Go vernment had no right to come down to the House and take away the liberties of the Irish people, their representatives being almost wholly absent from the House, and solely on account of a few madmen having gone about the country trying to excite the people, and writing some violent articles in a couple of newspapers. He was lately in the county of Monaghan, which was stated to be a dgurbed county, but in his opinion the people there had no arms, and had not the alighted - idea of a disturbance.—(Hear, bear.) It seemed to him that the connexion between Ireland and this coun try was only to be maintained at the expenve of the liberties of the Irish people.—(Hear, hear.) The Go vernment, for the purpose of conciliating the people of Ireland, ought to send back to them the Irish aristocracy, the absentee proprietors, and the rents which they hail taken away. The proceedings in that House had dis appointed the country from year to year. When, then, 'the Noble Lord found that the people of Ireland where discontents 4 be came down to the House with a Bill to deprive them of their liberties, and designated men as traitors who were no more traitors than the Noble Lord himself. The Noble Lord also stated that the Bill was intended to put down a set of men whose object was plunder. He repudiated the assertion that their object was plunder. He was sure that was not the object of Mr. S. O'Brien. He would assure the House that the minds of the Irish people were poisoned by the London journals as well us Irish papers. Rekrring to the measures for Ireland which were before the House, he said that there was one which could not pass, another too late, and a third (the Incumbered Estates 13El)— a Bill to enable raiuper landlords to sell their over burthened acres—and which would be of no benefit to the people of Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by stating that there was an attempt made to sow civil and religious divcord in the northern part of Ireland, in asmuch as one cf the emplolgs of the Dublin Castle was known to have said that if the repealers of that part of Ireland did notabandon the repealcry they would be given up to the Northern Orangemen. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would not follow the Hon. Gentleman who last spoke in alluding to his obser vations on the Bill which passed the House last Saturday. If anybody doubted the necessity which existed for such a measure he had only to read the intelligence which had arrived that day from Ireland to arrive at the conclusion that the House was fully justified i❑ passing it. With regard to what fell from the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Keogh) who brought forward this amendment in reference to the motives which had induced him to leave the House on Friday night, he should say that he left the House not through any disrespect to the Hon. Gentleman or the motion which he brought forward, but because ho himself had a motion of great importance to bring before the House on the following morning, and because he had to read several documents, and to consider well the grounds which be should put forward for the introduc tion of so important a measure. He knew it would take some time to inspect those documents, and he thought he had better - leave the House for that purpose than to at tend during the remainder of the debate on the Hon. Gentleman's motion.—(Cheers.) With regard to the motion which the Hon. Gentleman brought forward, he did not think that, in alluding to the case of Mr. Mitchel, he was justified in a statement that.he made, to the effect that the sheriff was an officer appointed by the Crown. Technically, it might be said that he was; but, in fact, he was selected out of three persons named by the Chief Justice. Evidently, that was to tally different from his being an officer selected by the Crown. With regard to the conduct of the sheriff, in his (Lord J. Russell's) belief, the sheriff performed his duty conscientiously. But the Hon. Gentleman said that, it was owing to leaving out of the list the names of a great number of Catholics, and to challenging the names of certain persons who were placed on the jury list. It was asked also whether it was intended to pre vent-Catholics and repealer* from acting as jurymen. He would answer—neither one nor the other was intended to be omitted. Catholics were equally qualified with. Protestants to act as jurors on general questions, and a man's being a repealer did not disqualify him ; but this question was with regard to the offence of a person who declared openly that Ireland ought to be separated from Eogland ; that she should be a separate republic ; that the Queen ought to be deposed from her authority and title ; and that such a measure should be accomplished immediately. The question was with regard to the per sons to be selected to act as jurors in such a case, whether or not they were persons who would do their duty in trying it—in fact whether they were likely to give a ver dict according to the evidence. If the Attorney-Gene ral thought that there were any persons on the jury who were not likely to give a verdict according to the evi dence, and who were likely to give a verdict against the evidence, he was perfectly warranted in challenging such persons. As to the question whether that discretion was properly used, that was a matter which neither he nor the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland could enter into, for they could not form any judgment as to the characters of particular individuals; but it was clear that those who published opinions in favour of the offender were not fit persons to try his case.—(Hear, hear.) Such was the case with regard to those who were lett out of that jury. The sheriff was responsible for hie conduct; but, with respect to the Attorney-General, ho was him self a Roman Catholic, and he did not think that it was to be inferred that he would by any act of his dis qualify himself from acting as a juror under similar circumstances. These were the observations which he had to make with regard. to .what the lion. Gentleman said in reference to Mr. Mitchel's trial. He did not hear him state anything particular with regard to the other trials. He had only then finally to say that he could not agree, in the present situation of public affairs, to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. Ho did not think that the House would be disposed to think that it would be advantageous to enter into an inquiry on this subject; but, in conclusion, he would state generally, that there was the utmost desire on the part of the Government, the Lord-Lieutenant, and the Attorney-General to give " fair trials. The motion was then put and negatived without a division. The House then. went into a Committee of Supply on the ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. F. MAULE said, that having so fully on a former occasion stated the particulars of the votes for the army, he should now do no more,than simply place in the hands of the Chairman the list of the votes require 3 for his department. A vote of 1,336,8801. was then asked for to defray the expenses of her Majesty's land forces of Great Britain and Ireland, being part of a sum of 3,836,8801., 2,500,0001. of which had been already voted. Sir D. L. EVANS called attention to a petition which he had recently presented, complaining of some disad vantage under which.retired officers laboured, in conse quence of their not being allowed to advance in rank the same as those on active service. Mr. F. MAULE said this had always been the case, and he had heard no previous complaint on the matter. It might be a question how far it was advisable to ad vance these officers in the way pointed out, though it might be done without any additional expense. To the officers themselves he thought it mattered little. On the subject of the dockyard battalions, to which the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had also alluded, he remarked that they were a most efficient branch of the service, but the officers would not take rank as officers of the line, but only as volunteer officers, and after officers of the same rank. Hence he thought there would be no diffi culty in the two corps acting together. Sir D. L. EVANS said the Peninsular medals were not yet issued. He hoped that some order would be made by Government which should permanently regu late the issue of medals to the army. The East India Company having issued medals to the officers in their service, rt became desirable that the same should be done in the army generally. Mr. B. OSBORNE considered that the - treatment of the whole army, especially the officers of the line, with regard to decorations, bad been most infamous. The reason was, neither the Government nor the House had any control over the Commander-in-Chief of the Horse Guards. The latter required thoroughly cleansing out, and he would submit a motion on the subject. At pre sent a meritorious officer had not the slightest chance of notice from the Horse Guards. The recent Kafir war had been carried wholly through, so far es the brunt of the contest was concerned, by three er four officers, who were thanked in every dispatch," and that was all. The names of Colonel Somerset, Captain Hogg, and Captain Bissett, occurred in every dispatch ; but they had received no promotion. Under the present system the Under- Secretary of the Colonies was actually Secretary -at-War, as far as the colonies were concerned, for he had the disposal of the whole of the forces there. Col. Somerset had received a very flattering testimonial of gratitude from Major-Gen. Smith, the Governor of the Cape; and that was all he , had ever received; while such men as Sir H. Bawer, Mr. Trevellyan, and Mr. Chadwick, men of great merit no doubt, were made C.B.'s, and one of them was in the recept of 2,500/. a year.—(Hear, hear.) Capt. Hogg, with his native levies of Hottentots, levied at great pri vate expenses of his own, had been mainly instrumental in concluding the war. This was stated in dispatches ; he was thanked by Sir H. Pottinger and Sir P. Mait land, and yet, when he came home to the Horse Guards, he was told there was neither promotion nor decoration for him.—(Hear.) Capt Bissett was thrown aside int the same way; the reason being that the manner in which that war was originally carried on was not very convenient for the Horse Guards to recollect. These men ought at least to be made unattached majors, and receive the decoration of C.B. In the Chinese war the services of Capt. Brereton and Gen. D'Aguilar had been similarly neglected. He knew the Secretary -at-War had no power in this case, but he hoped these remarks would be listened to in the proper quarter. Mr. F. MAULE said that, so far as he had sea of the Horse Guards, he believed that great fairness was exhl' bited in their management. In this -Kafir war the first person said to be neglected was Colonel Somerset, an intimate connexion of the person who was said to be powerful at the Horse Guards.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE--I don't believe he is. Mr. F. MAULE said that any apparent neglect of the officers in the Kafir war might arise from the whole cir cumstances not yet being taken into consideration. At all events, it appeared the neglect, if neglect there were, was not confined to those of low rank. As to Captain Hogg, he did not hold the rank which brought him_ within the scope of the decorations all u d e d t o . On th e question of the general management of th e arm y b e would not enter into details, as it was now under the consideration of a Committee. Mr. HUME said that not one of the reforms in the army recommended by a Commission that sat niaeyears ago had been carried out, although that Commission, which comprised four members of the present Cabinet , had made thirteen or fourteen recommendationsj amongst others, that the Horse Guards should be plbe e " on the same footing as the navy. This had been tl7 case, although the Duke of Wellington, th e soldier e friend, filled the office of Commander-in-Chief. One great defect of our system was that there were no re' wards for civilians for distinguished services. He ell derstood the Committee on the estimates had refused to make any recommendation as to the army ; the duty would therefore devolve on the Government of mall out the reforms so long needed. H e entirely diffe rs with the Secretary-at-War in thinking that rank well little consequence to military men. Mr. OSBORNE said that Captain Hogg's ineligibil it y to decoration might easily have b ee n r emov ed by mak him a major. In the case of Major Pearson, althoug." major, ilo 11009ratiQA wig gime HQ Wai flittOta w&'" 1,096