The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

r'l)*f2l. SUY OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. DIPERIAL PaRLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPZAIER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. RIVER TYNE. The report on the Tyne River Conservancy Bill was brought up and agreed to. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Marquis of Douro, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and several other Members presented petitions in favour of the Bill now before Parliament for an alteration in the law of marriage. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition signed by the Dean and faculty on behalf of the University of Edin burgh against the Bill. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. FOX presented several petitions against Sunday trading. BANKRUPTCY LAW. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Man chester Chamber of Commerce in favour of the Bill now before the House, and another from the Manchesttr board of guardians, praying for greater protection of trade. On the motion of the HON. MEMBER these petitions were ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from the General Assembly ot the Church of Scotland against this Bill, as caleu l ati-d to violate the purity cf all conjugal relations. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRA.TIoN. Mr. BRIGHT presented a p e tition signed by 363 electors, and another by 4,000 inhabitants of tbeborcugh of Bolton, in favour of international arbitration. BEER BILL. Mr. MOODY presented a petition, praying for an al teration ot the Act for the sale of beer. Al A RBIAGE BILL. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from the metrop-Its and other places, in favour ot this Bill. REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES, &c. (SCOT LAND) BILL. Mr. HUME gave notice that on the order of the day being read fur going into Committee upon this Bill he should move that the further consi.4.ration of it be de ferred until there was laid before the House an estimate of the expenses to be Locum d under it, both by the public and by private individuals. He also gave notice that he would to-morrow move for certain returns, in order that this information might be furnished to the House. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.— THE " COUNT OUT " OF LAST NIGHT. Lord LINCOLN gave notice, in consequence of the house having been counted out yesterday through the instrumentality and active exertions of persons con meted with the Government—(Hear)—but particularly of one who was specially entrusted by the Government to muster their forces on all occasions of that kind, that it was his intention to renew his motion which he made yesterday with respect to Vancouver's Island as an amendment to the first motion for going into a Com- mittee of Supply. Mr. TUFNELL said he did not know whether the Noble Lord alluded to him relative to the " count out;" but he could assure him that he had done all he could to keep a House. He was compelled himself to leave the House shortly before the Noble Lord concluded his speech through innispositi_n, but he had given no tices to all the members of the Government with respect to the motion.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN said he had been assured by an Hon. Friend of his, who was coming into the House, that if he had not been shut out he would have made the fortieth Member, and at the time there was not a member of the Government present. Mr. HUME said he believed that his Hon. Friend (Mr. Tufnell) was utterly unable to remain in the House. Aay one could see from his appearance that he had been indisposed.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN—I do not allude to the Hon. Gentle man but to the Noble Lord the Member for Evesham (Lord M. Hill). The ATTORNEY- GENERAL observed that the Noble Lord was addressing the Howse for four hours ar.d a qw.:rter, and that during that time there were very few Members on the opposite side of the II use—(Hear) —he believed not more than five or six.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN—Lord :Marcus Ilill whipped out the )Mouse.—(Order, order.) The A fTORNEY-GENERAL said it was highly inconvenient to the Government that the House should have been counted out after the Noble Lord had made his address—(Hear, hear)—because his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hawes) was prepared to give what he believed would have been a very satisfactory answer.—(Hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord having addressed the House so long ought rather to have complained of the real cause than of the conduct of his Noble Friend.—(Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE rose, but was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who intimated that if any . Hen. Gentleman wished to make any observations with re spect to what had tak• n place last night, he had better wait until the dreKed crders had been re-appointed. The subject then dropped. PEV ER AL COURT. In reply to Mr. ROEBUCK, The Arro%NEY-uENtAtAL was understood to say that in the - lint which was to be brought forward with respect to the Palace Court, he intended to introduce a clause for the abolition of the Peveral Court. EXEMPTION OF LITERARY SOCIETIES FROM LOCAL TAXATION. In reply to Mr. BROWNE, The ATTORNEY-GENER , AL said he had consi- - - tiered the Bill tor simplifying the mode of carrying into effect the exemption of literary societies and mechanics' institutions from local taxes; but there were two portions of it to which he entertained considerable objections. The first, with respect to the mode prescribed for ad justing disputed facts, which he considered would give rise to considerable litigation; and the second, with re spect to the establishment of an office under the Act (as we understood him), and the payment of fees for rrgis tration. lie was not prepared to give any pledge on the part of the Government as to the course they intended to take in regard to this measure. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to ask the Hon. Attorney General whether he objected to the principle propounded by the societies, and whether the Govern ment would undertake to bring in a Bill to effect the object of the societies without the creation of the new office. Mr. BRIGHT said perhaps there might be persons looking out for the new office.—(A laugh.) perhaps the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would be willing to in troduce the Bill without that clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was quite prepared to say that, with the exception of matters of minor detail, he was ready to give his sanction and sup port to the principle of the measure without the creation of the new office.—(Hear.) CANADA. Mr. HERRIES said he ventured now to put a question relating to Canada to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, or the Right Honeureble Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade. In order to make his question intelligible he must read a few passages from the dispatch of Lord Elgin, of the 12th of Amy, 1848:—" The advantage to the colonies afforded by ; means of protecting duties generally, enabled them to compete with their neighbours in the markets of the United States."—(So we understood, but the Hon. Member was rather inaudible). Again, in the same dirpatch—" Connected with the subject of the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, which the Ame ricans are desirous to procure, is a corre6poed ing desire on the part of the Canadian people to avail themselves of the American hume market whenever it affords superior prices." . . . . " The prices of wheat and flour in the Eastern States, entered for home consumption. is often much higher than the price in Canada." . . . . " When this happened the Canadian people (said Lord Eigin continued to say) were prevented from availing themselves of the American home market by the pro tecting duty cf Ss. 44 per bushel on wheat. All these extracts wore intended to recommend to her Majesty that a treaty sheelii be formed. Mr. ROEBUCK rose to order—(Hear, hear)—and was proceeding to state his objection, when The SPEAK. H intimated that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was itt ceder. Mr. HERMES said the question he bad to ask . was, what answer had ben given to the representation from the Canadian Government, t,ansinitted by Lord Elgin on the 12th May, 18-18? He had next to ask what steps, if any, had been taken to secure the obje ct which the Canadian Government, through Lord Eight, had in dicated to her Mbjesty's Government. Mr. LABOUCIiERE said he was able to state ge nerally that the Gov, rtimeut had had representations made to them from the North American colonies, of the great importance it would be to some of these colonies to have a free trade across the border, with regard to those articles which constituted the great bulk of the commer cial intercourse between the United States and Canada. Hie own belief was that a measure of that description arid having that object in view would be advantageous, not only to British North America, but to the United states. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Herries) was, no doubt, aware what her alajesty's Government had stated in answer to those representations—namely, that any steps that depended on her Majesty's Government would be gladly taken to facilitate that object. There was a Bill, indeed, brought into the American Congress not long ago to effect that object, which Bill did not pass, but that was from no objection to its principle, but from' the shortness of the session, and from the measure itself not appearing to be of such pressing and urgent importance as others before the House. All be could say was, that the matter was not lost sight of; and the Government would do everything in its power to facilitate the object which was of such pare.ruount importance, as that of free trade across the border dividing the two countries. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know whether there bad been any corresporelence wi h foreign Powers, in regard to the effect of the alteration of the law as to the definition of national vessels, in our commercial treaties with those Powers. Mr. LABOUCHERE sail a communication was made to all Foreign Governments of the whcle altera tion in our law contained in the Navigation Bill. There had been no subsequent communication made to any Foreign Government. Mr. GLADSTONE said we had now a number of treaties on navigation with different Foreign States, in which an equality of prise'erre by national vessels was stipulated and given on both sides. The effect of that was, under those treaties, to make each c' the ncogaition of national yese.el (-- Tlt SUN, State, and that principle had in effect been lully recoAniled. What constituted a British sh'p was that three fourths of her crew should be British seamen ; but the House was going to change that principle in regard to the build u the vessel. What he wished to be assured of was, if we could claim under our treaties, as they stood, that such vessels when registered as British vessels would be entitled to the privileges of our treaties with foreign such a relationship created no degree of affinity?— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Was i':, to be presumed then that if this affinity were created that it involved no o bli ga tions similar to those of the p rinci p le out of which it arose?—(Cheers.) W herever the new doctrine came from he could not te ll, but he supposed it w as of American origin. If they looked carefully into this chapter they would see t ha t there was a reference in it to the rules which had been established in the household of Abraham, and that it was intended to re gulate the law for the intercourse between the sexes- 7 a mu st important law, and , as he had previously said, hi g hly important for the preservation of the national morals.—(Bear, hear.) If he recollected rightly, not one of the five witnesses, who had been examined before the Committee, had failed to appeal to the 18th chapter.—(Hear, h ear .) That he allowed was ge ne ral and vague in its meaning, but the whole of the law was contained in the 6th verse.—(" Hear," from Mr. Goulburn and others.) That verse propounded the law for marriage between kin and kin.—(Hear.) Now t a king that verse in its ordinary sense, he thought it would be difficult to say that it did not impose restric tions upon persons brought into degrees of affinity as well as of consanguinity.—(Hear, hear.) Several Mem bers of that Huuse had stated that this rule was to be drawn out of conclusions of common sense, but he must contend Chet the matter could be settled by a reference tosGod's Word, and by that word only. By a careful observation it would be seen that the dictates of that word were to be drawn as much from its silence as from its expressions. Thus it was said that a mother should not marry her own son—perhaps the most un natural connexion that could possibly exist—but not a word was said about the marriage between a father and his own daughter. Yet this was an alliance equally repugnant to moral feeling and all cur notions of that which was right, and who could for a moment doubt. but that it was one totally forbidden by the law of God? —(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then went through several degrees of relationship fur which marriage war forbidden by Scripture, in order to show if formed they were incompatible with Scriptural injunction. Preventing marriages within the degrees of affinity was a wise transaction; it was sacred in principle and salu tary in its regulation, being embodied in the world's laws, and carried into the code of every Christian corn munity.—(Bear, hear.) The translation of the 18th verse was somewhat disputed; but it was a remarkable fact that, in thirty-four instances, the particular words which had been referred to were translated in the ordi nary sense of " one to another." In other instances. however, they had been applied to inanimate things. He would not occupy the time of the House longer upon the construction to be put upon Leviticus, leaving further comment to those more conver sant with the details of the subject, and he would now merely select a few of the theories which had been put forward by those who had taken the most prominent part in those discussions. He came now to the strong point of the question, he meant in reference to the man aer in which they were to consider it under the light of Christianity.—(gear.) The advance of human society was very gradual. Christianity advanced civilization, by taking up each individual man by a system of disci pline, and forming in him habits of virtue, and acting on the affections and feelings ; it provided for moral purity:; for in the words of the Sacred Scriptures. in it is a fountain open for sin and uncleanness." Having regard to the prohibition, bow much more respect ought we to have to the principles of Chris. tianity than to the prohibition of the Jewish law.— (Hear, hear.) To take an instance, the unchaste look was adultery under the Christian dispensation. The purpose of Christianity was not to degrade the higher classes down to the level of the necessities of thelowe r classes—(Hear)—but by acting on all by its wholesome and genial influences to endeavour to draw up those who might be sunk in spirituality, and to place them on the common level of purity and harmony. —(Hear and cheers.) He believed in his conscience the tendency of this Bill was to lower the character of the institution of marriage from that mystical union into which Christianity bad lifted it, and to destroy that character which it was one of the objects of Christianity to elevate and purify.—(Hear.) He thought they were bound, with this view of the Christian character of marriage, as Christian men, to give their votes against this Bill.—(Cheers.) Society, as he con ceived, bad been brought forward to a certain point of civilization by the legitimate developement of the prin ciples of Christianity, and the House was asked now to recede from that point to which society had advanced. Certainly the Church of Rome had not relied upon the word of God in her prohibitions of these marriages. The cause of this was to be found in the dispensations which were required to be sought from her to render these marriages valid. A dispensation was always ne cessary, but what did this tend to show? That pro hibition was the rule, and that a dispensation from that prohibition was the exception. With regard to the Irish Church, in a canon of 790—and he would just remark that the Irish Church was always a pure Church, it alwa) a repudiated the erroneous doctrines of the Papal Church, and often supplied many parts of Europe with the means of obtaining the truth—he had bound that a man who had married in this degree of affinity had been excommunicated. But how did the case stand with reference to the Churches of England and Scotland. It was providential that the true limits of this question bad been settled at the time of the Reformation, when so many great men had been engaged in the investigation of the truth. What did the Commissioners mean by saying that Creamer and others had given uninformed opinions on this point. He would call to the minds of the House that those were great times, that there were giants in those days, that things were not done in secret ; Cranmer himself challenged tho Roman disputants to a controversy ; the Universities were routed, the Bible was opened, and distributed through the country. The name of Jeremy Taylor had been mentioned, he (Mr. Napier) had in a volume of the library of the University which he had the honour to represent (Dublin), found a letter addressed to a Fellow of Trinity College, in which Jeremy Tay lox . , recommending different works to be studied for the obtaining of a knowledge of doctrine, especially refers to the canons of 1603, one of which canons expre , sly states that marriage in this c'egree of affinity was prohibited. In the marriage cere mony, too, the minister was obliged distinctly to warn the parties that if they were within the prohibited degree of affinity the marriage would be illegal. Public opinion was decidedly against this Bill, and it was of the highest importance that the Legisla ture of the country should not make that legal which the religious feelings of the great mass of the people would at once repudiate. He would pass to the Church of Scotland, which was, without a single exception, unani mous in condemning this Bill. It presented one unbroken front against it. Certainly, some members of the legal professioniwith whom he bad conversed seemed to doubt what would be the issue of a discussion on the subject, but every clergyman, and he might almost say every native with whom he had spoken, had ex pressed themselves strongly and determinedly against it. Then came the Confession of Faith, which was drawn up at Westminster, in which it was clearly laid down that such marriages as those contemplated by his Right Hon. Friend were incestuous. They might as well attempt to remove rocks, or prevent the waves beating against them, as to attempt to remove the impression enter tained by the Church of Scotland on this subject, by their puny legislation. Scotchmen and Irishmen were alike against this Bill, believing it calculated to un settle that which had been settled for ages, and because it sought to set parties on a new cruise fur social happiness, which it asserted had not been attained before. He had the opinion of learned men in Scotland, who stated that they did not believe that a clergy man would be found in that country who w ould perform the ceremonial of such marriages as were contemplated by the present Bill, thinking such marriages at variance with the Word of Gud arid the law of man. The Church of England was solemnly pledged, and the Church of Scotland was solemnly pledged, to maintain this question upon the Word of God, which raid that a man should not marry his brother's widow or his wife's sister.—(Hear, hear.) Who were the persons who came forward and asked the House to set aside the law as it at present stood, and as it at had stood for ages? A great deal had been said about the poor. It was not for the sake of the pour that this Bill had been brought forward—(Hear, hear)—but for the sake of a few interested parties.— (Hear, hear.) Persons of station and rank in this country were the real root and basis of the Bill—(Hear, hear)—persons who had violated the law of man, and, as he thought he had proved, the law of God.—(Hear, hear.) Such parties had been put down as unimpeachable persons, he denied that they could be such when they set at defiance the law of God and man.—(Hear, hear.) Was it, he would ask, to be said upon the evidence of sixteen interested parties, ten witnesses, three clergymen, and others, who had wilfully violated the law of the land, and also the report to which he had referred—was it to be said that upon such testimony as regard existed to for America, age that l,,,_.lh.o_wch, th w i tand llouse ought to pass a law uprooting that difference of opinion on thes h u (e b C j f e °r c iu t els i o d f o;h t the e rule "Hear,wa public were prepared to go s? settling the great haeganre.:)t hoped the House nor the prevail ing there; bat he sincerely hoped length of Ameri . ca . in furnished the House question. with enough had the Commission h e o hear.) trli(Uar, a ? ugh information to i inddiudce net t t t t o hio p k ass it bad, and n Member o the this 1 c e uld conscientiously say that this re p or t upon operation of the existing law would j us tify hi s support ing the Bill. It was said the social exigencies of the pour required the pas sin g of this Bill. Now, in Ireland the p ior were in a worse condition, so far as home ac commodation was conc erned, than in England; and he was glad to say that be had never heard or known a case of incenst in that country, where the poor of either sex were so much mixed together. There was a feeling of abhorrence to such a crime, and the same feeling prevailed both in this co untry and in Scotland. He admitted that all men were not it fluenced by a Christian feeling, and strong nalral motives, but the majority of them were, and their legislation upon this subject if i ought to bet based d upon a high moral standard, fur d permeate cot act primarily, it would secondly standard would not only injure the poor, ut affect the all classes of society, while, on the other- bad, a low purity of the higher classes of society.---(Hear, . hear.) Every man then was to follow his own views . , Justice was to be set aside; prudence was to be set aside; sen suality was to be set aside; and Scripture was to be set aside.—(Hear, hear.) Now what would be the effect of this Bill upon females?— (Hear, hear.) Supposing a wife were to be an invalid, and a sister, the early sh arer of her confidence, was the chief person who took her place, what would be the case? Supposing that: this law was passed, what would be its effects? Could she tender those kindly and affectionate attentions which, it she had no personal object to serve, she would, and which, as fathers and brothers, they all knew were so readily given to the children of her sister.—(Hear, hear.) If this law were to be posed would it not tend states. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was sure the Honour able Gentleman would excuse him if he declined to answer questions of legal construction put to him across the table of the House. He could only say, with regard to the Navigation Bill just passed into a law, that he had asked the House to defer those alterations for some months, in order that such questions as this might be fully considered. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. Mr. 1101. - {SMAN said, the House had not yet received the amendment to the Ecclesiastical Commission B ill which had been promised. There had been very distinct and repeated pledges given to Parliament on the subject of this measure; and if they were not kept it would he a great violation of the faith of Parliament. He should ask the House to express its opinion upon that breach of faith in the face of the House. Sir G. GREY thought it was extremely inconvenient that these questions should be co ntinually put. With regard to the amendments he had hardly seen them Mr. HORSMAN wished to know when the Bill with the amendments would be delivered to Members? Sir G. GREY, after consulting with one or two of the Members around him, said that the Bill with the amendments had been delivered that morning. Mr. HOUSMAN said that he had not received it. The dropped orders were then reappointed. THE " COUNT OUT." Mr. GLADSTONE, adverting to the " count out" of the 'louse last night, and the observations of the Noble Earl the Member for Falkirk (Lord Lincoln). said that he felt convinced that his Noble Friend. in what he had stated, had no intention to impute to the Government any desire to get rid of the question that he had brought before the House last night, but at the same time he must confess that it was a most unfortunate occurrence. —(Laughter.) He regretted the absence of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Sunderland, who last night counted out the House, and also that of the Noble Lord the Member for Eve.ham, who he must consider was instrumental in counting it out. He trusted that, considering the importance of the subject brought under the consideration of the House by his Noble Friend last night, the Government would name some day for the renewal of the debate and concluding the question. Mr. LABOUCHERE was not able to give the Righ Hon. Gentleman • any assurance on the subject in the a.bsence of his Noble Friend at the head of the Govern ment. He (Mr. Labouchere) regretted as much as the Right Hon. Gentleman did the untimely end the discus sion came to last night—(Great laughter)—as he believed no time was gained by it. But he must protest against the doctrine that it was the special duty of the Govern ment to keep a House on such subjects.—(Cheers.) The Earl of LINCOLN had never said it was. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that there were no less than seven Members of the Government present at the time the House was counted out.—(Hear, hear.) He entirely denied on the part of the Government any in tention to count out the House.—(Hear.) Mr. TRELAWNY said that he had come down for the purpose of assisting in making a House, and he muat contess that he was greatly astonished at not finding the Noble Earl the Member fur Falkirk in his place. The Earl of LINCOLN admitted that he was not present when the House was made in consequence of being detained by a person who had called upon him at the last moment. He had never said that it was the duty of the Government to take care to make a House.—(Hear, hear.) What he did say was, that an attempt was made to prevent a House being made by one of the officials of the Government. Added to which, he had stated that there was only one Member of the Government present when the House was made. What he complained of was, that a Member of that House, and one of the officials of the Government had endeavoured to pre vent the House being made, and had also whipped out the House in order that it might bo counted out. — (Laughter.) He did not think that any member of the Cabinet had any wish to do what had been done, but— [At this moment Lord Marcus Hill entered the House amid much cheering and great laughter.] The Earl of Lincoln said, as the Noble Lord had just entered the House, he would repeat his charge— that it was through his instrumentality that the House was counted eut. Lord MARCUS HILL said that be bad taken no open measures whatever—(Great laughter)—to have the House counted out. An Hun. Member had told him of his intention to count out the House, and he certainly must confess that he had taken no steps to dissuade him from :t.—(Great laughter.) The Earl of LINCOLN begged to ask the Noble Lord whether he had not told an Honourable Member, previous to the House being made, mot to go into the House, as it was going to be counted.—(Laughter.) Lord MARCUS HILL observed that he might have said so, but he did nut see how any inference could be drawn from that, that it was his wish the House should not he made.—(Great laughter.) Mr.SLANEY trust( d that in future they would be able to commence important discussions and conclude them, without the House being counted out. He must confess, however, that he had seen the H , .use counted out upon far more important questions to tce people of this country than that of the grant of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY deplored the House being counted out last night on such an important subject. It was unjust, in his opinion, to the Under-Secretary for the C o lutdes.—(Hear, hear ) Mr. ADDERLEY thought the lion. Gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies would find it to his conve nience that the delay had occurred, but the counting out would Certainly have the ((Tact of convincing the country that neither the House nor the country took any interest in ccl nial matters. Mr. V. SMITH did not think it wise to get rid of the privilege of counting cut, as such an cccurrence as that of last night would induce the country to believe that the House took no interest. in colonial matters, and they would believe what was per fectly true. This system then was the only way by which constituencies could ascertain how their representatives were disposed towards particular questions, and as that would serve as some guide for their future election, he hoped the privilege would be continued. After a few words Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr. HAWES, Mr. HUME said he took a different view of this mat ter to those ,of the Honourable Members who had already spoken upon it.—(llear, hear.) His opinion was, that no business should be taken in the House unless 200 Members were present.—(Hear, hear.) Not that he approved of the proceedings of last night, or of the course taken by the Hun. Baronet who moved that the House be counted, and who seemed to have no other object in attending his Parliamentary duties but mooting that question.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) If he could have his way he would have a rule established empowering the clerk at the table to state that there was not a sufficient Lum ber of Members present to carry on the business of the House whsn more than half the Members were absent, and then there would be a prospect of their securing the return of men who would attend to the business of the House, and not come there simply to vote and make a noise towards the close of a night's proceedings. The debate was then adjourned till Friday. MARRIAGES BILL. On the question for resuming the adjourned debate on this Bill, Mr. NAPIER assured the House that he approached this question with some degree of hesitation, as it was one or difficulty and delicacy. The question had much agitated the public mind, and he thought it due to the importance of the subject and the public that it should be calmly and dispassionately dit.cussed. It was stated in the published report of the Commissioners who had investigated it that the majority of the people of this country were adverse to the Bill, and the report attempts to explain that feeling by stating that it was in a greet measure founded upon a vague and uninformed notion of the impolicy of the Bill, but for his part he concurred with the great mass of the petitions presented against the Bill, that it was opposed to the Scriptures as well as opposed to sound social policy, that induced the public to plit)t. it. It was said by the supporters of the Bill that it was not of a compulsory character—that it left the m ixu a le t s t st e .tua r i ogn t o mo t af h r e rei,a l g o se n es s i c ew i n e ec n re c e e ietoo concerned; wc e ear a sn e h erd, individual so far as whether a restriction Of liberty m was,; rather hl ebutrr thisrequired u ewd questiona s not o d tut of regard to the exigencies and supporters wants of society. theyes of w e t r h e e be ßill to It was incumbent upon the s v u imt, vi v a n B cl n t o o t establish three propositions. show that the prohibition of these marria ges required by the Word of God ; secondly, th a t it was not warranted by the ten e t s and principles of Christianity, and they were bound, lastly, to show that the general interest of society wouldtheir be more advanced byth i e . allowance of these marriages than byprohi bition. Now those were the three . propositions y t turn,on one of and them,.f he though were in t a e condition t w i o h n i tho thisdisp LI C e ; all Lion o r m a u n s supporters wouih ave of m a t d h e e o ß u i t l l a c w a e s . r e e f o b r o sustain i o n f t t h e e m m e a a l s l u , r h e e . Then, with regard to the Levitical law, it was contended t u h n e d rejection to s u that there was no special injunction by which the mar riage with a deceased wife's sister was forbidden by the law of God. He did not think that an answer was ab solutely required to such an objection, and he was free to confess that he did not think that the opponents of this measure would be likely to benefit by it if it were made.—(Hear.) Now he would observe that the advocates of this measure had invariably relied upon the 18th chapter of Leviticus as an exponent of the laws of relationship as directed by religion. When he said that he did not mean to assert that there were any posi tive injunctions on the subject, but by a faithful and careful investigation into the meaning of this portion of God's Word it would be seen to go to the very founda tion of the interests of society, and that there were abundant reasons fur instituting a regulation which bore so strongly for the welfare of mankind, and which was so likely to prevent a corruption of the morals of a people. In construing the law which had been imposed upon the world, they were to look rather to the scope of the whole reading than to the words which conveyed the particular injunction, to the general scope, as it would be understood by the investi gations of an intelligent mind.—(Hear, hear.) It was a matter of the greatest importance to families and to society, and especially was it of importance with respect to marriage.—(Hear, bear.) Marriage was an in stitution of God's own appointment; it created a rela tionship new in its character, and superior in its close io the nearest bonds of consanguinity.—(Cheers.) " that a man should leave his father and mother -se his wife. Was it to be presumed that T. - to lead to a spirit of jealously in a wife wh,o was upon ! those relating to marriages under the prohibited de her deathbed, and thus embitter her last moments? I grees. They were told by some advocates of this measure Supposing an attachment to take place, bow long was that the civil law of tee Roman empire was adverse to the union to be deferred? How soon after the coffin these mar sages, and that the Church become adverse was screwed down was the marriage to teke place?— to them in consequence; but it was impossible to (Hear, hear.) To interfere with this case was to inter- make a statement more opposed to the probable fere with that which constituted one of the great mys- view of the case. If the Apostles eid not teries of our nature.—(Hear, hear.) It was placing prohibit these marriages, it would still be ridiculous to women in a false position—it was outraging one of the state that the Roman empire was the means of imposing principal laws of our nature. In arguing this question, upon the Christian Church a stricter system with regard then, he bad first adverted to the great impulses to marriage than had previously existed, because it is of human nature ; he had then relied upon the Levitical perfectly notorious that in the latter period of the Rowan law; and, lastly, he;,hadJurned to the whole practice of empire, from tee time of cur Lord down to the Church, not a small fraction of that Church the the time:of Constantine, the law and practice of marriage Catholic Church, which had Christ at its head, the Bible was so exceedingly relaxed, that incests, which were new in its hand, and had reason for its guide. The Hon. regarded as horrible, were then very ten men. Instead, Member sat down amid loud and reiterated cheers from therefore, of the law of the empire having forced its both sides of the House. way into Christianity, the law of the empire was itself The LORD.ADVOCATE said that, in rising to'speak derived fram Christian principles. There could be no upon this subject, he felt how great a difficulty he doubt then that these prohibitions had existed in laboured under in following the Hon. and Li arned Gen- the Church from the earliest ages, arid the Greek tlenien who had just sat down. He felt as much as any Church maintins the practicii to the present day. It Hon. Member could feel the great difficulty in which the was in the time of Innocent., when corruption was at House was placed in discussing matters which:were totally the highest in the Roman Church, that the practice of unfitted for its sphere.—(Hear, hear.) If this were a ecclesiastical dispensations in cases of prohibited mar matter to be decided simply by a reference to the Word riages came into practice, when an example which had of God, and that word was explicit, and sufficient either been previously set by Alexander the Sixth, on one side or the other, there at once would, of course, one of the greatest monsters, perhaps, who had ever be an end to the question.—(Bear, hear.) But if thr t held a conspicuous situation either in the Church or the word was not so clear, but that in this respect it world.—(tieur, hear.) low what were the modern had been subject to various interpretations, then he authorities referred to in support of this Bill. In must affirm that there was ample opportunity for the the first place there was the modern practice of the exercise of reason and the adjudication of judgment. Church of Rome and certain Protestant States, He had felt it his duty to investigate the subject in ail its and the case of the United States of America; but'in lights, and having done so, he had come to the conviction regard to America it must be remembered that The that these marriages were not prohibited by the express alteration which had been made in the law was law of God.—(Hear.) It was clear to his mind, and he not of a religious character, but merely an would endeavour to make it so to the House, that neither alteration in the legislative law relating to the Roman Catholic Church, nor the Church of England, the simple contract ot marriage. But he did nor even the Church of Scotland, bad rendered the not attach great weight to this change of Attie law so rigidly as the lion. and Learned Gentleman rice, for in certain States it had been declared law that had just stated. The Church of Rome held that such a married man living and sleeping with an unmarried a marriage was net inconsistent with the Word of woman was not an act of edultery; and the example of God, either expressly or impliedly. Then the America was fit to be followed, while the attach of Rome Church of England held that it was a voidable, was too politic to make it safe to adopt the views which but not a void marriage—that it it were not objected to it promulgated on the subject.—(Cries of " Hear.") by certain parties under certain circumstances, the The Roman Catholic Church did not claim to dispense marriage was legal as regarded all civil rights, and also with the law of God, but she did dispense with these as regarded the issue of it, for the issue were of the same marriages between a man and his diceased wife's: sister— blood, and inherited all estates and honours. It did ergo, these marriages were not in contradiction to the appear to him, therefore, that if the marriage was law of God. But the question was, did that church claim prohibited by the law of God, either expressly or the power to dispense with the law as it is written in the by implication, that the late of England stood in a very book of Leviticus? It was notorious that it did so. extraordinary position, for it adopted a distinction be- And ,they need not look further back than the time of iween marriages which were void and marriages which H enr y VIII. Rd or did not the Roman Catholic were voidabl. The law of Scotland stood in Church claim to dispense with the law as it is written in a situation altogether different, for if a mar- the bunk of Leviticus for prohibiting the marriage between riage were against the law of God it was a man and the sister of his deceased wife?—(Hear, void, and all issue from it were di ve st ed hear.) The y all knew what the tact was. For w el: of those rights which belonged to the issue of a legal regard to the . great section of the Eastern Christi a n marriage. The statute law of 1567, which was now C hurch, was i.of evident to all who knew that Church, binding in that country, contained two chapters of the that such marriages were forbidden by it?—(Heer.) The greatest importance, one of which was, that those truth was that these marriages were forbidden by five guilty of an union within the degrees prohi- sixths of the whole of Christendom.—(Hear.) Now he bited by the 18th chapter of Leviticus, should be would return to the great social aspect of the question. punished by death. The marriage was, therefore, not lie bud heard a powerful appeal to the affections, on only considered void, but the persons guilty of it were the ground that the children of a deceased wife Liable to suffer the highest penalty of the law. During were most likely to meet with effection and kind the period that the people of Scotland were much ex- ness from her sister. He would respond to that cited upon religious matters, some very violent proceed• appeal, and, on the ground of that appeal, he would ings did take place under that statute; but, with the assert that upon it, it upon to other grounds whatever, exception of one case, he believed that there had he would say that this law ought not to be passed.— been no Crown prosecution against persons who had (neer, hear.) With respect to the lower classes, he married within the relationship now in question. would state his belief that it would be instrumental, in The Church had put its own construction on the Confes the highest degree, to reduce their social state and ins sion of Faith of 1690. That confession of faith had been fair their happiness.— (Hear, hear.) This Bill went to ratified by Parliament simply as the confession of faith impair all the secisl relations ; it struck at the fowl of the Church; it had not been ratified by Parliament as da ion of society ; it confused the conjugal with the giving it the full force of a civil enactment. Ile had care - sisterly Of ctions.—(Hear, hear.) It seduced those at fully considered this matter, and hadcerne to the conviction fectious which were of the purest and tee highest order that this marriage was not prohibited by the express and rendered them in their power minute atid almost words of Scripture or by any clear implication of that imperceptible.—(hear, hear.) Then it, should be recut word. It had been a great deal too hastily assumed on lected that, there was another class which was likely to the other side of the question that the whole religious be affect( dby this law—that was the class of ntirrieti matter was or was not written in the 18th chapter of men who were not widowers.—(Hear, hear) Only let Leviticus. If the marriage which this Bill sought to them thirds how the position of such persons would be legalize was held not to be prohibited by the book of complicated by the passing of this law, and what ditli- Leviticus, he (the Lord Advocate) did not admit that the culty:they were likely to be placed in—how they would House were to go into the mere question of expediency, be compelled to forego the essistenve of those who, for he found the Almighty in his revealed Word dealing from their sisterly aff ctions, ouget, under peculiar car with the law of marriage, and if he had dealt with that cueastances, to be the greatest comfort and relief to marriage in his divine revealed Word, and se them.—(Hear, hear.) Looking then at the whole of as to allow that union to take place, he these circumstances, and considering the law as it now (the Lord Advocate) would ask the House, in a stood had been the law of the Christian Church for three religious sense, what right they hsd to legislate on a thousand years, that it was calculated to strike at the sanction which had come from:heaven itself? If his very foundations of society, and that it could be pro- Hon. and Learned Friend was right in respect to his ductive of no benefit whatever at all proportionate to the construction of the chapter of Leviticus, and in intro- mischiefs weich it was calculated to work.--(Hear.) ducing other texts of Scripture, such as that a man and There was but one other point which he was desirous his wife were one flesh, he would find that prin - to ur g e. If this Bill was p assed where wa s this ciple, if pushed to its full extent, did in legislation to stop ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") reality justify all those abuses of the Roman Did his Hon. Friend (m a S. Wortley) mean to take: his Catholic Church by which they prohibited all degrees, stand upon the actiptur, s? If he did he left open to as to the doctrine of affinity. With respect to the ex• them three cases of incest which were conspicuous among pediency of the case, he knew very well how very much all others—one with the mother, the second with the averse his country men were to the marriage which Io tn, ltyhe daughter, onn e prohibited he could o and uld n y the t re specialthirdu po upon Leviticus, with m vei tni eti the uo s' or nin Leviticus. sister, upon po n social anal , this Bill sought to render lawful. The aversion of those. incest with the mother was the in which this marriage was held in Scot tand and in Ireland were not very important elements of the consideration on passing a law on this expediency , would he stand by the law of nature ? He subject. It they were nut sufficient to prevent the pass- thought not, although he was free to admit that the ing of a law on the subject for England, us a part of the .,l (Ibl v e‘ Ht(i 3 7 ,w. r e y ch:acrt m , sh,rtsre e hh,*ye n eei rl t ac i tr o d:. mention el of allowed ehe u t hd c hhe h or episctaaceahewrdsetieotusuehnsefwd Bill (eH o , rvc u oehl l vur d athysoreig o e imh c w!s c aoat a ,sieul e se. i :d o yw n tnht: il a iiiiiiv s eyhe e eli t r a iov t rw, tievemdooeuur. hear.) nitddt United Kingdom, they were not sufficient as it regarded Scotland or Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) regarded the aversion with which these marriages were regarded both in Scotland and Ireland, it was ne geseary to know that it proceeded entirely from religi ous grounds. They had no aversion to such a mar- spect the unanimous sentiment of a large p.ertion of the riage in itself ; but, considering it, to be an union country aidreject the Bill. On social grounds he tru s ted directly prohibited by the eighteenth chapter of Le- they would maintain unimpaired that strictness which viticus, they h o ld it in the utmost abhorrence and was imposed by the obligations of the marriage tie. aversion.; But we wished to recal another considers- Mr. S. W 01tTLEY rose to reel;'. Notwitnstanding tiuu to the attention of the House; by the principles the very able speeches of Mr. Napier and Mr. Glad. of the Reformation the people of this country had ac stone, he still maintained that opinion with respect to quired the exercise of private judgment, said he would this question which he had expressed on a formeroccafien. remind them that this was a question which was being Dr. rtillpot, one of the heads of houses at Cambridge, argued not only in this House, but throughout and not any relative of the Bishop, had signed the peti the length and breadth of the kingdom, and tion.—(Laughter.) He hail lis,ened attentively to the he fully believed that a conviction was growing ingenious speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. stronger in the land day by da y , and would probably be G a lads r to e n ad e), the Sc but heh ri a p d te f r o e r s eu forgotten, notwithstanding this twith important stand inghe increased by that day's d iscussion, tha t these marriages lead were not within the prohibited pale, and not contrary to tact, that the Author of Christianity hail the Word of God. The natural consequence of this said, " Those wheel] God hash joined together 1 t would be, that with the conviction of the illegality the no man put asunder." Now these who opposed the Bill feeling of aversion towards them would depart, because held that those who married deceased's wives' sisters i t t ie h n ad ie no a other domestic ,il,ifoundation.fa , points siLookingcon consideration d t e r t a h t e i 0 n q u t h e s a - t should be put asunder.—(Hear, hear) It was preetimp of view, he had no tion in the highest degree to say so. He appealed to this would be them to pass this Bill on the broad grounds s ot Chris doubt that such gßhi s el sister, r c , : aa th s e ° s of seciety. The tinnily, for it would not interfere with the . inflaenco tender claims of a of the Church, whose powers could still be exercised. I highly acceptable to th a e hi the orphan children should be entrusted to the care of The Right Hon. Gentleman, after combating shortly the sister of their deceased parent, were all in favour ref with several ot the oth r arguments that had been used it; but he could not consent to legislate on such grounds against the measure, concluded by expressing a hope as these •he must look in to the middl e and lower classes. t h at t he House would assen t to t h e secon d r ea din g of He had ;lone so, and had found that there the question the Bill. had air ady been discussed; that they had been search- Colonel THOMPSON rose amid loud criss of ing the Scriptures, and bad formed their own opinion. " Divide." He only wished for one moment for cone They ask where is the authority on which i s science' sake.—(A. laugh.) He was anxious to vote founded a law which prohibits marriages which we for the second reading of the Bill, but could fiad no t t o be contrary t) God's Word. It is with refer- only do so upon the understanding that all the pro ence to the feelings ot those persons that the words had visions in the Bill with ta spect to a deceased wiie's been used which the Hon. and Learned Member for the brother's daughter would be struck out of the Bill in University of Dublin had said "had taken away his Committee.—(A laugh.) breath." The Commissioners had said that the persons Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the whom they had found had formed such marriages were House divided, when there appeared— persons who were not in the habit of violating the For the second reading ... ... 177 laws in other respects; and were those wise laws, he Against it ... ... ... ... 143 would ask, which forced persons of this class to Majority for the second reading ...--34 disobey them, which led such men as these to contrast The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to their views of legislation with our Legislature. The be committed. Honourable and Learned Member then concluded, by The other orders of the clay were then disposed of, apologising to the House for troubling them at such a and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. length. Mr. GLADSTONE said, after the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord, he felt himself called upon, from the course he had taken with respect to this Bill, to off.r a tew observations. As regarded the tipper class, that Noble and Learned Lord stated that the balance of evidence goes very much against the enac- 1 time of the proposed law, and admitted that the most powerful arguments were those which had been used against it. But he strongly called upon them to consider the condition of the poorer classes. The middle and upper classes were very much in the same position in regard to these marriages. He had, however, failed to show that large masses of the poor had been examining the Scriptures on this question in order to show that the decisions of the Legislature were wrong. In order to show the fallacy of the arguments in favour of the Bill, he had only to call attention to what was stated by its promoters. They said that during a certain period 1,648 marriages within the prohibited degree had taken place, which were divided into five classes. In the middle class 1,503 of these marriages had taken place, in the upper 105, and in the lower class, constituting the bulk of the community, only 40. The legal arguments might be very well for a court of law, but the House had to deal with the moral and social bearings of the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Ile was the last man to severely criticise the conduct of those who had entered into these marriages, as they had been previously misled. Let the House bear in mind that they were called upon to alter the law in order to meet the requirements of a small portion of the community. This was not a mere question of civil liberty. In the Bill a clause had been inserted to protect clergymen against any proceed ings for the solemnization of those marriages. Was that acondition in which clergymen ought to be placed? They were called upon to alter one of the most important laws of the Church by a proceeding of that House. Now, he objected to that House interpreting in what sense the sacred law of the Church should be construed, when in order to meet the requirements of a small body of that body, they were asked to put a new con struction upon certain of her laws.—(Hear, hear.) He must protest against such a system, it was dangerous to religion and to conscientious freedom.—(flear, hear.) had sin s existed such as f t o h risß i il upwards e on t o e of 3p,loaoteOdytehaers, committal and He believed that there was a religious inj unc ti on aga i nst the passing of this Bill, for it was oppo se d t o th e l aw w hi c h itw o a t that the the people of Canaan were visited as they were. No man could doubt, reading Leviticus strictly, that the marriage of a man well his wife's sister was forbidden by Scripture. The words of the 6th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus, "Thou shalt not approach to any that is near of kin" clearly demonstrated that. It had been said that the Jews did not exclude these marriages; he asserted that they did, and Mr. Jenkins stated that the traditional laws ot the Jews clearly showed that though their tendencies were to relax the law of marriage as laid down in the Scripture, yet that they would not tolerate a mar riage between a man and his wife's siser. The prohibition contained in the law of the Jews in the Old Testament was carried over to the New Testament by the decree of the Apostles, and the 15th chapter of the Acts distinctly states that a certain portion of the institutions of the Jews were to be carried over to the law of Christianity, and amongst 1,11950 institutions were QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) ROGERS V. RUSSELL. This was an action on a guaranteed bond to recover from the defendant, Mr. Frederick Russell, a leather cutter, the sum of 1781. 16s. 9d. It appeared that the defendant and a person now deceased, named Garrett, were sureties for a Mr. Henry Edward Russell, who was appointed a collector of paving rates for St. Margaret's and St. John's parish, who became a defaulter to the above amount, and who is now undergoing imprison ment in Westminster Bridewell, for embezzling money from the Westminster Life Assurance Office, in which h e was a clerk. His father had hell the office of col lector for some years before, and had unfortunately been a defaulter in the amount of 2491. 10s. 2d. The son, who was one of his father's sureties, stated his willingness to the Commissioners to take upon him self the default of his father, provided they should ap point him to the situation which his father had resigned, and which was not worth so much as 501. a year. They agreed to appoint him. on condition that the money was paid, and it was accordingly - paid by a Mr. Dawsett, who was one of the sureties of the elder Russell. The fither and son then covenanted to pay the amount to Dawsett, and the place was given to him: Such are the brief facts of the case. Mr. Rogers, the clerk to the Commissioners, proved the making of the bond in 1843. He wouA not swear that the defendant Russell knew that the son had bound himself to pay half the defalcation of his father. 301. a year was to be paid to him by H. E. Russell for Daw• sett, and he did so out of the poundage to which he was entitled out of the rates collected by him. The arrange• went was made, he believed, without the knowledge of the Commissioners. Mr. PETERSDORIT, in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant, who had pleaded that the guarantee bond had been obtained through fraud and misrepresentation. lie contended that the defendant had been disingeniously deceived by the Commissioners—that he was led into an agreement without this important fact being communi cated to him—that if 301. a year was deducted from the salary of Henry E. Russell, that it would be safe for him to become his surety—that if he was bound by pecuniary obligations which might not unlikely lead him to appropriate the money of others for his own purposes, he would most unquestionably have declined. If a person drew another into a bond, it was not only a proper, tut a social obligation on his part to make no un derhand sinister deed like this. The Commissioners had, therefore, deceived him in a way which was most &sere dit.able to them. They had broken their contract alto gether. Fur instance, Russell was bound to 'lndex monthly accounts, and never to hold more than 501. ; whereas nothing of the kind had taken place, and be had been allowed to hold very large sums. He trusted the jury would protect the defendant. Mr. Edward Russell, aho was then examined, swore that his uncle, the defendant, did not know that he bad bound himself to pay 30/. a year out of his poundage. He goodnaturedly became security be cause another uncle at Greenwich had refused. He was aware of the defalcations of his father. The Commissioners were perfectly aware that the money was to be deducted from him; indeed, at one of the meetings Of the Commissivnere, he was asked if he would pay 506 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 20, IM9, if he were appointed, to which he replied that he had i Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Vallack, bound himself to pay 751. a year for the money he had Derby. been compelled to raise to meet the defalcations of his i George Hinchcliffe, cloth mara.trazturer, Chapel father, and that he could riot; upon which the Ccmmis- town, Yorkshire, July 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Leeds sioners agreed to accept 301. a year. District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; .11r. WHATELY replied, and dwelt upon the improba- Gregory and Co., Bedford-row ; Pickup, Bradtord ; bility of the defendant's ignorance of the terms of the Bond and Barwick, Leeds. bond to pay the 301. a year. It was altogether irapro• William Ellis, printer, Liverpool, July 2 and 23, bable that the Commissioners were aware of its existence, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, and but for a technicality he should have called several official assignee, Liverpool; Maples and Co., Old Jewry; of the Commissioners to show that this was so, and that Greene, Liverpool. no such conversation as that referred to by the witness Thomas Caesar Croasdale, grocer, Oswaldtwisle, Len- Russellhad taken place. cubit e, June 29 and July 20, at twelve, at the Manchester _ Mr. Justice' ERLE held that the Commissioners had not been guilty of any &Aid or misrepresentation. The bond was not made with them or with their consent, but with a private party for a priwite purpose. The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the amount claimed. aitrict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; May hp-w. Carey - stt aet, Lincoln's-inn; Halsall, Middleton. Joh❑ Johnson, banker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 6, at eleven, and 24, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlny, Deptors'- co; immons; Griffith and Crighton, Neweastle-uponyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. J. Coates and J. Hiilard, Bread street, Cheapside, Manchester, Liverpool, and New York, merchants, July 10, at twelve—E. Gibson, bt. Albans, banker, July 10, at two. LAMBETH —(1 1 1-11s DAY.) ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—A )curg with esn infant in her arms, named Louisa Lloyd, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a pulse contain ing ten sovereigns from the person of Mr. W. Butcher residing at Peckham. The complainant stated that last night he was passed along the Kent-road, when he met the prisoner, and accompanied her into Surrey-square. He had not been there more than five minutes before be missed his purse containing the money, which w.is in his !eft hand pocket safe a few minutes bei,re. The pri soner, upon being taxed with the robbery, ran away, and while so doing fell down and cut the left side of her face. In the Country. J. Hall, Sbrevvsbury, timber merchant, at the Court, Birmingham, July 11, at twelve. PAY atENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Bourne, Norton in-the-Moors, Staffordshire. prin ter, second dividend of id., on Wednesday, June 20. and evi.ry subsequent alternate Wednesday, between eleven and three. at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. T. llebblewhite, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, third dividend of 7-16 d., on Thursday, June 21, or any subsequent alternate Thursday, between eleven and two, at the ffice of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. T. W. Martin, Oxford, tailor and draper, third divi &lid of 9d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. _ _ _ Police-constable M 206, hearing the cries of " Stop thief," caught the prisoner, and afterwards found the money upon the spot where he stopped her. The prisoner, who had nothing to say in her defence, was committed for trial. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) _ T. Bromley, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury, grocer, ls. 6d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. _ - The market may be concisely described as exhibiting, on the whole, much steadiness in prices, along with a very perceptible want of animation, and an amount of business by no means large. We need not enter much into particulars. It appears, however, that, although the operations in various widths of shirting, in mado pollams, in printers, and in certain other light and medium fabrics, are not extensive, this is evidently owing quite as much to an indisposition -on the part of manutacturers to receive contracts, as of merchants to give them. In executing what orders they have, the latter find the former, not only with out stock, but under engagements for some weeks forward ; and it is with difficulty they succeed in supplying their present needs. Under these cir cumstances, prices do not indeed rise, but they are decidedly firm. On the other hand, al though recent purchases have somewhat reduced the stocks of stout domestics and T cloths, these articles s NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court Basinghall•street. E. Hammond, Kingston and Rotherhithe, oil-crusher, July 10, at hull-past twelve—Ann Anderson, Clare court, Drury•lane, tavern keeper, July 10, at one—C. Smith, Enfield, wine and spirit merchant, July 11, at t w elve—J. Gurney, Lambeth-walk, brewer, July 11, at two. In the Country. W. B. Hankins, Lugwardive, Herefordshire, cattle, sheep, end corn dealer. July 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. W. Batchelor, Worcester, woollen draper and tailor, July 11, at twelve, at the Court, Bir. mitigham. At the Court of Review, July 10. J. D. Verley, Liverpool, watchmaker—A. W. Hare, Bartlett's-buildings, and Swan Chambers, Lad-lane, and Highgate, brush manufacturer—J. Chatterton, jun., Derby, lead merchant—R. Redman and E. Redman, Mark-lane, wharfingers—G. Golding, Liverpool, builder —C. Currie, Bowling-street, Westmininster, smith and engineer—T . Pearson. Blandford-street, Portman square, butterman—T. Oceleshed, and C. Cummins, Liverpool, comniission agents—C. N. Cartwright, Leicester, dresser and spinner— R. Bullock, Kidderminster, corn factor— F. G. Ilabord, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant. hang heavily upon the market, and, if not lower, are certainly stationary in valUe. Certain kinds of T's and domestics are, however, scarce, and in fair request. Yarns are nut marked by the same degree of firmness as goods. The continental houses are doing very little; and the India and China user , chants are proceeding with much caution in their transactions. Spinners for home manufacture are rather indifferent about selling; while, at the same time, the consumers stow a backwardness to pay the advance latterly demanded. Oa the whole, restticted as is the extent of business, there is a giud deal of st, tidiness in prices, and it is only in exceptional instances that any concession is made. PAR I'NERSH lI'S DISSOLVED. J. Murray and G. t.'‘'cbolfielg, Liverpool, merchants— G. Laidler and J. Laidler, Yarm, Yorkshire, butchers= M. Coate. and L. Cooke, Hurst Mount, Ashton-undcr- Lyne, cotton skinners—J. Wood and W. Rawlinson, Mare•court, Milk street, City, wine merchants—P. J. Triquair, J. DA, and T. Vthitehouse, Bank idle, coal merchants (so far as regards T. Whitehoute)S. Brown, E. Gordon, and W. Dunn, Gravel-lane, Southwark, patent metallic cask manufacturers—J. Noakes and W. Goldern, Boreham St. V% artling, Sussex, drapers and grocers—T. Trimby and J. Trimby, Bow-lane, Cheap side, paper hangers—D. H. Dale and T. Fletcher, Skip ton Rock, Yorkshire, contractors—Elizabeth Buruard and I. Burnard, Theobald's-road, St. George-the Mar tyr, irontuongeri—R. Poole and E. Poole, Ilulme, Lan cashire, corn and flour dealers—W. Edwards, R. Law rence, and Mary Nicholas, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, gas manufacturers. ROCHDALE, MoNDAY.—The improvement in the de mand for flannels last Monday has been fully maintained to-day. The wool market remains dull, wiih little or no change in prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TuEsrtAY,Not much business is tloirg for the home trade, either in the warehouses or Cloth Hall, which may probably be accounted for by it being the near approach of the general season tcr stock taking by wholesale houses. Orders to some extent atilt remain to be completed; and a fair business is doing in goods adapted for the American and continental markets. St , veral foreign buyers are in the town. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There was rather more in quiry for some descriptions of goods in the Piece Hall to-day; and there is, we understand, Somewhat more doing iu the warehouses; but the trade is ter trom being active, and there is no improvement in p r i ces . Th e spinners continue to be well employed, and the queta ti:•ns for yarns are fully sustained. But little wool is changing hands, and prices are still drooping. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Although the transactions at our Cloth Halls these last few weeks have not heen of much note, we may nevertheless state that the general busi ness done to order, sod at the warehouses, is of a INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Weaver, Bath, surveyor. John Yeoman, Wanstrow, Somersetshire, annatto and corn eh &cr. Harriett Parsons, Bath, greengrocer. John Frederick Henry Robert Woodward, Bath,surgeon. John Spencer Raby, jun., Bootle, near Liverpool, architect. William Robinson, Fairclough, Liverpool, painter. Mary Bryan, Liverpool, provision defiler. Charles Brittain, Kirkdale, near Liverpool, land surveyor. Thomas Foulkes, Liverpool, shopman. Joseph Melnuish, Swansea, licensed victualler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. S. Harlot, Leith, dealer in fruit, to meet within Ho. bertson's 'C(,ffee•rooms, Edinhurgh„June 23 and July 14, at eleven. W. Wilson, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet within Dowell's rooms, Edinburgh, June 22 and July 13, at two. W. bl• Ewen, Crieff, ironmonger, to meet within Mori son's Royal Hotel, Crieff, June 23 and July 21, at twelve. most satisfactory character. Stocks of low and middle qualities of cloth have been much reduced in the manufacturers' hands—tsany an order is still in the course of execution, and it is gratifying to add that some of these are for markets which have been forbidden ground for us during the last six years, owing to the prejudices entertained in favour of continental cloth. These are encouraging signs for our manufacturers, of whom it is but just to say, that they strained every nerve to maintain a competition in neutral markets, and who, were it not for the enormous advance in wool at the last German fairs, would reap the advantage due to their cfforta without any difficulty ; but we apprehend a serious check to this tendtlicy may be expected from the high prices which they will have to insist on, when the new and dearer wools come into work. G. Young and J. Young, Glasgow and Kilmarnock, calico-printers, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, June 23 and July 14, at twelve. R. Neilson, K 1 irnie, Ayrshire, miner, to meet within the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, June 23 and July 21, at one. D. Campbell, Kilehoman, Nay, grazier, to meet within the Argyll nott,l, Inverary, June 25 and July 24, at une. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.-011 Monday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury was held in Sadler's Wells Theatre, for the purpose of supporting the views and objects of the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Re form Association; Sir Joshua Walmaley, M.P., in the chair. Before entering upon the business of the evening, letters from several gentlemen, apologising for their unavoidable absence, were read. Amongst the names were those of Messrs. W. J. Fox, E. Mien, C. Lushington, T. Wakley, and T. Duncombe, who in his note enclosed a cheque for 101. to be applied to the purposes of the associatton. The chairman, in his ad dress to the meeting, referred to the great inequality in- the present system of representation, both as regarded the numbers of people and the amount of property represented. These evils could only be met by an ex tension of the suffrage to every adult male who paid anything towards the poor -rates, by a more Equal ep por:ionment of the electoral districts, and also by the abolition of the property qualification. In addition to these it was the conviction of the members of the asso ciation that the principle of the ballot and triennial Parliaments were esssentially necessary to that which it was their object to attain—a full, free, and fair re prosentation of the people in Parliament. Mr. G. Thompson, M.P., proposed the first re,o!ution, as follows: --" That the absence of a really representative House of Commons, the preponderance of class legislation, the unequal pressure of taxation, the general extravagance of the public expenditure, and the conse• quences of these evils, engendering discontent and threa tening disorders fatal to the political and social pros perity of this empire, render the combination of the middle and working classes, for the attainment of the reform advocated by he Metropolitan Parlia mentary and Financial Reform Association, a matter of momentous importance to the State." Mr. Thompson, after stating that Mr. Wakley was so much osed as to be unable to attend without danger to his life, proceeded to call to the remembrance of the meeting all the reforms which had been carried since the great one of Catholic Emancipation, and advocated the system of peaceful agitation as a weapon which the higher powers had always been unable to cope with, and which was the only means by which they could at present attain their end. Mr. Thompson referred to the disturbances on the Continent, and the fact that the English people had not followed the example set them of warring against their own Government, as a proof that they deserved the ex tension of the suffrage that they asked. They did Rot set k to sap the foundations of the throne, nor to do anything to disturb the most Illustrious Lady in the land (Lnthuoicsatiu chanting, which lasted tor some time) nor did they wish to disturb the House of Lords.—(A storm of yells and hisses.) They sought simply a fair representation of the people, and that they would obtain whether the reform came sooner or later. —(Cheers.) Mr. Burney seconded this resolution, which was carried nem. con.; and others of a similar tendency were propos( d and carried, several gentlemen addressing the meeting in support of them. The meet ing, which was a very crowded one, the theatre being filled in every part, separated at a late hour, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. A. coroner's inquest was held at Coventry on Thursday last, on the body of Mr. William Wombwell, a nephew of the proprietor of the ceiebrated traTiln menagerie. On the afternoon of the previ.onn Sunday tshe booth, the deceased and two keepers were sitting o w n h e e n o f two th elephantsthem m compartment den and pricked began to fight. Deceased went into knife which he had in his t nimal struck him with an who o pen were in the par of rho abdomen and one of its tusks in the lower lie was released immediately' inflicted a serious wound, hand, upon which the infuriate a with lingereduntil des but Tuesday by one of his cotnrathe ssne " e vening, when h e died. Verdict, Accident a l d eat h.-- Aris's Birming ham Gaze tt e. Flt ANCE. The funeral service to the memory of the late Marshal Bugeaud was celebrated with great pomp at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the Church of Sr. Louis of the Invalides. A grand labarum, ornamented with silver, was placed behind the altar. The Mar shal's escutcheon was represented at the four cor ners. It was of light blue, with a sword crossed on a cannon. The grand catafalque was placed in the centre of the church, beneath a magnificent canopy. On a level with the foreign flags which decorate the church were placed shields, on which were inscribed, to the Tight, "Isly, Oran, Moustitr, Llobregat, Burgos, Yelat, Tortoso, Lerida;" and on the left, " Tariffs, Tarragona, Castille, \Vilna, 'rains, Moustier, Tlemeen, Isly." The President of the Republic, the Ministers, the Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Mar shals of France, the Generals commanding _in Paris, with the officers of their staff, and the corporate bodies, were present at the ceremony. The troops under arms around the building, and in its vicinity, could not have' been less than forty thcusend men The Archbi&hop of Paris pronounced the absolution. The body of the Marshal had been placed previous to the ceremony, in a chapelle ardente, prep..rtd for the purpose in the lower part of the church to the right. From the moment the service began until it was ter minated, the Invalides and the Ecole lklilitaire continued to fire minute guns. Military bands also played outside the building. Tte façade of the In valides was covered with black cloth, and also dis played the escutcheon of the deceased Marshal. The troops stood with their arms reversed in sign of mourning; the drums of the foremost ranks were muffled ; the hilts of the officers' swords were covert(' with crape. as also the colours of the regiments. The officers of those corps that had served under the com mand of the Marshal in Africa wore crape on the arm ; and an expression of profound grief was observ able on the countenances that bore the strong impress of an African sun. A great number of officers of the National Guards were present ; and the concourse was great of pri vate citizens along the quays and the neighbour hood of the Invalides. The ceremony was over at half•past eleven o'clock, and the troops were on the way to their quarters before 12 o'clock. No incident of importance occurred during the ceremony. Al. Kalkbrenner, the musical composer, died a few days ago at Enghein (near Paris) from cholera. COUNTY CM SIN eIItELAND.—A return obtained by Sir Robert Ferguson, M.P. for Londonderry, shows that the grand total amount of county cess in Ireland, remaining unpaid at the late spring assizes amounted to 136.286!. 14s. 2d. _ _ _ Sympathy among men is beginning to be felt. The extremes of society are approximating each other—the z-iiith and the nadir of lite are drawing together. The great democratic principle of equal political rights is compressing society to as near a level as nature will justify. Remote nations shake hands with one another. Conventional rights are giving place to natural rights, and the government of force is giving way to the govern• ment of popular will and sincere action.—Eliza Cook's Journal. How much pain have those evils cost us that have never happened.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Alpin, draper, Ipswich, Suffolk, to surrender, June 29 and July 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill; Sole and Turner, Aldermaubury, London. George Symonds Corley, dealer is music, Oundle, Northamptonshire, June 26, at twelve, and Aug- 6, at eleven, at the Cou:t t,f Bankruptcy. Glahare, official a. signee, Coleman -street; . Comertord, Old Broad-street; Hicharthon, Oundle. John Sharman, maltster, Melford, Suffolk, June 26 and August 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, efficial assignee, Coleman-street; Wilde and Co., College-hill. Griffith Lewis, plumber, Market.street, Oxf, rd-street, June 28, at half-past one, anjd,,lJauslym2,6,,sint it,7a•tilva%saigtritchee, Court of Bankruptcy. Basingh all- street ; Eyre, Devereux-court, Temple. Dan'el Grant, lithographer, Chcapside, JuLe 30, at two, and July 28, at hal f- p ast twelve, at the Court of Barlruptcy. Green, official assignee,Gui j 1 dhuanlel•c2h;B: m ut • bers; Clarke and Co., Bishopsg ute C hurch- yard. George Nye, cabinetmaker, Maidstone , one, and July 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Nichols and Doy 1.. BjdfOrd • row. Jonathan Hull, shipwright, Rotherhith e' July 3, al o ne, and Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Cou r t o f Bankruptcy. Groom, assignee, Ab c h urc h-! ane, Lom b ar d. street; Wright, Smith, and Shephur', Golden-square. John Hill, builder, Prospect -place, Holloway, Jun( 26, at three, and July 26, a t twe l ve . G room , c.fficia. assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Stevens and Satchell, Queen. street, Cheapside. Thomas .Moore, coachmaker, Derby, June 29, and July 27, At Weyer], ut the Bit miugham District Court. pli?Tll4, On the 16th inst., at Woburn- - place, Russell. square, Mrs. L. 11. Graham, ri a son. On the 16th inst., at Thorpe, Norwich, Mrs. Charles Lucas, of a daughter. ' On the 17th inst., at St. Kenwyn, Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. W. D. blorrice, M.A., of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. James's Church, Dover, Geo r g e Parrott, ksq., of Cavendish-square, to Caroline Louisa DA Silva, eldest daughter of the Baron and Baroness de Lagos' On the :6th inst., at Crosthwaite Church, Keswick, James Stanger, Esq., of La;rthwaite, to Sophia Ann, widow , Captain William Alutray, 22d Native DiEb. On the zd inst., at Naples, George Burdett, Esq., only sOl3 of the late Captain George Burdett, R.N. On the 10th inst., J. I'. Carpenter, Esq., Lark-hall-lauet Clapham. vnfieldt On the 13th in. t., at Manor-house, Bull's-crosst '— James Rondeau, Esq., aged 73. On the 16th inst., Lucy, relict of Captain Thomas goody, late of the 4th (or Kings Own) Regiment, ag ed , On the 16th inst., Emily, only daughter of b. 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