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`1 I !AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHARCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. MR. CARDEN. Lord BROUGHAM said, seeing his noble friend the Lord President of the Council in his place, he begged to ask hiru a question. It was stated in Dublin that an individual named Carden, who bad been convicted of one of the worst cases of abduction he had beard of, was now at liberty, after having been sentenced to two years' imprisonment. It was reported that, in conse quence of ill health, Mr. Carden had been discharged, on condition that he was to live out of the United King dom during the remaining period of his sentence of im prisonment. He wished to ask whether that was correct? Earl GRANVILLE said the whole of the facts of the case had been correctly described by his noble and learned friend. In consequence of a medical certificate, stating that Mr. Carden was in a declining state of health, and that a continued imprisonment would im peril his life, an order was made by the Irish portion of the Government to have Mr. Carden discharged upon the conditions named. The matters was, however, under the consideration of the Irish Executive. MARINE MUTINY BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a second time. MUTINY BILL. This bill passed through committee. Errl GREY said on the third reading of the Mutiny Bill, he begged to give notice of his intention to ask a question of the Commander-in-Chief, relative to the sale of commissions in the army. TEA DUTIES DECLINE SUSPENSION BILL. This bill passed through committee. EXCHEQUER BILLS (£17,183,000) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE, in moving that this bill be read a third time, begged permission to repeat an explanation which. he had already given tQ his noble friend (Lord Monteagle) in answer to two questions which his noble friend had put to him with regard to the change. in the issue of deficiency bills last year. What he stated in re ply to his noble friend, and which he wished now to re peat in reference to the first question, was, that the law officers of the Crown had been consulted on the subject, and had given an opinion favourable to the course which his right hon. friend the late Chancellor of the Exche quer adopted. With regard to the second question, he had stated that the correspondence which had passed between the authorities of the Bank of England and Mr. Gladstone was of a private nature. He had since, how ever, ascertained that though that was in the main cor rect, and that the correspondence in question was gene rally of a prive nature, there was one paper which bore something of a public character. Lord MONTEAGLE said that though there might very well be a correspondence between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Bank which ought to be con sidered of a private nature, yet he certainly disapproved of a correspondence, involving great public interests, being carried on in such a manner as to render the do cuments necessarily private. With respect to the let ters in question, all he would add was., that, if it should eventually appear that neither the Chancellor of the Ex chequer nor the Bank of England had any objection to their production, he (the noble lord) would leave it to her Majesty's Government whether they ought not to be produced. The bill, the third reading of which was now before the house, demanded its most serious attention. It was curious how quietly measures involving great in terests were passed through their lordships' house. That very night the Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill had been passed through committee in silence, and yet by that bill a reduction of taxes to the amount of 500,0001. a-year would at once be given up. It was, he admitted, a very necessary measure, but still he could not but re mark on the manner in which it had been allowed to pass through committee. With respect, however, to the bill now under consid era ti on , if th e i r l or d s hi ps would consider its importance, and the principle upon which it rested, they would see there were few bills that could be brought be fore them of greater importance. If the house was asked what the bill was about, the answer would most probably be that it was the usual Exchequer Bill,which was passed every year. Such was originally his (Lord Montea gle':) own opinion ' • but when he look e d i n t o th e b i ll at tentively, he found its scope was far wider—dealing not only with the past and present, but also largely with the future—than any of its predecessors, and that it intro duced a new principle into that branch of finance. The house was aware that the ordinary unfunded debt con sisted of securities by bills, which were given for twelve months, bearing interest, and renewable by other bills, according to such altered conditions as the Chancellor of the Exchequer might think right to impose. Though the bill, as drawn, seemed to be an ordinary bill for the exchange of Exchequer-bills, it took a much wider scope. When the bill was brought in in the early part of the last session to prepare for the first efforts of war, he thought that those efforts should have been of a more decided character, Red shown to foreign countries that we were prepared for a great struggle. It was then stated, with great truth, that whereas some of the ways and means that were then voted would not be in imme diate course of payment, and that as the expenditure would be immediate, it was necessary that application should be made to Parliament to provide for the tem porary deficiency by Exchequer-bills. That proposition was agreed to by the other house, and acquiesced in by their lordships. At the same time, a great principle was laid down, almost without qualification, that the differ ence between right and wrong was hardly more distinct than the difference of raising money to meet the expanses of the war by annual taxation and by credit or loan. It was under the circumstance of that principle that the Go vernment of the day found it necessary to raise a sum of money to meet the expenses of the war. The cum re quired was 1,750,0001. That amount was raised, upon the understanding that it should be repaid out of revenue, instead of being a permanent debt in the nature of ordi nary bills renewable from year to year. It was then stated that the expenses of the war would be met by taxation from year to year—that these bills would be such as to distinguish them from ordinary bills repre senting a permanent debt—that they would be charge able upon revenue • and they were told that, when once the bills were issued, they would hear no more of the matter. It so happened that, by looking to this sum of 17,183,0001., and comparing it with the ordinary amount, which was 16,000,0001. some odd numbers, he found that these bills, which bad been proclaimed to be so dif ferent from the ordinary annual bills exchangeable from year to year, had been slipped into this bill—(hear)— ' without notice, without explanation in any shape what ever ; and that they had been converted from short bills chargeable upon revenue, into what had been describe a by a late member of the Government as " permanent this respect—the obligation of renewing them is from 'ear to year." What he complained of was, the 13,3 r ing down one principle and acting upon the very °Ness ite. (Hear.) The noble lord then read an extract from the work of M. Leon Faucher ' called " Essays upon. the Finances of War," in which he had occasion to consider the question of raising the supplies within the y or by loan—the one course being adopted by El rgland, the other by the Emperor of France. Re (M.Z. Leon Faucher) said that the reasoning of Mr. GI: selstone, though supported by the great authority )1 Mills and M'Cullocb, was far from being u aanswer able. He laid it down as a principle, that when the exigency was trifling it was the duty of the• Govern ment to meet the expenses by current taxation ; but upon other occasions, when the exigency was gretet, and they Were involved in wars which would affect future gene rations as much as, or more, t'aan the present genera tion, it was neither prudencfe nor justice, to throw the whole cost and weight of a national co'atest upon the annual taxation. Ho (Lore' Monteagle) maintained that that-was the common ar ose of the rase. In '97 Mr. Pitt made a change of )',is financial policy. He (Lord Monteagle) differed troy a Mr. Pitt in his financial policy on many poiets, but fie admitted it was impossible to carry ou the, war with. France without borrowing. But we were *now approaching the provision to be made for one of the greatest struggles in which this countr . T had been yet engaged—a. question as to what amount of de fe,ency we may havve to provide for. If there be a 'chance of the doctrirses laid down last year being applied to this year, he trembled at the consequences of such an experiment, because he thought it would be a great wrong and a great injustice upon the industrious people of this country. In 1817, during Lord Liverpool's Go vernment, there was a model estimate laid before Par liament, which was held to be adequate for the ordinary safety of the country, yet it scarcely exceeded 17,000,0001. The estimates for the present year he had no means of getting at but what were known to their lordships ; but taking the ave rage su ppli es for 1851, 1852, and 1853, they were about 21,000,000/. ; the votes f0r1854, he believed, were 39,000,0001. ; while in the present year, without taking into the azc ount the vo t es f or t h e di sem b o di ed militia, p ac ket service, or misc e ll aneous , th e vote mightw ul d •bebeategeoo,ooo/. ; so that he thought there for tkte.i t eti or arge . ot 50,800,0001. A n d th a t was only Consolidated PusaV ; there was not a word about the of th e di p l omat i c service ; therefore, he thought it was great importance th a t th ey should know at leastEiZeiYerrs ineiple upon which those sup plies were raised. ( Hear. Earl GRANVILLE admitted this was a subject of the greatest impo rtan ce to the whole country. At the same ti me he felt he hardly need offer an. apolo that p g o y n the he had not thought it necessary to treirm, h in asking them to a speee-) gl e their c house by onsent , to a bill enabling the Government to rais e an amount I Exchequer-bills, to an amount not greater, with on o ° two exceptions, than had been annually raised during the last 42 years - of peace. He was convinced that the nobl e lord, in his speech of nearly an hours length, brought forward no argument against the bill, but only an argil. ment that had existed for some time between him and a right hon. friend of his (Lord Granville's) in another place. With reference to the answer which th e noble lord had made to the speech of that right hon. gentle. than, he (Lord Granville) had no idea when he was corn big down to the house what remarks the noble lord was about to snake. But he assumed that the late Chan cellor of the Exchequer laid it down as a rule never to have recourse to a loan. Ile (Lord Granviih) be lieved the principles laid down by his right honourable friend were Round in themselves, and he believed there was au evil in loans which had a tendency not only to make the people but the Piirliament and the Go vernment more lavish of money than otherwise. He could not a !mit the doctrine of M. Leon Faucher, be cause at the end of the last war the debt of France was comparatively small to that of England, which was enor mous. It was impossible for him to anticipate what the present Chancellor of the Exchequer might propose to his colleagues, and be even declined to give any opinion on that stamp bill t o which the noble lord had a ll u d e d . but lord talked about trembling for the future, he (Lord Granville) thought, looking to the general state of the trade of the country, looking to the state of TH our finances, and the prices of the funds at this moment, and having confidence in the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, he believed the present measure was not likely, in the slightest degree, to lead to the disastrous consequences which the noble lord seemed to anticipate. The Earl of DERBY—I must say the noble earl has not given the slightest answer to the objections to this measure raised by my noble friend. My noble friend made no attack upon the Government, nor did he allude to the late Chancellor of the Exchequer having, without qualification or reserve, mail down such a doctrine that, under all circumstances, upon all occasions the exigen cies of the public service should be provided for by taxa tion. (Hear.) But the charge he made was not with regard to the future, but with regard to the past, and with regard to the declaration of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer that it had been distinctly falsified. Now to those objections of my noble friend the only answer given by the noble earl is, that he is not prepared to say what the present Chancellor of the Exchequer may bring forward, and the noble earl says the amount of Exchequer bills now proposed is not larger by about 100,000/. than was proposed in former years. Now, the amount of Exchequer-bills has nothing to do with it ; the question is, whether in this bill you are not studiously confounding two descriptions of Exchequer-hills, and so practically falsifying the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year ? With regard to Exchequer bonds, you might just as well say, when a young gen tleman spends about double his income, and he has to raise money by bills, that he has a right to put himself forward as a model of prudence and frugality. He thought the noble lord and the country had a right to ask whe ther the Government adhered, or pretended to have hitherto adhered, to the principle laid down, that the expenses of the war should be paid out of the revenue of the year, or whether they would be obliged to have re course—under a great national exigency, and during an enormous expenditure to be incurred fora great national object—to the same system and take the same course which all previous Governments had taken—to throw a portion, n ot the whole, of th e expenses upon poster i ty, or to follow the impracticable measure of providing for the expenses of the war out of the revenue of the year ? —whether they would deal with it in the shape of a permanent debt, or make it a debt spreading over a great number of years, say 20, 30, or 40 years ; or so deal with the expenses as to overwhelm the people of this country ! His noble friend had 'complained that the Government bad departed from the principle laid down last year , and had endeavoured to conceal that departure from Parliament ; and, at the same time, he called upon the Government to say whether they intended to depart from that principle, and to act frankly and hon estly, and to avow and state to the country that they intended to depart from that principle—a principle which he had always considered to be impracticable. The Duke of ARGYLL said—The great question to determine was this—whether the Governingqt, laid down last year a great principle in -conducting the war from which they would not depart.. , ,',,HOLdriDied that that was so. What Mr. Gladstone said was, that it was wrong to rush into the system of loans at the commencement of the war. He said it would be unworthy of the re sources of the country to resort at once to a system of loans at the outset, and in compliance and in fulfilment of that principle, he asked tke Houses of Parliament to consent to a large increase in the taxation. That con sent was given. The dispute which had arisen seemed to him to be a ridiculous and a trivial one—it was as to whether a million or a million and a half borrowed was a loan or not. He maintained that, if they suc ceeded in proving that this addition of a million and a half to the funded or unfunded debt acquired the cha racter of a loan, it formed no reason for charging the right hon. gentleman with departing froin the principle laid down—of raising the amount required by taxation and not a loan. But these speeches, he considered, were anticipatory in their character, and had been made with the intention of extracting from the Go vernment some information respecting the forth coming budget. (Earl Derby dissented.) The no ble earl certainly wished to know if the principle which had been adopted would be departed from during the war. He considered that there had been no departure which could justify the language which had been used—that the policy of the Government was tortuous, or that the Government could be accused of not pursuing the principle laid down last year. After a few words from Earl GREY, The bill was read a third time and passed.. Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes to seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock, NEW MEMBER. Lord DUNCAN took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Forfarshire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills wire considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Cambridge University and Town Water ; Lands Improvement Company ; Over Darwen Gas; Pudsey Gas; Taunton Gas; Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas. On the motion for the second reading of the Torquay District Church Bill, Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months, urging that there were existing public acts which could amply pro vide for the deficiencies complained of in this bill. The preamble stated no ground whatever why this peculiar species of private legislation should be applied to the Tor quay di stri.ct,and he hoped the house would not sanction the second reeding, especially as it would give enormous privileges: to the trustees nominated in the bill. Beside-, the 16th 'section of the bill gave power to levy church rates in respe,it to the churches to be erected under the bill, and that he thrught was a fatal objection to the passing of this bill, If Lb ere was not the additional objection that the e:t penses of the bill were to be paid out of the pew rents of the proposed new churches. The bill savoured strongly of a private job ; the new things which it cur.- tained were not hue, and the true things were not new. Mn. HADFIELD seconded the amendment, believ ing thaat the bill was perfectly unnecessary, as was fully deom,nstrated by the fact that eleven of its causes were copi ed from existing acts. BOUVERIE proposed that the consideration of the bill should be postponed until Thursday, as - the hon. baronet who had charge of the bill was un aiile to be present to-day. (No, no,) The object of tb e bill was to enable Sir Lawrence Palk and his son, v rho was a member of the house, to erect new churches 'in Torquay, where they were very much wanted. These gentlemen would create a rent charge of 150/. for the purpose of endowing the churches. It was asked, why do not the promoters proceed under the Church Building Act ? For this simple reason—the Church Building Act provided that the pew rents should be applied, in the first instance, to the pay ment of the clergyman's stipend, but here the stipend was otherwise provided for, and the real object of this bill was to sanction the appropriation of the pew rents, in the first instance, to meet the claims of the mortgagees who might be disposed to lend money for the purpose of building the churches. He moved that the debate be adjourned until Thursday. Sir J. VILLIERS, being the owner of property in the neighbourhood of Torquay, could speak from experi ence of the necessity that existed in the district for ad. ditional church accommodation. After a few words from Mr. T. BUNCOMBE, the house divided on the motion for adjournment, when there appeared— For the adjournment ll9 Against it Majority —64 The debate was accordingly adjourned until Thursday next. PETITIONS. Mr. LOCKE KING presented a petition from the freeholders of East Surrey for an alteration of the law of settlement. Mr. A. PELLATT presented two petitions in favour of the Friendly Societies Bill ; and one from the coopers of the metropolis, and the other from the glass•cutters of Manchester. Mr. HADFIELD presented a similar petition from the Shoemakers' Society of Sheffield to the same effect. Mr. WICICHAM presented a petition from the inha bitants of Shipley, in the parish of Bradford, and from Windhill, in the parish of Calverley, West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the total prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a public meeting held in the provinces in favour of the more vigorous prosecution of the war. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the trade societies of Bristol in favour of the Friendly Socie ties Bill. Mr. HEYWOOD presented six petitions from clergy men of the Church of England in and near the metro polis, in favour of the legalisation of marriage with the sister of a deceased wife. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from Cambridge, in favour of summary jurisdiction in cases of petty larceny. The The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Southampton, praying for the repeal of taxes on knowledge. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition from West. moreland, complaining of the practice of Border mar• riages. POLAND. • Mr. PHINN postponed his motion on the subject of Poland until the 27th instant. THE ARMY. Colonel REED gave notice that that day fortnight he should renew his motion for a committee of inquiry into the practice of purchasing commissions in the army. PROVINCIAL, LETTER-CARRIERS. Mr. SCHOLEFIE.ILD asked the Secretary of the Treasury, whether anymeasures were under consideration for increasing the salaries of th e p rov i nc i a l l e tt er - carr i ers ? thMr. WILSON said the p a y had b een i ncrease d i n e ea,- _ • o d ti e h ri e C r y la o r f ge ra t E nn i ge rY .ad i n , ana'aont M anchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bris tol,was now going on a; to the expe on f similar increase in Birmingham and TrIP PAST DAY. Sir J. WAT.Waik'y : a r y ac f t r ic o e m o a f l w i r it ,e h r l s io o l os iit the a e s i t days and holidays a dfri's wished to ask whether the daily wage9 nrloy t toe n t of Government, P Tin the fast , ‘vho day appointed t a l paid e pp i o t i n b w t y : l l t f r e the intention 2l s t ( i'ostyo th© 1 c, 13 ,1 l ( t avr ce rhi 1;;nao 7, (ti , tiof I so, w stop a day's pay fro , n the salaries of all official men, or 1 only from the w ages of persons holding • fl f • enor , situations. .. _____ 1 The CANCELH LOR of the EXCH E QuER said h e had made inquiry 'into the subject, and he was informed that it was not the. practice of the department s of the Admiralty, the Ordnance, the Board of `Yorks, th e Post-office, or filie Customs to stop a day's pay on such occasions. (H:ear, hear.) ARMY SURGEONS. Mr. LESLI E said that as medical men, civilians, were now being sent; out by the Government at fabulous sa laries, he wisht,d to ask whether it was the intention of Goverment to raise tho salaries of the ill.peld , over• worked army surgeons that are now employed with the army in the East and hospitals at Scutari? Air. PEEL said there was no intention to increase the pay, as army surgeons were entitled to half-pay, and other privileges, when not in service, which were not enjoyed by the civilians. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S . SISTER. Mr. HEYWOOD moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law as to marriage with a deceased wife's sister or a deceased's wife's niece. Having touched upon the historical part of the subject, the hon. member stated that since 1831, when the act prohibiting these mar riages was passed, it was calculated that 12,000 widow ers had married their deceased wife's sister, and therefore allowing three children to each family, it gave 60,000 persons who were unjustly dealt with by the existing law. It was said, however, that there was a large body of ladies in this country who were opposed to such mar riages, but he did not believe it ; he thought the ladies of England were quite disposed to leave the men to take what course they liked best in the matter. (A laugh.) The fact was, the existing law gave rise to much immorality, because those who were prohibited from marrying by the existing law did not hesitate to cohabit together, particularly amongst the lower orders. These marriages were legal on the continent and in America, and it certainly argued ill for the civilization of this country that we were behind almost the rest of the world in this respect. The Jews recognised these marriages ; so, indeed, did the Scriptures, and there could be no doubt that their prohibition was a curse to society. As, how ever, there was a great deal of prejudice in the northern part of the kingdom upon this subject, he was quite ready to leave Scotland out of the bill altogether. The origin of the prohibition could be traced to the Greek Church. The Roman Church copied it from the Greek, and we had copied it ft om the Romans ; but there was no competent authority for it which men of sense ought to bow to, and since the pro hibition was contrary alike to the law of conscience and the law of nature, he hoped he should be permitted to bring in his bill. Mr. KINNAIRD seconded the motion. Sir F. THtSIGER opposed the introduction of the bill. The question was not new, either to the house or the country ; it had bee n thoroughly discussed, on former occasions, in both Houses of Parliament, and the details now offered in justification of reopening the question were insignificant and inconclusive. He agreed that this was a woman's question, and he believed the feeling of the ladies of England was opposed to any alteration in the existing law. No less than 11,000 women petitioned the Queen against the change when the subject was last before Parliament; and believing that the same feeling of opposition still prevailed be must ' resist this attempt to reopen the question. The com mission which formerly sat upon this subject permitted themselves to become the instruments of •those who were favourable to an alteration of the law, and who had been mainly instrumental in procuring the appointment of the commission, and the conse quence was, the preponderence of the evidence was in favour of a change in the law. The majority of the wit nesses, however, were directly and personally interested in obtaining the change, but the other side of the ques tion, appealing not to a class but to everybody, it met the fate of everybody's business nobody looked after it. There could be no doubt, however; that both the jealousy of the laity and the clegry was averse to any change in the law. It was incorrect to say this was a poor man's question. Had it been merely a poor man's question he feared it would not have been taken up with so much spirit. The fact was, however, that marriages of this descrip tion had been exceedingly unfrequent amongst the lower classes. He objected to resorting to legisla tion for the sake of reneving parties who had knowingly violated the law, not in ignorance of the law, but with their eyes open, and fully aware of the illegality of the marriage they had contracted. He deeply regretted the diversity of opinicn which prevailed upon the religious part of this question ; his o wn o pi n i on was t h at the 18th chapter of Leviticus directly prohibited these marriages, and, therefore, so far from the Jewish law being-in favour of these marriages, it was diametrically opposed to them. The existing state of things previously by which the law was evaded was most discreditable. Ile thought the hon. gentleman's arguments were inconsistent with him self. The hon. gentleman said that the Divine law was meant to restrain marriages within certain degrees of consanguinity, as distinguished from affinity, and he referred to the examples of Germany and America, where, he said, a blind and enlarged view was taken and acted upon regarding these marriages. He (Sir F. The siger) confessed he was not at all inclined to adopt any such enlarged or liberal views, and professed a strict adherence to the law of God. (Hear, hear.) What would the hon. gentleman do with the case of Scotland? The hon. member proposed that Scotland should be excepted Irons the operation of the bill. But why so ? If the bill was good for the other portions of the United Kingdom, why should it not be equally good for Scot land ? The fact was, that the hon. gentleman knew that the feeling of the people of Scotland revolted against marriages of this sort ; and he knew he would have no prospect of getting the' hill read a second time if he included Scotland in it. He (Sir F. Thesiger) hoped, however, that the Scottish members, who were generally distinguished for their caution, would riot be deceived by the omission of Scotland from the bill ; for it was quite clear that, if the measure were once to pass without Scotland, there could be no doubt but that is w iuld be extended afterwards to that part of the empire. The hon. member had also proposed, with the view of di,arrning opposition, to introduce a provision to pre vent clergymen from being exposed to inconvenience by refusing to perform marriage ceremonies under the act. This showed the weakness of the lion. gentleman's case, and that he had misgivings as to such marriages not prohibited by Divine law. Ho (Sir F. Thesiger) founded his objections to the bill on the ground that the marriages which it proposel to sanction would be cor - trary to Divine law—that the bill, if carried, woul I deeply affect the happiness and comfort of numerous families throughout the United Kingdom, introduce do mestic discord and discomfort, and be destructive of those fine feelings [of affection with which-the wife's nearest kin ought to be regarded by the husband. Mr. BOWYER denied that the Jewish marriage law was at all binding upon Christians, which lie thought would lead us into all sorts of absurdities. These mar riages had never been prohibited by the common or the statute law of England till Lord Lyndhurst's law of 1835. It was true that the statute of Henry VIII. prohibited all marriages that were contrary to the law of God ; but it still remained to be proved that these particular marriages were in that predicament. As a general principle, restrictions on marriage were unwise, and as there were large bodies of dissenters and Roman Catholics in England who did not admit that these marriages were prohibited by divine law, he maintained that this house ought to consult their views. Mr. E. BALL quoted a long list of eminent risen who denied that these marriages were a violation of the divine law, and he contended that the feelings of the people of England were in favour of a change in the law. Mr. M. MILNES contended that large classes of the people were anxious for the alteration of the law ; and that the alteration would not interfere with the con scientious convictions of those who took a different view of the question. dispute as to the law up to that time, children should ' not be illegitimised by any consequence resulting from those marriages, when the Legislature itself was pressed to alter the law. But it had always been considered by legal authorities in this and the other house that, instead ,tthat act declaring what the law of God was in this country, it left to the ecclesiastical courts the powers of punishing the parties who contracted such marriages, although it legitimised the children. The noble viscount's second reason for supporting the introduction of the bill was, that the law was disobeyed, and could not be en forced '; that it could not be maintained because it was inconsistent with the public opinion and feeling of the country. Now did the noble viscount, sitting in the high place which he oecupied, seriously consider the consequences of that proposition ? Did he bear in mind that, according to the report, there were numbers of mar riages contracted with brothers' widows, with a mother and daughter in succession and even, he deplored to say, leading to morally incestuous intercourse ? If once we were to admit the doctrine that, because parties had vio lated the law of the land, which he believed also to be the law of God, therefore the law must be altered, be said there was nothing whitever to keep the bonds of society together. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He could not refrain from entering his pi otsbt against such a doc trine, and he would urge on the noble viscount, not pursu ing the subject further, to consider the effect it would have on the country if this question of marriage--the most solemn, the most sacred, and most interesting that could be conceived to the whole community, should be con stantly ventilated in Parliament, and agitated out of doors, contrary to the feelings of the people both of Scotland and Ireland, as they had been told, contrary to the feelings also of a large, if not the largest portion, of the people of this country. (Hear, hear.) • The effect of a change in the law would be to introduce a state of social relations entirely different to any heretofore exist ing in this country, so that instead of the husband and wife's sister being able to enjoy each other's society with out a shadow of suspicion or scandal being cast on their intercourse; because the husband felt that there was a moral bar existing, which prevented an immoral thought from arising in his mind, the parties would stand to each other in the relation of aliens and strangers. Mr. G. H. MOORE stated, in opposition to Mr. Bowyer, that the feelings of the Roman Catholic popu lation were unanimously and strongly opposed to any alteration of the law. Mr. COBDEN contended that the opponents of this motion had allowed their case to go by default. He knew of his own knowledge many persons of the highest respectability who had "gone to Germany and married their deceased wife's sister, and then returned and lived in this country without losing caste. This was a proof of the evasion of the law and an argument for its altera tion. Mr. HEY%VOOD replied, after which the house di vided. For the bill B7 Against it Majority for the bill EDUCATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN IN Mr. R. PHILLIMORE contended that Mr. Bowyer had been guilty of a transparent fallacy in his argument that the common law of England did not forbid marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The truth was that the common law took no cognisance of the law of marriage at all, but left that whole question to the decision of the statute law. He was opposed to the introduction of the bill ; and he found in the restrictions contained in its provisions sufficient reasons for its rejection. Mr. SPOONER would vote for the introduction of the bill, without pledging himself to its details. He did so because he considered the present state of the law was fraught with the most immoral conseqUences among the lower classes. The only justification of the present law would be that it was in accordance with the Divine law ; and as be did not believe that such was the case, he was for the alteration of the law. At the same time he was opposed to the marriage of a wife's niece, and, to the ex emption of Scotland from the operation of the measure. Mr. 11. DRUMMOND contended that the prohibition of these marriages was of Divine authority, and that the Church never had a doubt on the subject till the fourth century, when the Pope introduced the question of dis pensation. He objected to this as a sneaking, half-and half measure • he called upon the hon. mover t o d ea l openly with the question—to get rid of all questions of affinity, and "marry your grandmother like a man." Admiral WALCOTT believed that . the change now proposed would unhinge society, the` Nord of God hav ing pronounced against such marriages, and must there fore oppose the motion. Viscount PALMERSTON—Sir, I wish to state that, having paid great attention to this debate, I shall cer tainly give my vote in favour of the motion of my hon. friend. (Hear, hear.) I think that this is not a ques tion of the law of God. I hold that Parliamenb has settled that by the Act of 1835, for of course it can never be supposed that Parliament would have legalised all marriages which up to that period had been pro scribed, if Parliament had been of opinion , that there was such a fundamental objection to those: marriages. (Hear, hear.) It certainly appears to me that this case is one to which you may apply the quotation, "Nil pro sunt Ines sine moribus"—that is to say, that laws are of no avail if the moral feeling of the country does not go in unison with the law. Now, it seems to be established and admitted that the moral feeling of the community at large is not with this law—that the laW, in fact, is not obeyed, and that a great number of persons, not con ceiving themselves to commit any moral offence, do con tract marriages which the law prohibits. (Bear.) That is not a state of things which ought to exist, ar.d, not being of opinion that there is any moral objection to the contracting of these marriages, and, believing that the law as it stands is the cause of a great deal of misery and social evil, especially among the middle and lower classes of the community, I shall with gr,:at plea .ure give my vote for the motion. (Wear, hear.) Mr.WALPOLE said the noble viscount's main reason for supporting the motion seemed to consist in the act of 1835. This was the firA time lie had heard from his noble friend that the-law of Parliament could determine what was the law of God. Viscount PALMERSTON—I did not say that the act of Parliammt could determine that; Isaid the act showed what Parliament conceived it to be. Mr. WALPOLE hoped the noble viscount would not object to be set right as to what the act of Parliament was intended to do. The act made no marriages legal it simply raid that those marriages which hal(' been con tracted should not be voided in the parties lifetime ; in other words, all it saicl'was that those marriages should be placed on the same footing as marriages before that act were placed,. if either of the parties were dead. It did so in order that, there having been a difference and NVI I I iNrb_ L AY EVENING, MARCH l 4l im, TEE LONDON GAZETTE or LAST N 10.711% WHITEHALL, MARCH 13. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart. ; Rear- Admiral Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Henry Eden ; Captain Peter Richards, C.B. ; Captain Alexander Milne ; and Sir Robert Peel, Bart. ;—to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions, Islands, and Territories thereunto belonging. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 13. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA- MENT. Borough of Athlone.—William Keogh, Esq., her Ma jesty's Attorney-General for Ireland. Borough of Dudley.—Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, of Pynes, in the county of Devon, Bart., in the room of John Benbow, Esq., deceased. County of Forfar.--Adam Duncan Haldane (commonly called Viscount Duncan), one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Burghs of Montrose.—William Edward Baxter, Esq., merchant, Dundee, iu the room of Joseph Hume, Esq., deceased. Borough of Ennis.—John David Fitz Gerald, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Ireland. Borough cf.Barnstaple.—George Stileley Buck, of Hart -I:nd Abbey, Esq., in the room of John Lawrie, E4q., whose election for the said borough has been declared void. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 10. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint William Agnew Pope, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-At-Arms, vice Pyrke, retired. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 12. _ _ The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, reporting that the local authorities at Amoy have granted to ships under the British flag the right to carry on the coasting trade . from that port to the various ports in China. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 13. The Right Iron. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at New York, enclosing two Notices to Mariners issued by the United States Light house Board, copies of which are subjoined. (Copy-) NOTICE TO MARINERS. Lighthouse at Tucker's Beach, Little Egg Harbour, N.J. On or about the first clay of June next (1855), a fixed white light, varied by flashes, of the fourth order of the system of Fresnel, will be substituted for the present fixed red light at Tucker's Beach Lighthouse, near the entrance to Little Egg Harbour, N.J. The light will be exhibited at an elevation of 50 feet above the level of the sea; will illuminate the entire sea horizon and the approaches to Little Egg Harbour, and should be seen, under ordinary states of the atmosphere, from a height of 15 feet above the water, at a distance of 12) 2 nautical, or 14i statute miles. The tower is white. The approximate position is— Latitude, 39 deg. 30 min. 17 sec. N. Longitude, 74 deg. 16 min. 4S sec. W. Due public notice will be given of the day upon which the change will be made. By order of the Lighthouse Board. (Signed) JAMES S. BIDDLE, L. H. Inspector, Fourth District. Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1855. i - __ __- IRELAND. Mr. J. BALL then rose to move that it is expedient that more effectual means should be adopted to improve the education of pauper children in Ireland. After point ing out the great numbers of children that were at pre sent inmates of the Irish workhouses, he complained of the low salaries that were given to their schoolmasters, of allowing them to mix with bad characters among the adult inmates, and of the paucity of industrial edu cation. Ho dwelt also upon the fact that both Catholic and Protestant children were in some cases left without teachers of their own persuasion, and though he ad mitted that no rule could be laid down on this question, he hoped the Government would be prepared to apply some remedy to the evil. The hon. gentleman had pro ceeded for some time in his address, when an hon. mem ber moved that the house be counted, but forty mem bers were found to be present, and the lion. getleman proceeded, and urged that larger salaries should be given to the pauper teachers, with a. view to secure a higher class of instruction. Mr. BOWYER seconded the motion. Mr. T. KENNEDY supported the motion, and at the same time urged upon the Government the necessity of making better provision for the teachers of the National school. Mr. HORSII.A.N cordially concurred in the objects of the resolution. The root of the evil lay in the defi ciency of the law, which did not compel the poor-law guardians to provide adequate means of education ; for many parishes, however, the guardians had, of their own accord, instituted a superior system of education in their schools. He thought it would be unwise in Government to check these local exertions by a national grant, but he could assure his hon. friend that the Government would not lose sight of the question, and that they would, by every possible means, give their support to an ex tended, improved, and unsectarian system of education. He hoped his hon. friend would withdraw his motion. The discussion was continued by Mr. Burke Roche, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. Scully, &c., after which, Mr. BALL replied, retuning to withdraw his motion, as he contended that Ireland should be put upon the same footing with other parts of the country as to the receipt of public money. Lord PALMERSTON—The hon. gentleman speaks of equality between England and Ireland. Now, let us see how the account sta n d s . L e t us t a k e Irelan! first, and see what sums are paid for her out of the public re venue : Irish constabulary £650,000 Assistant barristers Expemes of prosecutions Crown solicitors £750,000 Showing a total for Ireland of 750,000/. per year. Now, let us sie how the English side of the account stands • Expenses of prosecutions £250,000 Education in workhouses 22,000 half of medical expenses 90,000 £352,006 Makin , 362,000/., as compared with 750,0001. ix be hind. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. F. FRENCH—What about the judges of the county courts in England ? Lord PALMERSTON—They are paid by fees. (Cheers.) Colonel DUNNE would delay expressing his opinion fully until they came to •the civil estimates, when he would do so, and he would show that England had much more than her share. There, for instance, was the build ing of this house. (Laughter.) Mr. FRENCH—There was the educational grants for England. Ile hoped the hon. gentleman would not shrink from pressing this matter to a division. He Loped the Irish members would stand together whether the Go vernment liked it or not. Mr. GROGAN must say the speech of the noble lord at the head of the Government was the most extraordi nary and unjust speech he had ever heard in that house from a Minister of the Crown. The speech of the noble lord clearly proved that Ireland was most unjustly treated, for the agreement at the time of the Union was that Ireland should bear only the 2.l7ths of the national burdens. (Hear.) Mr. WILSON—The county court judges were not paid out of the consolidated fund, but otxt of fees derived front the courts. Mr. FRENCH —And what is done with the fees in the assistant-barristers' courts in Ireland ? They go to the Crown. The. house then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it The motion was consequently lost. VACATING SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. WRIGHTSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the Act 6 Anne, c. 7, so far as re lates to vacating seats in Parliament ou the acceptance of office. Mr. FRENCH—If the Government thought such a measure as this necessary,why did they .not take charge of it ? (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY did not see that any good would re sult from the measure. _ _ Mr. WALPOLE thought this would be a fitting time for the Government to consider the state of the law with reference to offices generally, and how :far office should operate as an exclusion from or cessation of Parliamen tary representation. Lord PALMERSTON said the bitt would be con sidered by the Government at a future sttage. Leave was then given to bring ia .the, bill. METROPOLIS COMM.UNICA TIQNS. Mr. JACKSON moved for the a., Tointment of a j select committee to inquire into the staff to and condition of the several communications to and i.v the metropolis, including the bridges over the Thames and the ap proaches thereto ;to report whether the communica tions and approaches are adequate to the present and increasing traffic to and in the metropolis, if not, the best mode of improving the same, and •o:hether it will be desirable to have one or more bridges over the Thames, and the best mode, out of local funds, , of providing the cost of such bridges, and of improving t7ti e said communi cations and approaches, and throwing open to the public the toll-paying bridges. Agreed to. Mr. BROWN was about to move far certain returns connected with the Belfast corporati on, but being op posed, did not press his motion for the present. Lord 'PALMERSTON told the lion . gentleman that it was was usual to lay some Parham( fltary ground for the return, and to state for what purpot le it was needed. Mr. BROWN would state his won ttd if the noble ked. Lord PALMERSTON—When you no ove for it again will do. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS ILL. Mr. PHIL LIMORE would not then p •ess the second realing of this bill. PRICE'S INDEMNITY EV Mr. WALPOLE objectdd to tie se 7, cud reading of this bill HOW it was not yot priW.ed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXC ELEQUER con suited to postpone it to Friday rev. The house rose at a quarter-past 11 o' c!ock. Arr. Williams was shut out in the 6 ivision on Mr. III; tiru d's motion. SUIPATUY WITH TILE POLES.-Writir i,-; to the Mayor of Bath, expressing his willingness to present to the House of Lirds the petition adopted i the meeting lately held in that city to express sympal l y with Poland, the Earl of Shaftesbury says :—"The pai t ition of Poland was an enormous crime and an enori at ius folly ; the restoration of it is demanded alike by se ie! and justice. But, whatever be the views and feeling s •of single indi viduals..or masses of men, the time has not yet arrived for governments to interpose. We in• pact rest content for the present with the expression of national sympa thies." (Copy.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSE IN N.W. PASSAGE, KEY WEST, FLORIDA. This lighthouse, recently erected, is situated on the Western Bank, forming the .Y.W. channel, in 6 feet ordi nary low water. Its position may be approximately laid down by the fol lowing magnetic bearings and distances; Sand Key Lighthouse, S. 11 dog. 02 min. east, distant 10 nautical miles. Key West Lighthouse, S. 57 deg. east, dist. 6.83 nautioal miles. N. INT. Bar Buoy, N. 20 deg. 46 min east, dist. 1.31 nautical miles. The structure is founded on piles. The keeper's dwell ing is 23 feet above the water, and is surrounded by the lantern. The foundation is painted of dark colour; the dwelling and lantern white. The illuminating apparatus is a Fresno' sth Order, illu minating 270 deg. of the horizon, and showingafixed white light. The focal plane is 10 feet above the sea level ; the light should therefore bo seen, in clear weather, from the deck of a vessel 10 feet above the water at a distance of 11 . 1 nautical miles, or about 10 miles beyond the Bar. The light will be exhibited for the first time on the sth of March pros., and will continue to be exhibited from sunset to sunrise on each succeeding night till further notice. WAR-OFFICE, MARCII 13. 7th Regiment of Foot-- , Lieutenant-General Samuel Ben jamin Auchmuty, from the 65th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, K.C.8., removed 'to the Rifle Bri g ade, Jan. 18. 44th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir Frede rick Ashworth to be Colonel, vice General The Honourable Sir Patrick Stuart, deceased, Feb. 8. 55th Regiment of Foot---Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Edward Butler, from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General John Millet Hamerton, C. 8., deceased, Jan. 29. 60th Regiment of Foot—Lieuteu.ant-General Thomas Bunbury to be Colonel Commandant of a Battalion, vice General Win. Cornwallis Eustace, C. 8., deceased, Feb. 9. 65th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Henry Bal neavis, C.M.G., to bo Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Samuel Benjamin Auclonnty, removed to 7th. Foot, Jan. 18. 04th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General George Powell Higginson to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the lion. H. E. Butler, removed to tire 55th Foot, Jan. 29. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, K.C.8., from the 7th Foot, to be Coloriel-Commandant of a Battalion, vice General Sir Audi..evi Barnard, G.C.8., deceased, Jim. Is. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Major-Ge 2oral Vivian, of the East India Company's Army, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General while employed ou a particular ser vice in Turkey, from the 15th February, 1855, are Robert John Hussey and not John Hussey only, as stated in the Gazette of tke 9th March, 1855. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 12. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second. Lieutenant Wm. Henry Newcome to be First Lieutenant, by augmentation, Feb. 13 ; John Mason, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, March 5 ; Thomas John Williamson, Gent., to be Veteri nary Surgeon, March 5. Corps of Royal Eng,ineers--Second. Lieutenant William Adolphus Frankland to be First Lieutenant, vice Belson, promoted, March 1. ADMIRALTY, MA WEI l. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. ----- First Lieutenant Alfred do Hochefied Nepean to be Cap tain. First Lieutenant Henry Spratt to be Captain. First Lieutenant George Edward Owen Jackson to be Captain. Second Lieutenant Thomas Prothero Nowall to be First Lieutenant, vice Nepean, promoted. Second Lieutenant Frederick Gasper le Grand to be First Lieutenant, vice Spratt, promoted. Second Lieutenant Samuel James Graham to be First Lieutenant, vice Jackson, promoted. Second Lieutenant Robert Frederick Taylor to be First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant James William Vaughan Arbuckle to be First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Albert Henry Ozzard to be First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Edward Brace Pritchard to be First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant George Frederick Blake to be First Lieutenant. COMNIISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Berks ➢lilitia—Edward Lynch, Esq., late Cap tain in the 13th Regiment of Light Infantry, to be Ad jutant, vice Sherson, resigned, Feb. 8. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. John Greg, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 7; Robert Augustus Aspinall, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 10. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia,--Wm. Paul Bridson, Gent., to be En sign, vice D e l amere, appo i n t e d t o th e 21st Fusiliers, March 9. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Gilbert Maxwell Walsh to be Lieutenant, vice Parr, resigned ; Hon. Edward Baldwin Courtenay to be Cornet, vice Cour tenay, deceased, Feb. 27. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Hutchings Hazard to be Ensign, Feb. 17. 2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Sweete Archer to be Ensign, Feb. 3; Hubert Cornish Whitlock to be Ensign, Feb. 14 ; William Humphrey Studdy to be Lieu tenant, Feb. 15 ; James William Fitzgerald Butler to be Lieutenant, Feb. 14 ; Henry Smith to be Ensign, Feb. 28; George Owry Clarke to be Ensign, March 1. Dorset Regiment of Militia—En s i gn Al exan d er Th omas Ewens to be Lieutenant, vice Davis, resigned ; Grantham Trench Falwasser, Gent., to be Ensign, March 8. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign Thomas Morse to be Lieutenant, vice Goolden, resigned, March 7 ; Assistant-Surgeon A. H. Hepworth to be Surgeon, vice Brookes, resigned ; John James Croft, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Morse, promoted, March 10, East York Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant George Hibbert Marshall to be Captain, vice Windham, resigned; Ensign George Fraser Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Mar shall, promoted, March 7. Royal Berks Militia.—Adjutant Edward Lynch to serve with the rank of Captain, Feb. 24. 3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—Edwin Utterton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 12. West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Philip Alexander Derbishire, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 8. Ist or South Durham Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Edward Kent Fairless to be Captain, vice Russell, re signed ; Ensign George Sowerby to be Lieutenant, vice Fairless, promoted, March 7. Edinburgh or Mid-Lothian Regiment of Militia—Wil liam Pott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Kinnedy, promoted, March 2. Royal Glamorgan Militia Artillery—John Paddon, Esq., to be Surgeon, March 9. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshiro Militia—Edward Bas come Gent., M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Bellot, retired, March 1. _ _ 241 ltegiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Richard Trevor Irwin, Eni., late Li.putenant in the 21st Regiment, to be Captain, Jan. 30 ; George James Crouch, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon ; William Barnes, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 5. Hampshire Regiment of Militia—Severna William Ly nam Stretton, Esq., late Lisntenant-Colonel of the 40th and 64th Regiments, to be Licutenant-Colonel, vice Clin ton, resigned, March 9. . [The following Appointment is substituted for the one which appeared in the Gazette of the 26th May last.] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry-Lieutenant Thos. Rawdon Ward to be Major, vice Wyndham, resigned. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. David Leopold Lewis, merchant, Salter's Hall-court, Cannon-street, City. Joseph Liley and Richard Reeves Cox, warehousemen; Days-court, Gutter-lane, City. Robert Jacobs Hills, tailor and draper, Hyde, Isle of Wight. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Fiddes Meyrick, commission agent, Wolver hampton, to surrender, April 2 and 30, at half-past ton, at the Birtrsinghara Dieted Court. Whitmore, official assignee. Birmingham; Kitson, Wolverhampton; E. •nd 11. Wright, Birmingham. John — Jo - nes, innkeeper, Manchester, March 28, and April 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Cooper an d S ons , Manchester. Robert Rimmer, publican, Tenbury, Worcestershire, April 2 and 23, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Saunders and Son, Kidderminster; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. William Clareborough, mason and builder, Sheffield, March 24, and April 21, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fernell, Sheffield. William ,Birka, brush manufacturer, Sheffield, March 24 and April 21, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fernell, Sheffield. Cornelius Aubrey Markham, currier, Godmanchester, March 26, at two, and April 24, at, one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Sewell, Fox, awl Sewell, Old Broad-street, City. Richard Russell, printer, Leamington Priors, March 30 and April 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Field, Leamington ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Joseph Kell, grocer, Brialy-hill, Stafford, April 2 and 23, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Homfray, Halesowen ; Hodgson, Birmingham. John Lowe, slate merchant, Salford, March 28 and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Marriott, Man chester. Josiah Harris, miller, Hepwell Mills, Cornwall, March 19 and April 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Sargeant, Liskeard ; Stogdon, Exeter. Stephen Cowperthwaite, bobbin turner, Bradford, March 27, at one, and April 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bentley, Bradford ; Cariss and Cudworth, Leeds. John Smith, innkeeper, Tumbling-hill, Horton, Brad ford, March 27, at half-past eleven, and April 17, at half past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Gant, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Norrish Greenslade, farmer, &c., Nethercott Farm, Oakford, Devonshire, March 19, and April 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter. Edward Dawse, licensed victualler, Wolverhampton, March 30 and April 20, at twelve, at th e Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Pinchard and Shelton, Wolverhampton; Hodgson, Bir mingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, J. and J. Millar, hatters, Dundee. Fleming and Pritchard, sewed muslin manufacturers, Glasgow. Hector Tennant, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. William Macdonald, commission agent, Glasgow. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. C. Lovell, of Wisbeaeb, Cambridgeshire, boot manufac turer, April 12—C. Brocklesby, of 88, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, tailor, April 5 Frederick Christopher Dodsworth, of Turnhain•green, surgeon, April 3-11enry Savill, of Colchester, grocer, April 3—James Wilsher Ald ridge, of Witham, Essex, corn merchant, April 3—Wil liam Shipman, of Manchester, baker, April 3—Joseph Ellis, of Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, farmer, March 31—R Atkinson, of Hornington, Yorkshire, oil manufacturer, April s—John Roper and Wm. Mitchell, of Keighley, Yorkshire, worsted spinners, April 5. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. William Thomas Ashwin, of Blackheath, Kent, chemist, April 3—Wm. Buckwell and Thomas Jones, of 23 and 24, Duke-street, Southwark, dealers in cement,- April 4 Edward Marcus, of Maidstone, Kent, licensed victualler, April 3—David Enoch Davies, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan shire, grocer, April 13 John Colton, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, butcher, April 4—J. Sidebotham, Manchester, grocer, April 3—B. Baron, H. W. Knowles, and J. Hey worth, April 4—W. Bentley, Oldham, Lancashire, iron founder, April 5—A. Reynolds, Birmingham, iron mer chant, March 8. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James Miller, of Birmingham, retail brewer—Thomas Hulbert, Birmingham, retail brewer—William Whitfield, Birmingham, japanner—John Aspley, Birmingham, clerk —Mary Henshaw, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, retail brewer —E !ward Perry. Walsall, Staffordshire, grocer—Thomas Spencer Pitt, Walsall, Staffordshire, surgeon's assistant— H. Charalay, Rochdale, Lancashire, boot and shoemaker— D. A. Wilkes, East Dean, Gloucestershire, grocer.—W. Blake, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, .butcher—W. Beazley, jun., Ryde, Isle of Wight, news agent—J. B. Lay, Lowes toft, butcher—J. Taylor, Poasenhall, Suffolk, clerk—R. Adams, Twefling, Suffolk, innkeeper—W. Tye, Wood bridge, Suffolk, pastrycook—E. Trafford,Woodbridge, do., pork dealer—E. J. Smythe, Brandon, Suffolk, conveyancer King, Mildenhall, Suffolk, stone'neason—George A. Barnes, Ipswich, innkeeper Giles Tanner, Colerne, Wiltshire, carpenter—G. Eden, Mollington,Warwickshire, saddler—J. Carter, Exeter, dealer—M. Mitchinson, Abbey, Lanercost, Cumberland, out of business—Fred. F. Full janies, Cranbrook, Kent, baker Zephaniah Knowles, Halesowen, Worcestershire, miner—G. J. Thompson,Wol verhampton, agent—J. Rubery, Mosley, Staffordshire, li censed retailer of spirits—John Taylor, Wolverhampton, wrought iron hinge manufacturer—T. Taylor, Highfields bridge, Staffordshire, roller—J. Rigby, Bilston, Stafford shire, clock and watch m aker—T. Nixon, Powell, North amptonshire, painter—H. S. Scrivener, Linton, Cambridge. shire, baker—W. Cowper, Thornton Lancashire, baker— N. Green, Eyam, Derbyshire, beerbonse-keeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Younghusband and Joseph Taylor Younghns band, of New Jerrard's Hall, Old Bailey, City, carriers— Solomon Bray and Charles Bridges, of Birmingham, attor neys—Edward Tallent and Thomas Beath Christie, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, surgeons—Thomas Brether ton and Richard Balshaw, of Bradford, noar Manchester, plumbers—Thomas Williams, of Wrexham, Denbighshire, and George Haswell, of Chester, brick and tile makers — Thomas Blyth and John Blyth, of Stanford•le-Hope, Es sex, farmers—Jane Sadler and John Dobson, of Whitehill Point, Northumberland, tile manufacturers— Oetavius Wood and John Robarts, of Market-wharf, Regent's-park- basin—S. Wright Kelso and James Dowie, of Liverpool, ship brokers—Niles Green and Matthew Cupit, of Wel lington, Shropshire,' tailors—Alfred Lambert and Richard Andrew, of Kingston-upon-Hull, ship brokers Thomas Abbott and Thomas I' )ot, of Portsea, licensed victuallers —Baker • Gabb and William Woodhouse Secrotan James Woodhouse, of Abergaveuny, Monmouthshire, attor neys—Robert McLanrin and Charles Alfred Fowkes, of 18, Addle-Street, City, commission agents—John Barrett Butt and William Satchell, of Grotto°, Northamptonshire, brick and tile makers—Ann Tanner, of Plymouth, and Aaron Goold, of Bilston, Gloucestershire, coal proprietors—John Hore and Henry Hore, of 13, Copt ball-court, Throgmorton-street, City, merchants—Joseph Flint and Thomas Brooker, of Charlwood, Surrey, grocers —Thomas Boulton, John Talbot, and John Buxton, o f Stafford, mercers-William Stephenson and James Paxton, of Kingston-upon-Hull, stationers—James Smith Brooks and Frank Rennison, of 21, Milk-street, City, commission agents—Ann Haigh, Joseph Haigh, Edwin Haigh, and W. Billington, of Bromley, Yorkshire, dyers (so far as regards Ann Haigh)—George Field, Henry Constable Roberts, and Joseph Arthur Barber, of High-street and Counter-street, Southwark, wholesale druggists (so far as regards Jeseph Arthur Barber)—Abel Harrison, David Harrison, and T. Harrison, of Stalybridge-mill, cotton spinners (so far as regards Abel Harrison)—William Grant and Rainforth Hodgson, of Keadal,Westmoreland, brash and mat manu facturers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.-THESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 7 soya. each, 3 ft, with 30 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. Norton's Van Winkle, 3 yrs, 6st 71b...(W. Dunn) 1 Mr. Ewbank'sJack Sheppard, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Charlton) 2 Mr. E. Gill's Bourgeois, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b (G. Hauxwell) 3 Mr. Woffinden's Princess, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Gill) 4 Capt. Skipworth's Elastic, 3 vet's, Oat 41b...(Bearpark) 5 Betting—Even on Jack Skeppard, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by a length. Two lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Sheffield and R'itherham Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Last mile. Mr. Morris's Caliph, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Charlton) 1 Mr. E. Gall's Bourgeois, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ...(Hauxwell) 2 Mr. Harrison's Middlesborough, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Snowdon Dunhill, Dan Cupid, Wasp, c. by Orlando—Layla, Lady of the Lodge, Miss Hatch. Betting-5 to 2 agst Caliph, 4to 1 agst Middles borough. Won cleverly by half a length, and a half between the second and third. Lady of the L Age was fourth, Miss Hatch fifth. Layla colt sixth, Wasp seventh, and Dan Cupid eighth. Layla colt lost start, and Snowdon Dunhill threw a plate, walked in last, and did not pass the post. The Hopeful Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. Winners extra. The second to'receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Half a mile. 62 subs. Lord John Scott's Wandering Willie, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Burgess's Gamester, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 Mr. White's The Bold Buccleuch, Bst 111 b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Little Sykes, Manganese, Thames Ditton, Flyaway, Maid of the Morn, Eustace Fitz-John Gallopper, Gipsy Gi r l, Lord Raglan, Play man, Stella, ,Tounesee, Aubone, The Baroness, Eve, Persia. Betting-7 to 2 agst Wandering Willie, sto 1 agst Gamester, 7 to 1 agst Flyaway, 10 to 1 each agst Eve, Bold Buccleuch, Eustace Fitz-John, and Maid of the Morn. A capital race. Won by a neck ; a head be tween second and third. Thames Ditton, Flyaway, Manganese, and Persia were well up. The others, at a short distance astern, finished nearly in a cluster. The Grand National Steeplechase Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Penalties for winners. The second to save his stake. About three miles and three quarters. 41 subs, Bof whom declared. Mr. R. Brereton's Seaman, aged, 9st 3lb (Byrne) 1 Mr. Brereton's Augustine, aged, lOst 6lb (F. Martin) 2 Mr. Hylton's Teddesley, 6 yrs, 9st 41b . (Meaney) 3 The following also ran :—Bourton, The Forest Queen, Wanderer, Escape, Janus, Little Charley, Warwick, Burnt Sienna, Stafford. Won by three lengths; same distance between the second and third. Burnt Sienna was fourth, Bourton fifth, and Janus sixth. E2cape was next, but did not pass the post. The Municipal Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; for three-yr-ulds and upwards ; optional selling weiglts, &e. The second to save his stake. Oile mile awl a quarter. Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs (301) Wilson's Puncture, 3 yis 000 2 0.1., these two rate The weather was dfy, but bitterly cold, and the at tendance of company the thinnest we ever remember to have seen at Doncaster. Most of the sport was of a very interesting diameter, and speculation was carried on with spirit. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.—The availabl e sum for dividend for the half-year ending 31st December last amounts to 13,2221., out of which the chrect ,, r.l re • commend that 30s. per share be paid on the 751., and 10s. on the 251. shares, being' at the late of 4 per cent. per annum, and leaving 1,813/, ei) P writ y fiR LIVERPOOL— -31.incil 13. tir There was a good attendance of buy ers from fad locality at our Corn Exchange this morning, but ye s. indisposed to follow the advance quo t e d at gark;: ei t oI 3 J terday. The full prices of Tuesday last for " a i e tl3 o flour were scarcely altered, but there wags batter.' vre ed ou that day for both articles. Indian -earn ,:: 0 ,1 about ls. per quarter, and with tolerably fair 89 .' and oatmeal brought extreme rates. yfill i IPSWICH—MARcs 13. n t SO, . .A, Although the weather is such as still to prove ~1 i 0 30 .1 work, the supply of wheat and. barley offered a' , vi t tr3 9 ,f s A considerable alteration took place in the v e . a , tle bsl l .l l , an advance of 3s per qr. on last market. St" ' 3 " l 9yed se, it is difficult to quote prices, but what wa s ° I d 4 06 " . readily at fully is per qr. more money than tiii Beans and peas somewhat dearer. esT"' rss 41 ' V' PER QUARTER. 28 , " il Wheat, red (old) 65s to 67 s B arley, grinding •• • I , t) , Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) — 72 s s t to o — 7s:i ß rea es s us ................................ ?.13,t1:1:04 VIP all Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGE 3 FOR THE WEEK ENDING M A TCH I.ot Wheat Oats Peas 871 quart ers, at 6 4 4 0 : 6 no,ii Bears " 29 , 1 " Barley HULL—MAntit 13. 0 .33 Y, i Only a moderate supply of English wii° 3 " sale 3 " l s r : farmers generally oasy about selling under 7 03 ; t dog e • consequently irregular, but the busines s wo p ot less than 3s to 4s advance. More inquiry f°l. s ; P oe, Linseed dull. Linseed cakes in fair consuwPtl; e c ase' Foreign rape cakes scarce and wanted ; as is with bones. Peas, grey and W el ' 60 /1 63 Linseed, Black ss Ditto Peterabu r g h Ditto Rip and A rc -. so angel .............. Di tto Konigsberg 0 14 4$ P Memel ........... •••• re r! l i ; t' VP 'Ori Lines., - 1 , i p Ditto flue for. 1 01 , to 1:/ ,` Ditto inf. for. 0' oi, to p 0 Rapeseed...... 0(11 0d to t' di Rape cakes ...Is 7° tL Tares, E ng lish ...... Ditt o foreign .... • Guan0...... 41 . 100 St t to 133' B ones . 1 . " • P° Rye 1,1 e.al .............. s Wheat, English, red 65 to 69 Ditto white 72 to 741 Dautzio and Konigs- I berg , Pomeranian and Ham- 74 to 78 burgh Danish ,llolstein 68 to nil and Frieland 65 to 68 Russian and Odessa 60 to es Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 29 Beans • 4O to 42 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 to 42 . - -----:-- Dot, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEs' s ..• 0 51 4 . Am5terdam............ 11 16% Gibraltar • • • " ' • ~. '., 0 Ditto. three months .. 11 18% Leghorn •• • ' ''',.,.."; ' Rotterdam ............ 11 19 Genoa ..... •• ' „0' ' • • .' A Antwerp .............. 25 40 ' Sitlan .. •• • • " , ,••• I, Brussels .............. '25 40 1 Venice.. ••• • "' .., '' 13' tiambnrgh '........... 13 7 ' Naples ; ........ ~.'''': 1;,, Alton .. • • ...... ...... ' Palermo •••• • • ' ,''' :'' s , Paris ........ .. • • .... 25 20 Messina •••• • ' ' •••• •':: P'', Ditto, three months .. 25 4154 Lisbon ..', .. Marseilles ............. 25 473 j Oporto . • ••• • '• •••••''. " Bourdeaux . ........ Rio Janeiro ..... • ,....:1 ' F, ankfort•on M acne .• .. 118% Buenos Ayres.; ",,,, iIP ' Berlin .. .. .. .... .. •• .. New York, G° uik ' ~, ' o 'Fl '' S 'g Vienna .......... •• .... 12 38 Philadelphia •_:;i3cr1,,,,,170 Trieste ................ 12 40 PRICEs or 1 3 1 35 / 1 ", 0 0 Petersburg .. .. .. .•• • • • 35% Foreign Gold ii c l oin .• 0 I p Madrid .. • .... .. .. .. .. 49 X Portugal Cadiz ......... Barcelona ............ ••4w Della" ''... •• 5evi11e...... ......... Silver in bars_; ' Gold ~ a 0 il, SEABORNE MALLS. 0 01 1 the GO' 'sten.) (N signifies that the malls are sent from the uight—and M by the morning—tlesPl aay when tn a lea; in General Post- Office, London.. :very Friday .. I3d of the month .. 4,9, 24, & 30 of m. tth & 20th of moo. 174,h of the month 9th of the mouth.. 9th of the month.. 9th of the mouth, %fon ~Wed.,&Fi Td 8,17 th of moral.' Once a month... • 2,13,18,23,&28 of in Ith & 20th of moll.' rwice daily 'twice daily...—. 14,7,17,20.27 am. Pa; frorg port_ , DisP 4W > ;O r LlverP °° ' , tt LiverP° °/ goutilAinPl it south lol o.l Dover 0 0 1, Dover :,;p1;0 soot i o ptoe ipoi son Dow ,.' sJ ot mco *to nr ,co, 3 for , Soc t " " „oveht;ICt;:11104° 0 .11 vs. tll 4l ' . 41 tT I P °" I p oi and & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday I.o ll u,"' , ptt ), ' 0,1 2nd of the month Sol ,• " 1 OP" . Daily.. 17th of the month. Southoil:C Ith & 20th of won. 9th&2sth of monthinover 7, 17, & 27 of monlDove • • Twice daily ......111otple )- 7,9, 17, & 27 of ut.lSouthara 3 Ml , 4 1 9th of the nlosith!Sodrha ne 23d of month •• .. 'Liverpool 8, 18, & 28 of mon. Dover .." 1 • , 1 1 14th of the month !tut of the month. ,Floutho.l).: bthlfith2sthormor..;llo ow . 2d& 17th of month SoothaniP rt, UM By private ship ..;Vario Lls ithlsth2sthoilnon,DO ler to / I 7 t1117 tli27 thollnon.!Sou ths,No • ~vir1011 51" . . .! 4 B 2l y Bt. pri 2 v 7 a t t h e o sh f r to V '3 tli 1 Sth2sthoimon ; poyer ••". sth lith2.stholtnou. DoVer •.05, 9d alith ofmonth i tiou tbalDP :SO 2d& 17th 0, month 'BoutbllolP r te.i fall 01 a Sullday, the 01''1'; yin U~ tor g day, with the exception otAoiel' ifalta. both of which DO COUNTRIES. America(byßrit.pack)N kmericP. k bjt, United fats packet) ..........N America (by U Slatesl packet) ..........1` Australia (via South anapton) .......... Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of ttofki Hope) • • • • • • • • • • •• N Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria ..........N Alexandria „NJ Bahamas Belgium Brazil.• •••• • • • • •. M Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape do Vords Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. N Channel Isles ..... N Chili.. . M China .... Constantinople n Constantinople ........ Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France - .,....., & Gibraltar ........ Graeae (sact India) Greyto‘in ........ flair burgh N Ilavannah M tiolland ... M lionduras India (viaSouthampt.)lN India (via Marseilles)Mi lonian Isles (see India) Ireland & N List= Madeira liadeira .......... lialta (see India) ilalta ...• ........ Slanritins (see India) Ifaurltius ..........N Mexico •• •• ... • M Naples • ... •. •• • • • • • • I"; New Granada New Zoltan.' .......... Papal States Peninsula Peru •• •• •• a• •• • 11,1 Pert Natal • • •. •• •• ••N Sicily •• •• •• •• •• •• ••N Tuscany •• •• •• •• •• .•N lenc. , zuela Van Diemen's Lane (se. Australia) . . . _ • West Indies .... .... M When any of these dal epatched on the lo ilowini Southampton), and the 31 preceding day'. - 000 WIND AND WEATHER . 1 1 1 ' 4. kt oi S fi , TintoA l, ~.,..m Isf A Stations. Course of Wind. •-""" ° c ,lOO Greenwich .. N. Lothbury Holyhead Dublin E. Liverpool Manchester W Clondi. Carl isle Lancaster Whitehaven Maryport . Stoke-on-Trent ... N. W Fine. Sheffield S.E. Leeds Southampton N.E. Fine. Portsmouth Poole Winchfield... .... . S.E . Bristol N.W Fine. Plymouth Exeter ... . N.W Fine. ~.,..„,s. • Gloucester W 4 Fine — Cardiff S. W.. Fine. Swansea W Fine. Haverfordwest ... N.W Fine. Ipswich Brighton N. Fine. Hague E Cambridge N. W Cloudf' 0 i O ~g.. Snow' Yarmouth. S. W Lowestoft S. W Rai t -"' 0 ainsborough S. W Rain. Great Grimsby ... W. Boston W.5.W..... Rain. Colchester Nottingham .. cionclY• Derby W. Crotnif' Leicester W Fine. Aberdeen N.E Snow Glasgow N. W Rai°. Greenock E. Perth Dundee Berwick N. W Cloudy Sunderland N.W Rain' Darlington W.. Cloud/ . Whitby cl Scar borough Hull S. S.E , York Strood NW... Part? 1' elolp Dover resti , Farual lalif 0100, Tonbridgo DIED el $ c oe i colo 3 ?Ai i% ' On the 13th in , t , in Montague•scPuiri',. of ii , Hnkey, Knight G;and Cross of the On.° and St. George, aged 81. C110.1°6 0 r ild On the 10th inst., at Naples, Baron et aged 66. J ill` iPl° le On the 6th inst., at Paris, Sir Charles e frbr i aged 77. S' I i Oa the 10th inst ,at Bossington ligu'e' 01104 littlits, ,Tolfn M. El;ves Elq., aged 50. CAr°line<l9.ll3 Oil tlic 1•Ih inst •4' Vir I ••icil Eli - 41 3, jog o ~ au oe , , Counn:iuder Stephen L. Crofttn, of rx aged 29. n iti cW- DP 11 0 1; On the 7th at the Old Kent Bowl; . 1/ / iti On the 2th. ins, at 8, Eaton-Ply toll• man, sister of the Hon. Hr. Justice Vig _..., _.—•••••!".------- DO % LONDON: Printed and Published by gt rit n iodo, Ov " of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27te Sf 4n— t he Strand, in the Precinct of the tElavoy, 111 Middleset, Wednesday, March 14110 BIRTHS . O li OP A SON. On the llth inst., at Glen hill, W- °r' 00 31131 - Captain Montresor, R.N. 9 'I I OP A DAOGITTICII. t ' 10 On the 12th inst., at Westhourue4tre° the wifo of Walter T. Fawcett, Egg' f; MARRIED. es ik, Mrhter On the 12th inst., at Barton Mills, S_u ti u r b t h thi" 0 0 Merry, of Coventry, to Emily ItigbY , I. ' liege Mr. Albertus T. Pars, of the former place. b, rial ote r e t On the 12th inst., at St. Peters Ch ure f the I uo ?) 1V Rev. Henry Win. llaygarth, second so: ;,,o, livo Ilay,garth, Esq. of Langhatn-place. t II '' q ' daughter of the l'a.te John HarcourtPowe ' stone-park, Suffolk. ~ Ili 14 kit e lit e , 441 ;'`all is (.• t 5k%14441i1 fu ILI,