The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-17 00:00:00

he ":°1771"......NR1'.wha ve a much longer time for the disposal of his goods, ti,e (atut,ptt:iin Fitzroy's) 111 4 , ti L et .i e would be no necessity for his _adopting high prices. on object in rising was to u c r t g o e n to th e eot z, r n, siSis ef the House the subject of pro ld e i llviies 1 4 g r .. l t in carpet manufacture. He wou d s n i ot n be to the en., . o ta a r if f he stated that protection of th t e han e g Illy ,f C' ri.o acturer was of more consequence almost pr o t ect by parties the Hon. Member for Belfast proposed . to inars i t t '. ° l i t's Bill. Most Hon. Members conversant with the varied v aried stare of caipets knew that the expenses of the design first W. to 101., or thereabouts, and that to produce the ' lade d °I carpeting ost in many places 141., and even 16/. , Pro s t ace that pattern in the loom before another yard could . ti ns. t 'iced, it frequently took three weeks and some times 4 ntisis e i . °"' it was not fair for another person to be allowed to d, 444 1 the }seermanufac in his own pattern, which he could Le sh tai t t he present sn The duplicate of the pattern could d, n tic s d for about 41., and what a difference was this, of no 'har em 1 , 1, , .I/., or 101., in favour of the pirate. If the pirate 'harem t ue same price for the invention, he gained a large per r, / oito 6 r e ' d • b ut he never charged the price which the the ° Etsi,d 41, yet still he obt a i ne d a profit, and thus pri,ts Mahufaeturer obtained a good deal of odium from h filsil,;, It materially effected the working man, and many Ptia l „ -- .wno had been in comfort had been reduced to absolute fkeit4Sert° consequence of these pO-acies. The carpet mane -I,isi 44 efonplained that any rotect ion less than for three years 110,,e "nlEct. He thought it his duty to state this to . t le Alr3 ll A l ,,hegged to thank them for patiently hearing linn. 'Nits 'itillSON was aware the so subject was full at dif. Ite(itsc.stiltytaatirnrseenire;.l great caution , in legislating Olson it. The i o t t :' g from' to ptareat mea d sur n c o fromm most of only did they come our designs taii Pl' countr ra ne e, but they • were taken by the claire 'States anclY' • kt ,,h e 0 u ht Countries on Member e C r ontinent. On the b for Belfast had itidttut,elS eotigsi dere ti d e the nen of the Bill which he sitsitsmonsed, and that i's workingromises would be inc_nsistent irit; interests of the trade. P wsaess4ogliideaeredd ttibiee Hon. M hot.(l4ssiot,4'',A, D Ts of Id feel quite content with the t , "Inch had already taken place upon the subject, Nrdit?JsNt'etton giv %ce ber for Belfast had not very fact h iig t o c r to th f e ra ß od il s l; in th re e gi 4 Pie I C was that the en i should present . true stra registration. ' t h The e „Nt p: s 4 t he that whichman ufacturersthe manufactured. The Bill did rigin:f t 3s e that there h u ' ld y be any investigation into the s e ,. ; he 1 Y s , of the s, should be any investigation into the of th 'e Copy, for the certificate which was " - "lsai s S'ren to at party was in itself . to the 4e l o t llle. -seltiet'ij_id:n.ce of th e e . originality of the design of p ia fins in,','Spuebut confusion coul a d s r e e t u i l r t e _f y rom the measure. to nee fo r sh ' ul `l att e e , this country was fancy, 1 depending upon the milliners of this 14 threVflisw:aYs we nt Over of fas toTrance in spring and in autumn s ttl e e . i t s Y orjsss.`t,°°_Suof tha n t v c e o r urit and when they had an oppor e4eutirsq in".l.4!quainted with the fashions there, it was hardly 11 kS to"' I lliCpi ss , ' ens to register their original designs in this o til4 th "raI,TON said that in 1794 a similar measure three l'' ethi Sin ce e° P r oposed was made perpetual for 5 , • the trade that t i me, and during mo st Sre st had prospered. The exports prints then I'4l ' kit, sr weistively to theaYfor Bel t -tt 41 - " e t han at n time since 1830. He c'f had listened speech of the Hon. Member no t N iteis -u he flir Brotherton) should say there had been slrs, t e l reason a .. si dh prole !Pe r t!! .triakes g il e (Mr. Brotherton) did not pretend y him for the alterations lee ha t d o i‘r°,ll.'tissen'b‘l„,u_dge Of those alterations, but he thought that the concerned. He el. ' as Ili liras of this Bill were to increase the rofits of the th v 'olde °eh as the profits of the other persons beyond 'idt ee4 'sontl i a l ee° t the measure if . it did not extend Per t the efi . • On the entire, he implored the House to eon , 'l' N , effect of the Bill, and he hoped the . rt° l.ol ' ti es in extending copyright in designs as it was *ed the House would be c' ll i k .l il-1 4. 0 t* YENLEY could notf the e lp calling the attention Bill proposed by the sirS i lle rtiber t . o the machinery is s 142 %der it . It was so clumsy, that no man could be con kikestirsef,fraond,ha! the a ; l a e n c r o t p ime, it would not protect before the Magistrates, hatt ists jeet ed to 01°1 eingc of employing an attorney or a 4, p, tc , _ e necessity feet • 01, A j,?.13_95e its clumsy machinery. sistq the ‘t'Vat7TONE wouldfew words upon the sub th,ctretete., e, the stat!stics sayfTherea had been a good deal 4 h i g l fh pre "• er Th , e evidence spect to it was that opposed to the measure proposed 4 3 1114 1 11.14 tg °4 e, P i ei s e n v e tl e , 36 the fi m rm em s first place, there were her sn of th th e osein favour of it were th fss 7 Per son ': e m sly respect. I th, ye, wherease ployed in the different firms in favour of the 7 000 persons employed by , 1 , , ,,tra 1s 0 there were only . , of 17,000,000 pieces of Pie 14hIroa,,p.paocsted to it ; and, sith 141_ tared in those firms, li, dii tlsp eet , by those who opposed the Bill. Then, again, were only 4,500,000 si beti Id e s into oe opposition given to the measure, it might lest to , two classes—one applied to every protection ;r ; I„4Y Ineasur which could be proposed upon . the s.ub -4,1te!,--,7lt.i!e second e was as to the . difficulty of registration. '4t ion u l designs might require a more extended orga -44 iii these } 7 r egistration office than has been hitherto n_e . - t : 144 1 P' I'l4 --e w 1 there was nothing in the nature of i ~e s , l 4 lt ) ei tte , an °beet -re . Neither did he see what objection o s l i tes al ed a j ai t the admission of the evidence of the .1"""•oiss1g (Sffreergan; ' facie evidence of the originality . o t r e •Dete s 'a ra f i s it Y of a . desgn, because . it would he ahvays quite ii:tses ots ur Parties accused of piracy to show where their th_ i 'llato.'• fr om. One great objection raised o this Bill moch a damage to to ' rettsie'rue Passing of this Bill would cause t ot ON imp nd Hon. Gentlemen thought this a matter of of attention ; but the 1 4 4 ef the rtance as to be worthy to account was t o °lse N. Provision for bringing the retailers ,;, ILu s c, great severity. It provided that they should be liable lt oli gnos s of y in case of their Id have been copied. The ' --Y "I • - knowingly exposing for sale i op 4ir ahle deignGei which should (•4"sw•DeinetPlent eNnVian seemed Gentleman aware of .. t e d u to think that this was quite h i 4 thew 04 t ,_ • . as . the . 14,e 1 e , 0 ,,`'_; 3 subject in the existing law. By provided \s o if , 4" year of her present Majesty, it was the Act passed any article, t . .. w reoftY Person should sell, or expose for sale, the use of i'lliri t the registered design had been used, knowing that the wish the He should , li s , l 4 tirr e I f the design had not given his consent to i„, s 's t tide, should be liable to penalty. i injurious to their fo t lk . r ti r' s ° _O s erve, however, that the great eng objection after all is r e issi t ra ', 3 . n . '0 was the fear of its_ o t ,, Ilor s s 'i t e The House should remember, however, 'that teusßi•thet'.PMber for Inverness, being friendly to free trade, 1,,._ tpNeTs9.rded that objection ,h h e e g said that it was not to l, r w i,., Ist, i ( s A t i ti r a , to la rT s g o n n t e rad t e on would injured by passing. this h e,ht that so far :rem i . ts in ll'o(gersfGre,,ign trade it would . have the effect of henefitingst. ''-e 1 ,,, . The last observation he should make to the 1 Nither",sll reoly to what had fallen from the Honourable ‘ , 43 of '°r Bolton, who said that we should rely no G t ia o d n . iNes e° l'Sright, but on, schools of design. He 0 1 : t i t le C i e l ! taitity wished to see . schools of design established, to l ls °piston it would be worse than useless to es ti' 4 Ni C11 " 1, Of n and thus induce a numbei o persons * III : -Ne ' a ti r ° s e !his branchof art, without providing them wi s °ld eve °I obtaining a livelihood.—(Hear, hear.) They th e ednrt,much the same effect . as the normal schools had thesell44 win ; though much was expected from those schools, s not ken i s Schools r • 'l* h d and no means ta . succeeded. Indeed, the fact would be, that if Prosis 0 . design ware estab is e , 4 , eil l . ' Nrth, i . ;Nie ce a livelihood for the artists, they would carry their , 'th a t , " 0 other markets. He would not detain the House..been o bservations He hoped, after what had fr iend '') s el i ih * : l e ci st , ° r !' the subject, that the Bill of his Hon. Fr rt e bill led * Was then read a second tiene. h , (.4 ; 4 the sy d COPYRIGHT BILL.. 'l'ng been er of the Day for the second reading of this Bill t ...e rd Ai .. read, ,''lee t -„,`, , t e,e hill th e Ang ',F A H, ON rose and said, before proposing the second - mth ' ""ten h held • his hand. The first petition wa! from beed to ' present four petitions on the , i or s. e in . 4, Mr. 0 4ed i iit raYin g that the Bill might pass into s a oc l k a h w a . it was 111141,1,414..g5t others, by Mr. Gleig, Mr• t L 11;.,'' seortAY:,‘lorgan, Mr. Cunningham, Cak, ltiaryatt, &c. 1 1 4 8. isi t r _ a as from several eminent publishers, signed by "itseltightujfrom several Col . burn,.& . d c. ;l4 from the printers, I s i lh S c sa iz I to a law. Ihe thii also praying that the s t i Clotts Prayer, signed by Messrs. Spottiswoode, Han th tif rt u, vs, and others. And here he should state that nye ks Ilill ee who signed this petition, were strongly opposed to ' .41 f rom at it origi originally 1—( Hear, bear.) The fourth ; 04) , the stati:: al - , st al o s e cl * praying that the Bill might pass t t (144141 1 ' 1 % ° wiovi e ri e g n that this Bill be read a second time, he ~I , ;cd h. t would have been his (Lord Mahon's . ) duty o h k 's t the Main a 0 meats on which he rested his proposition, k n ' 4l . ' ai s e P in l Y to r tf;:Oi3je s ctions which he conceived might be tli Ni s 't 1 1; but since he had came into . the House the against it ' th i l s ill, had for fsior Finsbury, who . took so active a part in C .. ,.(11 1 ,, 5 " . !_rt o'med him that it would be far more convenient. lieoirtialitte7n were posponed to . the time of the Bill being t ss s 4 old eo *, Acceding to the views of the Hon. Member, it s „. Nlr A k , 4el ude by moving that the Bill be read a second Th s sed ts ii s•EY said he was glad that the Noble Lord had gar de were 'e, Proposal of Members on his side of theflou r s e e . . Th e o ti - :I aaetious that authors should be . properly isi:n th e rts!neir serviees . 4 • `" i 'd .1 • ' ht before the House in Cons sir th ere .. c suse was broug • but they differed in li . ode. la ss . • I s e s w °,,old be a division. Ilsit:ehttatlat,ty.i ,wi:loe:s,iikietLai/sYo_sati.d,e he_ i thought ough . t there . was now an many • ti ''ts ih ' ;'," ''' tight legislation • on the subject. He saw is 11 . 11 but he believed in a short t• :1 1 l II 4 4 have some proper legislation on the subject. ea ss , s. sn read a second time, and ordered to be 04 o werlncsday. 11 )1 _l o use, , t3 rti __ _AI Alt ill AGE LAWS. the adjourned debate 'lne st r . F E s 7 r i. o o l - the Day for resuming t. 1111,.. }he li a g r e ri t n s A motion w f , or leave to bring in a Bill to of lam IV., having been read, fall4iie 'l•l2ll';fieWlcli ros l ia " and said he should be sorry t,,,:e fr qrtl I, lle n‘t 14 4 4 ' h tss° a ttmber for ' the University of Ox or . d The vote upan this subject, after f what h d Lord was in ' lir e i t el• egea uk i to make however, should be brief. It had f° t* ' 1-ft to that ' Bill of the Noble ndlv tht t O . pr,..,,. - , the • -.--. -.. seco-- .• , ho" a st lkin to the revealed will ot asoo 'contrary to ha s 'lltiwPt'iN,d'e* years legislation that the tls - ' ', e rg op a r "`St and with "' • siderable ingenuity, . oet , , b i i Is, 2L4,111, thirdly, it hadibiaedenbecregnued, with greater o w . . t hat o 4 of the law would existed in 4° 't t hii '° " a lity which a present ''' - '-‘'Le "n be to take otf the families. fine ur P% Nl Qlll I °l ed slu e dbe proved, he teas sure of te Howe 141 e,s'ave ss Measure for the const . era . e the Noble Lord , I tlirb• L 'e.'il s ' e n the last man to brin. it forward; l and, if it 'I Ow ite l PPosed to the will of God, he would consent to take had s 4 r orn the consideration of the House. A g ' j ell i t f:, 4 said, however, on that point, he s should ~,tert : Was , granted that that portion of the (ie,- 4 01 est thataiready di sposed o f . A s reg . arded the that °ll e Cs •5" nearly I 500 , eark, the honest opinion . o . f the to 4 t•tio i li w i he h ad Church hart been • directly in oppo . s h i e tio h n ,oly ti tar r i, s e Ch urch ail to observe first, that divines in t ~,i ( ler ies, 15,r had certaily been oppor 4 to these he n i t pr,„_ . they would also find that they ,did not s cone co a n d '' .l l . i ' li si t s it oliC e. ese , ,._ l ° .. v their theat rectitude priests to as a mat er 'Allis. adow ed a' a matter of more. Lii4ritites iiiisrlii4coLtroi_t p a e r r is f e or f m ron th i e an fu y nctior s of the altar, obligation. Prip s ' it re "lireh of Rome did . forbid throe mar 4aitia gistta in cd head—the breach cf moral in the hands of its Pr ot °II ittnsiiig power - which the Church never . r in its e lf . sin • t rial estate any Matte • r ntsi s ' Mueh 1 c r op s , 1 11 at , "ss, uo well-instructer in the Th s s.ditps .t"e Boman Catholic Church veste d , in th s "set ' l•4l ''g • I Catholic, would enss.(is ~i t, sepower in everything had been urged upon its w it °, 1 e latin t .. ° • marriages on society of R ome in Nes "(Int s ouis ti s of the House. If the Church Per sori nsarri ag(. " 'se shown to have founded its ob,:ection noto tl. ' 1 11.1)41 411 1n t he ground of their immoral tendency s 0. ;tos s tl ,4 ' i th s c,onstniereire d.isposed to give-to that venerable auth ' l 4 „eo b iti.. 1 ration Its ordinances deserved--not even [louse i ' a rni tl ' e whe t 'N e d to it, Ile had always, in that f, r 1 ; . 0t1 il g---S, r et'soken in veneration of that body . its 11 ' 4 . l iglit . •' c are with which it protected Chriatia u n r i q ty_, sit s Could it , st shed through the dark agee.—(Ci rb e it * eri testi ageshssirriue said that the Church of Rome ',ro l l: kcitsilaritl h i 6 r , the ground of immorality person II e' s' e gaid t s'. 'inn. Alernber for Oxford that a : ~h lhe D I begs 'its wife's si ter with the same purity w !' r osr e 'ght fe rt hiil his own ' sister. ' He Perfectly agreed with had elesi„ I Sllely -ft Oentleman, but he did_ not think anything th ey ils N 0 1% cir to , bahish immo: ality than allowing the Inlrria2ll"e inarriagus. Up to the year 1830, offs of gonig - i c s, were allowed, and he asked we , ? t re t s rrinre. retain on the Statute-book an Act so a gai titt Auy 0 0t-Y t and so opposed to the revealed law be th st t , the tint_Jection that lay against the measure mu.t to ttingructinse, th il at is ,, It had been stated in petitions . sent se k ke t i th t tY ar n „ n 'ne present law had a tendency to increa_ the ti to tops the lower orders ; and if that were so, he ider well whether this results of the law with him no aid as to ttject, and, there- knee on that sub lsidereion of the it extending the 'lit to extead lig,er period been than as bad that there was a time among the ; for Belfast said mous on the sub- • Aleeted that there ; ugh.) But what ~ Gentleman said extension of the msiderable wino the law the o p t regarded. The , tar towns, but •ed in the trade. tleman that Mr. Mr. Potter was r s hould look to That genderniu rest majority of . against any ex' e not benefited, ,;,-$ t was of import. ; interested in the produced by the n his case ? 35a (rj large quantities. of ') 'they were oil t they affected? oil they would lie, ne t )or 200 retailer . ~ n the subject.-- 0, bjection was in came to the exi' ted that the r' yright ; and Yet . rh o produced the petitions of OA nterest the re - * o ', he retailers litigation. Th e A" ies ; there , ve s " s who were very an d re a large boa, • copying, 0' opposed iould it: wo g that he d from making and Mr. Lucas, Brooks bad D' t )1e Gentleman ag ht that be t r. Lucas, se with p ira o ds tes , gav e in go under the pre; the ha. ree mon • e not right, and naisrepr o read a part d par o n then on' bought 00,-- recated WO% extract fro 01• dealt with r: m three, to P. ro months oil In 1789, th ree • In 1794 the >f seven- Y3s'il II . ; it was ste P' the present t he n a prosp erot ie le I re they n s I ch importanee• hs 1 of six 0 00 while at tue lividualg. Th3l horne,market ; 4ive an aelvalr before he ga', % tension to 5 1 n the Eng li,b n those of Del .tion was, I y p 1° mid furnis h by that Me s as ew parties oh° ▪ The ester re with th,,, e ns ought 1:I l y e stablishe iittees of 1E140" Hoyt &on') th e ,er for 13e;fast T hased goo d '' , and that flr?' s t a ted that 10 the couo cre l h e consid ere icial to trade. the appreh'en gistratioa sY; Fr2nce, ober" Soso terns. , 'ester , an London ? ' If, as state' 1 no less t h e ! er to e xtol ler . in s of patt ero7 are the H e t, .egistration P tentively cee; a Govern oard of Traii,e4l s which woo' • Baronet, the ere would he so evanescen_ rtificates the The 'strong. d, that th el manufacto!",, not give It sm inerce•thst of artist s out to pra te(' tent with tkir mind, th et „, 4 of this cOO- 9e ) the Pu r c,et for the °lt, The Is ion was: vh, ect eor) r b u t that 4. the o rt ir s o v a . ill of le t . 1 :5 two r i J u ' tie '- o v thuse jdoo e ha d whe ni ntry• for tribusl o S yl per eeen trill d to alt ; lad roo . oe i uld be C liob t WOW ge . j 50 11' t 11 0 uas rig " e to P t !! 01 0,- tioo lOge THE RUN, LONDON, TIIITRSDA Y EVENING, MARCH 17, 1P42 respe.lt to these classes might not counterbalance any advan tages which the higher orders derived from it. Upon those three grounds, then—first, that these marriages wore not prohibited by Scripture ; secondly, that they were not opposed to the ordinances of the Church, inas much as these rested on moral grounds, and that the permission of such marriages would not be productive of half the moral incon n'enc which existed under the present law—he gave his c 0..- dial support to the Bill of the Noble Lord. After the best consideration he could give the subject, the evils that were alleged might result to society, to morality and religion, he came to the conclusion tl.at he ought to vote for the Pill, and he hoped the House wu,uld adopt the measure. 7 -(Hear, bear.) Mr. CURTEIS said he would offer a few observations on the subject. He differed from the Right Hon. the Member for Oxford, because he (Mr. C.) believed the weight of Scrip ture evidence was in favour of the Bill of the Noble Lord, he alluded more particularly to that text in which the " brother " was directed "to raise up seed by the wife's sister." He did not think there was any thing like impurity in the case, and he thought that the law as it stood at present was likely to be productive of more jai pyre results. He also differed from the Hon. Member for Oxford when he stated that the sister-in-law should be looked on in the same light ' with the sister. Ile (Mr. C. ) knew a great many persons who did not look on the sister-in-law and his sister in the same light. But whatever might be the difference of ol inion on the subject in dispute, he thought they might at least allow the Bill to be introduced, and they could afterwards discuss its provis.4ons in detail. He thought they should not reuse to allow any Bill to be brought in which was not of a very outrageous character ; and he should therefore vote in favour of the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. C. BULLER said that the question then under the consideration of the House was one undoubtedly which deeply affected the happiness of many, and embraced considera tions of the highest :importance. Ile should, however, avoid discussing the theological part of the question ; and he would consider it merely on the ground of national expediency. The main evidence against the Bill was founded on its alleged tendency to disturb domestic rela ions, by allowing a man to look on:the sister of his wife as a person with whom he might himself become one day connected. That appeared to him to be the strongest objection which could be urged against the Bill of the Noble Lord. It certainly was desirable that such a feel ing as that to which he had alluded should be discouraged by all reasonable means ; and he confessed that if the Bill were merely to affect the higher classes of society, he thought that argument would be a sufficient ground for its rejection. But the objection in question yielded to those great consieera tions of expediency and of justice which affected the middle and lower classes, and which induced him to lay down a diffe rent rule in their regard. Considerations of paramount im portance here claimed their attention. It appeared to him of the utmost importance, that they should allow the sister of a deceased wife to become the step-mother of her children, in order that they might receive that motherly care which they had a right to expect from one who was bound to them by the Dearest ties.— ( Hear, hear.) When the wife of a poor man died, leaving child: en, what s . ranger would extend to them that care which they stood in need of? Why no woman would do it without being paid for her trouble ; and it was well known that among the poorer classes the difficulty of providing for their own children, superseded all consideration of the wants of the children of another, except in the case of one who was bound to them by the ties of relationship. In point of fact, when a cottager's wife died, no stranger could be found to take care of them, unless the sister of the deceased wife. It was in that way they were frequently provided for; it was the commonest thing that could happen, and that was the origin of most of those marriages which were exceed ingly frequent, not merely among the profligate, but among the most industrious of the working classes. That was a case which often existed, and which it was the duty of the Legislature to provide for. Now, what would be the conse quence of a law which prohibited marriages in such cases. The consequence would be that parties plated in such a situa tion to each other would dispense with marriage, and if they framed their law strictly, they would not prevent the inter course of those parties, but they would prevent their marriage from taking place with the sanction of the Church and of the :avv. In his opinion it would be unwise of the Legislature to require more preliminary conditions in cases of marriage than were justified by indispensible necessity. By creating prohibitions, which would be sure to be neglected in many eases, they would not merely cast a stigma on those who married contrary to the law, but if the general feeling was one way and the law the other, the result was that communication between the parties took place, and the evil consequences did not fall upon those parties but upon their innocent children, and that afterwards became a fruitful source of litigation. He said he did i.ot wish to discuss the religious part of the subject ; and it appeared to him that the moment there was a doubt or a difference of opi nion as to the religious state of a question, then it was unwise to make that House the arbiter of religious controversies. Now there was no unanimity of opinion upon the present subject. All Christians did not hold their marriages in abhorrence ; and he even believed that the greater part of Christendom deemed them to be perfectly lawful.—(Hear.) It appeared to him to be very improper in a country where religious t leration was the law, to make the cannons or rules of one Church rules for the whole population. Let them look in the first instance on the hardship of the present law with regard to Roman Catholics. These marriages were prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church, but that prohibition might be relaxed by the Pope, and after a dispensation from him had been obtained, Roman Catholics _held these marriages to be lawful. By the existing Claw of the country, however, they were illegal, and that was a grievance of which Roman Catholics were entitled to complain. It was the same with Dissenters. They had no right to make the discipline of the Church of England binding upon those who were not members of that Church. Let the Church discourage these marriages if they . thought them improper: but let not the legislature violate by any enactment of theirs the principle of religious toleration. It seemed to him to be trifling with the sanctity of rnarriage, and with the general feelings of European countries upon the subject, to allow, if they could possibly avoid it, any discre pancy between the law of marriage in different countries. It was very desirable, when persons were continually going abroad, to avoid discrepancy ; and though that might not be conclu sive, it would at least form one element in the grounds of their decision. If they were to continue the laws prohibiting these marriages, that law would be greatly in danger, from the mere fact than the general feeling of European countries, and of America, was against such a law. People would not, and could not, be easily persuaded to look with horror upon a mar riage in England, which was perfectly proper in. all foreign countries, Protestant even* more titan Catholic. He thought it very advisable for another reason to make no unneceesary pro hibition: The most effectual way to break d own the barriers to still closer alliances was, perhaps, to make it the same offence for a man to marry his wife's sister as to marry his oven sister. By prohibiting these marriages they ran the risk of loosening those bartiers. The Hon. Baronet, the Member for Oxford, had exclaimed with great horror, " Why this is only the first step—you take seven years to bring forward a proposal to marry a man's sister, and in seven years more you will propose that a man should marry his sister." When the Catholic Church prohibited marriages among persons who were related in the tenth degree; when there was not a Royal family in England who could marry into another without the Pope's dispensation ; when there was a law in this country by which a man's marriage was annulled because he had stood godmother to his wife's cousin. —(Great laughter.) No, they did not go quite so far as that—it was a man's godfather—(Continued laughter)—would the lion. Member have come forward when this system was proposed to be altered, and said, " Where will you stop ?" You will be gin with allowing a man to marry his cousin and end by al lowing him to marry his grandmother."—(Laughter.) Such an argument was perfectly futile. The change in this case, as in every other, would stop just where convenience and good sense should dictate; and be believed that if they granted this permission it would not lead to any improper encroach ment.—( Hear, hear.) He must say that these who came for ward with this proposal, instead of deserving obloquy and re proach, deserved to be listened to with serious attention by the Legislature. After all, in ninety-nine cases out of an hundred, these marriages, where they occurred, arose out of the most justifiable feelings. P t obably the circum stances were those which the Legislature would desire to pro vide for. In the first place there was the quality . of affinity ; in the second place, there was the desire that marriages should be performed with a full knowledge of the characters of the different parties, each knowing the other's faults and virtues, and therefore entering into the marriage state w th a full knowledge of each other's characters. lie would ask, under what circumstances could marriage be performed with a fu ler knowledge of character—under what circumstances the affec tions would be likely to flow in a purer and more refined course ?—( Hear, hear.) ' The source of a. taeliment was here no idle passion, no heyday of blood ; the probahtlity at least was that it arose from a common sympathy with a fond be loved object, and that the tie which bound them to the living was that of a common affection towards those who were the common objects of their care.—(Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was anxious to offer a few observations on the question before the House. Ile thought that the Hon. Member who had just sat down Lad used some of the strongest arguments which could be used against the measure which he had advocated.--( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had opened his rpeech by saying that, if the question referred to the higher orders alone—that if it was now the question, whether a man in the higher,ranks of life, in a satiation of ease and comfort, should or should not be permitted to marry the sister of his deceased wife, he would in that case rather be disposed to oppose the marriages. But the lion. Member said that his views of the law were for Med from its elf , eis upon the lower orders of society. Now he (the Chancellow of the Exchequer) could not consent with the Hon. Gentleman to place the moral feelings of the higher and lower orders of society upon a different level. He had sufficient knowledge of the lower nrd,rs of society to know that they were as strongly actuated by moral feelings in the several relationships of lit e, as persons the most exalted in rank and station.—( Hear, hear.) Arid if the Hon. Gentleman thought that it would he expedient to prohibit marriages of that description in the higher orders, he believed he could almost satisfy him that the necessity for the prohibition was stronger in those lower orders of society for whose bene fit, he said, he should support the measure Now the objection which the [lon. and Learned Gentleman entertained with re spect to marriages of this kind was confined to cases where there was a general freedom of intercourse. He said that the general intercourse which existed in flue higher orders of society mule it perhaps desirable that the prohibition should be maintained. But surely the lion. Gentleman must admit that in the lower orders of society there were many more occasions of this fami liar intercourse ; that the lower orders were confined within narrower limits ; that they were more con-tantly associated one with another ; and that if in the lower orders the attention of the husband to the sister of his wife might create family dissension, so much more in the lower orders of society would the same attention excite the same feeling, because the oppor tunities of intercourse would be so much greater, and the difficulties of caution and watchfulness , would be increased in proportion to the poverty of the individual.—( Hear, heir. ) He could not, therefore, acquiesce in the views of the Hon. Gentleman, that the measure was expedient with reference to the interests of the lower orders. He differed also materially in point of fact with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman spoke of these marriages as if they were a common rule of society amongst the lower orders, for whose care he wished to provide. Now be (the Chancellor of the, Exchequer) had certainly had some experience in a very ex tensive rural neighbourhood, and he could say with truth, that he knew no instance, in a very extensive rural population with which he was personally acquainted, in which a marriage of that description had taken place, or in which the feelings of an individual were favourable to such marriages.—(Hear, hear.) lie admitted that the view of the Hon. Gentleman derived weight from a petition which had been presented to the House signed by the parochial clergy. But when the Honourable Gentleman assumed that that petition expressed the views of the great body of the parochial clergy of this country, he thought he gave far more weight to that petition than either the numbers of those by whom it was signed in the detri t from which it came, entitled him to give to it. He believed that that petition came entirely from the clergy within a very limited district ; he .had understood that it was signed by clergymen within the dLocese of Norwich, and it could not therefore be considered as an indication of the general feel ings of the country upon this subject. For' himself, having had extensive communication with the parochial clergy, he couldlpersons most emi nent i n c h arac t er , an d m opinions thatp inio the nss‘ere entitled to th e greatest we i g h t , on these marriages objecti ona bl e , not mere l y ciossied say ered as affecting the general interests of society, but on higher grounds, which he would forbear to state, from an unwillingness to make that House the arena of theological discussion. The Hon. Gentleman had defended marriages of that description on the ground that whiht they were permitted in foreign countries it was not desirable to have a different rule in this ; that parties wh o w i s h e d t o con t r act th em went abroad for th purpose, and that a vast quantity of litigation was the result. The Hon. Gentleman told them that in a Roman Catholic country a man was allowed, on the autho rity of the Church, to marry the sister of his deceased wife. But the Hon. Gentleman must not stop there. There were instances in which even closer alliances were permitted ; and, in order to be consistent, the Honourable Gentleman must be prepared to contend that these also should be per mitted on the same ground. The effect of adopting that prin ciple would be to throw the whole system of marriage into confusion, and to interfere with the whole state of ssmety.— ( Hear.) He could not think that the measure before the House was one which was likely to confer benefit upon the country. He thought that even the discussion of the subject was likely to be attended with evil consequences. The argu ments used would throw a degree of doubt upon the limits which were hitherto considered to be distinct y defined. He believed, amongst other things which contributed mainly to the happiness of the married life, was the knowledge that it was impossible to dissolve the tie by which persons were bound ; and he believed that in the same way the happi ness of domestic seciety depended mainly upon the convietios of the impossibility of a matrimonial connexion between the male and female members of the family within limited the. grees cf relatiorehiP. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) doubted whether the mere discussion of the question would not tend to unsettle the minds of people—let loose passions that had been previously Milled, and breed disunion where harmony had existed. But if the subject was thus materially affected by discussion, how much greater would it,neccssarily be by legislation? He believed great evil had resulted from the legislation of 1835 upon the subject. He believed it would be found that marriages between persons of this relationship were extremely limited before the Bill of 1835. The cases that then occurred were rare exceptions, and excited observation among persons generally. But so soon as Parliament ga e out that they were prepared to legalise those irregular marriages which had previously taken place, that number had increased ten-fold, and persons argued in this manner—if Parliament, when we have committed an offence, instead of letting us feel the punish ment due to this offence interpose to accommodate the law to the offenders, why surely, if it can effect this, let us seek to make it more general in society, and see if those marriages can be extended in a far greater degree, and have our pas sions gratified in every respect, Parliament will step in to legalise what we, in the first instance, have illegally accom plished. That the House might be assured would be the feeling which would operate in this instance.' It was impossible to say, when the doors were once opened, how far many would carry the vitiation of the law. Men would argue that a woman might marry her deceased husband's brother. There could be no eos:ible distinction between such a case and the case under eons. irration. Lord F. EGE:ITON here made some observations in a low tone of voice, which did not reach the gallery. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER went on to say that he was not aware, as he had just intimated, that his Noble Friend intended to make the question a part of his Bill. But even if Parliament was not prepared to go the length which many parties required, yrt they would bear the es it of unsettlir g :he minds of men and women oo this point, and by that unsettlement, of producing great domestic disunion and unhappiness. With respect to other topics adverted to by the Hon. Gentleman relative to the introduction of a wife's sister as the step-mother of the children, the Hon. Gentleman had, in lansuage much calculated to rouse the feelings of those who heard him, stated that there was nothing which could be so suitable or proper, or likely to raise every motive calculated to benefit the children, than the introduction of such a person in the capacity of step mother. He admitted to the Ho nourable Gentleman, that as far as the children were concerned, probably 'no relation would take charge of the children with so much advantage to them as would the sister of their deceased mother ; but he did not think that, in order to secure that object, it was necessary or expedient to legalise such mar riages. The Hon. Gentleman had stated numerous cases in which marriages of this kind had taken place, but he had not adverted to cases still more numerous, in which sisters would take charge of the family without the least idea of marriage at all. What object would be effected by a measure of this kind? From the moment they passed a law enacting that the husband could marry the sister of his wife, they effectually prevented the sister from directing his attention to cherish the bereaved children. Living in a state of society in which great freedom prevailed, and family intercourse formed one of the greatest luxuries of life, the forms and feelings of society did not permit that a man and wo van of a certain age, who were capable of being united in marriage, should live together without availing themselves of the liberty which this law would afford them. With respect to the advan tages thus derivable to the children, in being thus con signed to their mother's sister, he must say that, on that ground alone, he did thi n k the operation of the measure would mot entail benefit upon the children. He did not advert to the consequences which the Right Hon. Gentleman expressed as likely to result from the legal impedi ments to these marriages, or the litigation which they might produce, if parties who meant to contract unions made them according to the existing law of the land, aid agreeable to generally received opinions as to what was the strict law upon the subject, and if parties were content to abide by the r ule by which they ought to be guided, they would get rid of that evil likely to result from marriages improperly contracted. But if they were prepared to legalise marriages which had previously taken place, contrary to the law of the land, without sufficient cause, they were opening a door to the constant recurrence of discussion on this subject ; they would be but creating great uncertainty in the law of marriage, and unsettling principles, by doing which they would ultimately give a fatal blow to domestic comfort and the enjoyment of happiness. Mr. BROTIIERTON said that it was only since the year 1835 that these marriages had been declared illegal.—(011, oh, and Hear, hear.) Previous to that, when those marriages were voidable but not void, he remembered that there was a very strong feeling upon the subject at the time he referred to ; and when the Bill was in Committee the law was left by that Committee exactly as they had found it, namely, that those marriages should continue voidable, but r.ot void. Subsequently, on bringing up the Report, a clause was inserted declaring those marriages void, but some one who was interested in the question got the Bill altered in the House of Lords, so that the effect of the Bill, as then amended and passed Into law, was that those marriages should be pronounced void after the passing of the Act. What was the consequence? Sergeant Tallourd, on the very night on• which the Bill received the Royal assent, moved in the House for its repeal. He had seen many respectable parties from Manchester and its neighbourhood since that time, and he knew that marriages hal taken place among a respectable class of society, that must now be conaidered void. He had been told that among the labouring classes such marriages were very frequent. Though they may be argued about on the ground of inexpediency, whether they might ha considered calculated to do injury or not ; yet there was a very general impressii n that marriages of this kit al were neither unlawful nor immoral. As Parliament, therefore, had declared such marriages leg .1 in 1835, it could do so again. It had been contended on the authority of the New Testament, that even recond marriages were improper, and that St. Paul, in speaking against matri mony, only spoke of second marriages. Yet the Apostles themselves were married, for " P. tcr's wife's mother" was ex pressly mentioned, showing that he was married at all events. It might be proved that second marriages were inexpedient, on the same kind of arguments brought against the marriages under discussion, and for these reasons he was disposed not to .oppose the present Bill. * Mr. V. SMITH said he wished to address a few words to the House on a subject which had at least the merit of no. velty. One reason that induced him to give his vote against the proposition was the time at which it was made. He did think, that considering the security the Howe had in the character of the Noble Lord, (the Secretary for Ireland) from his high character, and the ample consideration he had given to this question, as well as the poiition he occupied in ' that House, not only from his rank and the large constituency he represented, but from the course he had pursued in the House, showing that strong party at tachments, and talents of no ordinary kind, might be made, perfectly consistent with the most coned atory demeanour to wards all parties in that House—he did think it was due to him to have allowed him to introduce his Bill. Th.,t per mission he considered had been denied him when the adjourn ment took place ; and, therefore, on the present occasion he felt obliged to give his vote against the Bill. He should not enter into the religious considerations connected with the question— 1 they had been very properly avoided, for if there were religious objections to such unions, no I isv that could be passed would obviate them. In this respect every man must be left to be guided by his own conviction. What ever law might be passed, he should confine himself solely to the inconvenience and inexpediency of these marriages. The lion. Member for Liskeard had made an able speech on the question, but he thought it told rather against the Bill for which he intended to vote, than in its favour. The Hon. Member had considered that if the question were confined ex clusively to the upper classes it would be different; but with regard to the working classes, among them a widower could find no person so well fitted to take care of his children as his wife's sistet. He differed with the Hon. Member in his view of the question in reference to the upper and working classes. Among the working classes, it was a much simpler pooceeding for a sister of a deceased wife to live with the husband, without any impropriety than among the higher classes. The laws they might carry in that House, on such subjects, were cllculated to have a very great effect on the morals of society. Fiscal laws might be avoided by those determined to do so; in political legislation also, laws might be obstructed by those who were disposed to do so; but with respect to laws bearing on morals, the case was different;- persons were not unapt to take their moral tone from the laws passed by that House. They were called on to consider the views prevailing on this question among society. It was stated that there was a very strong feeling in favour of such a law among the people. Now he meant to say, that if such a feeling existed, he was perfectly ignorant of it. When they were called on to look at the distress of the persons who were agitating this question, he thought that they had no great call on their sympathies. Who were they ? Who must they be?—(hear.) He should be sorry to treat the question with anything that had the appearance of ridicule—(Hear, hear) towards the feelings of any portion of his fellow-countrymen. But he supposed the persons who were agitating this question were a number of mature gentlemen who were widowers, and anxious to marry their deceased wife's sister. He must say that the agita tion of such a question by such a body of men need not necessarily excite the sympathy which the situation of any other sort of dis tressed persons would do. He believed, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that many persons who had lost their wince were not unwilling to permit their wife's sister to live in their house, and to take care of their children. The moment they passed a law permitting these parties to marry, there was not one of thOse couples now living together in a perfectly harmless and re liectable manner, who would not feel called on by the state of society in the country districts of England, immediately to marry. —(Hear, hear.) This would be a very great inconvenience, as there might be numerous cases in which persons were willing to live together, but who would yet be extremely unwilling to in crease their expenses by a family, or become connected by marriage. He knew this was a delicate subject to touch on ; he was not such a master of language, but some expression might escape hive, which might excite their ridicule ; but he hoped Hon. Gentlemen would believe that tie was endeavouring to speak seriously, and not think that he had any intention of exciting mirth.—(Hear, hear.) The principal purpose of this Bill was founded on an assumption that, he was unwilling to allow, namely, that it was impossible for affection to exist between the sexes with out marriage. It assumed that it was utterly impossible for a widower to live with the sister .of a deceased wife, without some improper connexion. He admitted the dangerous tendency of placing your g persons to lis e together in the same house, but he did lad think the objection applied to cases of this kind. He thought that in these cases the law might create the very feeling they wish• d to avoid.—(Hear.) He did not admit the impossibility, as stated by the Hon. Member for Liskeard, of placing a commerce of love between a widower and his deceased wife's sister, on the same footing as that from which they must all recoil with horror. He should give his vote against the Bill: Mr. O'CONNELL said, if it had been proved that this BM was required by the state of society among the poorer classes of this country, it certainly was not demanded by anything that occurred among the Catholics of Ireland. This Bill was not wanted by the Catholic population of Ireland. • He did not oppose the Bill be cause those marriages were limited by the law of the Church. He had heard a good deal of theology that evening, and some of it was rather indifferent. His Hon. Friend (the Member for Si ford) a slight mistake, for he (Mr. O'Connell) cou ld assure had hcru that if the Anglican Clergy wished to be reconcil e d t o M o ther they might hold their livings without b e i ng o b l i ged to part with rintc t h a :ir wives. But he (Mr, O'Connell) w ou ld oppose t h e B ill because lie was persuaded that it would not promote domestic mo. relit) , or happiness. Lord ASHLEY sad the Hon ! and Learned Member for Ids. keard referred, in' support of the Bill, to the practice of a great part of Christendom, but particularly of Protestant Europe. In this reference be was unfortunate, for the fact was, that so lightly was the marriage tie, in consequence of this practice, held in Ger. many, that all thinking men were now of opinion that morals could only be maintained by a return •to the old common law. But he had quoted a more important example still. Under the law of 1792, passed in France in the worst times of the Republic, the ecclesiastical and canon law were abolished, and the marriages of all the degrees theretofore prohibited were allowed, except in the cases of uterine brothers and sisters. But when this part of the Code of Napoleon was discussed in the Council of State, in ISO 4, when, besides the First Consul, demic;,Cambactre, ScYes, and other able men were present, it was argued that the mo tives of affection and regard for children, seldom led to' the marriages of brothers and sisters-in-law ; that on the contrary, the relaxation often led to indecent practices, and the disturbances of families, and afterwards of divorces ; therefore, the First Consul, and tie majority of the Council, enacted, that the marriages of uncles and nieces, or o f aunts and nep h ews, s h ou ld be prohibited, but with the pow er o f d i spensat i on; b u t th a t th e marriages of brothers and sisters-i n- l aw should he pro hibi te d , w ith. out any power whatever to grant a dispensation.(Hear, hear.) This was done altogether on a principle of social order and stabi. lity, and without any reference to religion. Let tl'e experience of those able men guide us now. If the Bill of the Noble Lord was passed the limitations could not stop where he had proposed them. Even his schedule proposed to reduce the prohibited' degrees from 30 to 28. But now the line of demarcation was well defined ; and wishing to keep it so for the most important, moral, and social reasons, he (Lord A.) would oppose the Bill of his Noble Friend. He thought that on a matter o f such impor,ance, they' shout 1 wait until they heard the deep and unalterable opinion of the public. He was sure that the great body of the Clergy were opposed to the change—( Hear, hear)—and that if the opinions of the people were taken by poll, they would also be found equally hostile to it. He was sure that if the sense of the women, who were the best judges of what was conducive to social happiness, and to the moral dignity of mankind, had been taken, the House would never have heard of this Bill.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. CHARLES WO'D Hoaght that the Noble Lord who last addressed the House was incorrect in stating that this Bill would be an innovation. upon the ancient laws of this country ; on the contrary the Bill of Lord Lyndhurst in 1835 was an inno. vasion of the ancient law of England, by which such marriages were not void but voidable. lie believed that under the previous law those marriages were by eo means uncommon amongst all classes of society; and he believed, from what he had learned, upon very good authority, that Lord Lyndhurst's Bill had not had any effect in checking those marriages. That Bill was passed with little or no discussion, and upon the understanding that the subject would be reconsidered the next Session. In the French Council of State, in 1804, the opinions which the Noble Lord had quoted, rested entirely upon the existing facility of divorce in Franee. That facility did not exist in this country, and he hoped it never would. —( Hear, hear.) He thought it was perfectly competent to that House to restore the law to the state in which it was before 1835, and he would support the Bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was under misapprehension as to the effect of the statute of 1235, for those marriages were always illegal, and prohibited by the laws of this kingdom, and expressly declared so by the statute in the reign of Henry the Eighth. The Bill in 1835 had no particular reference to the marriages now under cons!. deration, but referred generally tethose marriages which the Civil Courts would not declare void after the death of the parties, if the F.celesiae ical Courts had not pronounced them illegal during the life time of the parties. In these were included themartiage of the father and daughter, the brother and sister, the uncle and niece. The state of the law rendered it easy for either of the parties du ring life-time to void the marriage, and to bastardize the children if it served any selfish purpose; and it opened a way for the ex. tertion of money under a threat of procuring the voidance of the marriage. Was that a state of the law which ought to be allowed to exist ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) Was it not better at once to declare by a statute that such marriages were void ?—(Hear.) The Bill, therefore, was no innovation of the law, and he believed it was entirely consonant to the moral feelings of the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) As for the argu ment that the sister of a deceased wife was the most likely to taka an interest in the children and to fill the place of a mother, it was his opinion that the inducement to be so would be taken away if she were made a stepmother.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore thought it his duty to vote against the introduction of the present Bill. There was one part of the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Liskeard to which he had forgotten to refer. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had adverted to persons quitting this country to contract those marriages. Now by the law cf Scotland these marriages had always been illegal; that had always been the case in that country. Mr. C. BULLER—Parties frequently go to Scotland to con. tract these marriages. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL believed that by the law of Scot land these marriages had alwayr been deethed incestuous, illegal and void. He had heard no argument to induce him to think that these marriages ought to be permitted, and therefore he should vote against the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. WA KLEY thought it could not be very gratifying to the Hon. Member for Liskeard to hear the effect which his speech had produced on the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who had just sat down. He (Mr. Wakley), however, considered the speech of the Hon. Member for Li:keard to be an eloquent and align. mentative speech.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wakley) was surprised to hear where the Noble Lord opposite had been to find mattirials for his argument against the Bill before the House. What J • was the Noble Lord obliged to go to the council of France immediately after the Revolution. He hoped that, after this, revo lutions would not be considered su:h terribly fiightful things to the aristocracy of this country.—(Cries of " Oh, oh, and laughter.") The Noble Lord had been obliged to have recourse to the council of France under Napoleort.—(Cries of " Question, question.") He (Mr. Wakley) dreW this inference from the conduct of the Noble Lord, that he could findi nothing English to support the views which.he entertained. The Learned Sol.-Gen. had alluded to the Bill of 1835 ; now be (Mr. Wakley) knew that at the time that that Bill was introduced there was a general opinion in the House and the country that that Bill had been brought up for the special purpose of relieving a Noble Lord from a very awkward situation in which he found himself plaped. Such was the opinion of • the country at the present moment, and he (Mr. Wakley) believed that it was true. He was surprised at the manner in which Hon. Members, who were opposed to this Bill. had treated the; characters of English women. How degraded must be the opinion entertained of the characters of English women.—(Hear, hear.) Why, it appeared that they considered that when the wife's sister lived with the husband, he could do with her what he pleased— (Cheers and cries of " No, no ")—that she had no virtue, no firm. ness of mind, no power of resisting importunities.—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") If that were not so, why did they pursue the course they were pursuing, what became of their arguments if they did not believe such to be the case. 'But he would have Hon. Gentlemen to know that English women were as virtuous, as high minded, and as able to resist improper importuni. ties .as any under the sun.—(Hear, hear.) It was the duty of those who sought to restrict the liberties of the subject to show that the necessity for such restriction ex isted. Ile believed no such necessity existed in the present in stance, and, therefore, he should support the Bill of the Noble Lord. Mr. HARDY would remind the Hon. Member for Finsbury that there was such a thing as the argument afortoiri, and in his (Mr. llardy's) opinion, the argument of the Noble Lord the Mem ber for Dorchester, went to show, that if France, after having et ehoveef society,ildu tllader necessaryu r t 7 0 1 9, r ‘. l ) ee to o e u r l tn 86.0: state h ht experiencem Liberaluch more Noar ei o )o f li t le,c e ne, s e fao l relaxed ai l ts a n u i , e et , ow not to relax that law. CLlSearnEed Friend was in reply, admitted that his Right r Lord Hon.andk'RAN was right in correcting a mis. take which he (Lord F. Egerton) m a d e i n h i s speech in bringing forward this motion, in which he (L ord F. Egerton) stated that these marriages had never before been prohibited by Statute law. He felt the argument of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who said it was inconvenient to meet this question, and he LLord F. Egerton) was perfectly aware of that, but he did not care whether the supporter of the Bill were Henry the Eighth or Lord Lyndhurst.—(Much laughter.) Wi th regard to Prussia, it was not consistent wills his desire to institute any Com. parison between that country and this, or any other country; but he thought it would be much better if they would con form to the common law with respect to their marriages. By the Code Napoleon, the wife's sister was prohibited from marrying under certain restrictions, but a dispensation could be granted on application to the Sovereign himself. He hoped tha t some measure would be passed to provide for the evils complained of. In Scotland, the feeling was, that a marriage with the wife's sister:ought to be allowed (as we understood.) The lion. Member for Oxford had founded his opposition to this measure mainly on the practices o the early Church, and had quoted Bassil as his authority f but his (Lord Francis Egerton's) impression was that the authority had not borne out his argument.—(Hear, hear.) he only called upon the House to give their unbiassed consideration and decision to the question—he merely wished them to 'produce their verdict unbiassed, if even it was against his proposition, but If it was so, he would lama of Hon. Gentlemen to consider the question, and pronounce their decision as the Foreman of a Jury gave in their verdict, for it was a subject of the most vital import ance, and the decision of it would be the death warrant of the peace and happiness of many families in the country.—(Hear, hear.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For ►eave to bring in the Bill Against it Majority --23 MURDER OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN. Mr. COLVILLE rose to move for a return of the number of convictions for the murder of illegitimate children in England and Wales, in each of the years from 189.8 to 1841, both inclusive ; distinguishing the counties in which such murders have been com mitted :—And, similar return cf the number of convictiwis for the conceal ilent of the birth of illegitimate children. ' Mr. WAKLEY thought no return could be moved for which would give more indirect and unsatisfactory information than this. The number of convictions for murder would not show 1-50th of the illegitimate children destroyed in this country. As the Hon. Gentleman's object was to ascertain the number of illegiti mate children destroyed, be hoped be would withdraw his motion. It would only tend to deceive himself and the House. Mr. COLVILE consented to withdraw his motion. TRANSFER OF LICENSES. On the motion of Captain ROUS, the House then resolved itself into Committee, to consider of a Bill for the transfer of licenses and regulation of public-houses. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The House then resumed, and the Bill was read a first time. Mr. C. POWELL moved for a return of all applications made desircus of un 'he Aet I and therd L e x i e e u c t u e t n i o a n n t o f of miT I ruerlkans dprov i ded er f s o o r n s b c t l o e r t t a h k e i n i g m 2 Will. IV, c. 57, and the number and names of Commissions issued in conformity therewith by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor of Ireland. —Agreed to. In the absence of Mr. Reddington, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved for a copy of the letter of Mr. Lucas, Under Secretary for Ireland, to the Secretary of the Royal Dublin Society, stating that the Lord Lieutenant had authorised au advance of money to that Society, to be repaid, on the money being voted by Parliament; and also, return stating in what parti. culars the recommendations of the Committee of this House in 336, respecting that Society, have been complied with. Agreed to. The House then adjourned at a few minutes to One o'Clock. E POLIC INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HO USE, fa deceased per the publi c . The . Justice-room was yeste rda y attende d by a great numbe r of commercial men and others , who ex p ect ed that some of th e details connected with the case introduced by Sir Peter L aur i e to the notice of the Lord Mayor on the preceling day, on th e subjecta pro m issory ofan statement, made public at the suggestion of Si r P eter Laurie had evidently excited the greatest curiosity. , The case is briefly as follows . — M r. King and M r . Ti s d e ll, alleged note, forge wouldry be signature exposed t the executors to the will of Mrs. Ann Waldron, represented that Mr. Melton, a so li c it or , had, after the death o f Mrs. W:-.1- dron, applied to them for paymeot of a !proniissory note, of which tt • foll4wing is a copy:— " £39 4s. ~ London, 15th M a y, to 1. " Eight. months after date, I promise to pay to Mr. William Pidding, * order, the sum of thirty-nine pou n d s f our shillings, for value received. " ANN WALDRON. " Payable No. 7, Hebbos-heath. terrace, Limehouse. " Endorsed W. Pidding, J• Sharpe, G. Howell." The executors having resisted the demand, in the Confident belief that the instrument was a forgery, proceedings were taken by Mr. Melton, who informed therici that he was em ployed by Mr. Thompson to recover the amount, and the venue was laid in Lewes. A long conversation ensued between the Magistrates and the pa. t'es interested, but it possessed no public interest, and the inquiry was postponed till a future day. EWilson's " Night wi'B R O R rn A s T , M re —h read the 73 u poet's rnot iceyou °f i‘ir. nestsoo, Major Glencairv• Burins and n t brother. . HER MAJESTY'S MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace, which was very Numerously attended. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal suite arrived from Bucking ham Palace in four State carriages, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Masters of the Horse, and also the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and conducted them to the Royal Closet. The Royal suite included the Countess of Charlemont and the Countess of Dunmore, Ladies in Waiting; Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Colville, Lord in Waiting on his Royal Highness ; Sir Frederick Stavin, Grocs in Waiting on the Queen ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to his Royal Highness ; Hon. Mr. Byng, and Mr. Wemyss, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audience to Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Field Officer in Waiting. 'I heir Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambi idge and Prince George, attended by Sir James Reynett, were present at the Levee. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, .and attended by the Mi nisters and Officers of State, having entered the Thi-one loom, the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were first in• troduced. In the Foreign Diplomatic Circle the following Presentations to the Queen took Voce : By the French Ambassa'or, Monsieur Pageot, Lite Charge d'Affaires of France at the Court of Madrid. By the Russian Minister, Le Capitain Istomin, de It Marine Imperiale. By the Hano rerian Minister, Mr. Hupeden, Counsellor de la Cour et Sceretaire, General du Ministere de Commerce de S. J. le Roi de Hanovre, and Lieutenant W. H. Gundell, of the Hanoverian Light Infantry. By the Grecian Meister, M. Phocion Roque, Secretary of Legation. By the Prussian Minister, le Baron Charles de Canity, Se cretary of the Legation ; Monsieur F. Schreiber, Prussian Dragoon Guards ; and Monsieur W. T. Empsome ; Lieute nant de las Garde Landwehr. By the Spanish Minister, M. Emilie Sancho, on of the Minister. By the Danish Minister, Baron de Brockdorff Gentelhomme de la Chambre, Secretary of the Legation ; Mr. Wilkins, Gouverneur des possessions Danoises sur la cote de Guinee ; and Mons. Carstensen, Capitaine et Consciller du Gouverne ment des possessions Danoises sur la cote de Guince. By the Austrian Minister, Count Anthony Esterhazy, At tache to the Embassy. There were also present of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps— Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; and Mr. Charles Drouet, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Moreno, Buenos Ayrian Minister ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Mons. I edel, the Netherlands Minister; and Baron Bentinck, Secretary of Legation; Count Pollon, Sardinian Minister; and Count Revel, Secretary of Legation; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; M. Lobo de Moi ra , S ecre t ary o f Legation ; and M. Antonio Valdez, Attache to the Legation ; Baron Brunow, Russian Minister; and Mr. tie Berg, Conseiller of Legation ; General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan .Minister, and M. G. Causfari, Secretary of Legation ; Count Kihransenge, the Hanoverian Minister; Mr. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister ; Monsieur Bunsen, the Prussian Minister; Count Reventlow, Danish Minister • Mr. Everett, United State s ' Ministe r ; M r . Sancho, Spanis h Minister ; Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, and M. de Paiva, Attache to the Legation •, Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Minister; Baron Koller, Conseiler of Legation ; Le Baron de Lebzeltern, Se cretary of Legation ; and Prince Nicholas Esterhazy ; Baron Gersdoff. the Saxon Minister; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. Negrete, Secretary to the Mission ' • M. M. Mosquera, New Grenada, Charge d'Affaires • Fuad Effende, Ottoman Charge d'A ff aires, accompanied by Mr. Salatne, her Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; Baron Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. Francisco Pamfiello, Secretary of the Spanish Legation. At . the General Levee the following Presentations to her Ma.. jesty took place : Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lieutenant Grenadier Guards, by his Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. The Vice-Chancellor Wigram, on his appointment as Vice- Chancellor, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge, on receiving her Majesty's permission to wear the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, conferred upon him byhis Majesty the King of Prussia. The Lord Mayor, by Sir James Graham. Mr. Geo. Hope, on his appointment to office, by Lord Stanley. Mr. H. Manners Sutton, M.P., on being appointed Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, by the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart. Sheriff Magnay, by Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr Sherießogers, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham. The Attorney-General, on his appointment, by the Lord Chan cellor. The Earl of Westmoreland, on succeeding to his title, by the Duke of Wellioston. lion. Mr. Corry, on being appointed a Lord of the Admiralty, by the Earl of Haddington. Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, on his promotion and appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty, by the Earl of Haddington. Rev. Henry Thomas, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Mr. George Hayter, M. A.S.L., Painter of History and Por traits to her Majesty, on his being 'appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Sir David Wilkie, deceased, by the Hight Hon. Lord Viscount Melbourne. Sir James Rivett Carnae, Bart., on his return from the Go vernment of Bombay, by Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci. Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin, on promotion, by Lord 11111. Colonel Buckley, on promotion, by Lord Hill. Colonel Henry Bentinck, Coldstream Guards, on appoint-. ment as Aid-de-camp to the Queen, by General Lord Hill. Col. Oltffield, 11. E., on appointment as Aide-de-camp to the Queen, by the Master-General of the Ordnance.* Colonel Weare, Aide-de-camp to the Queen, on appointment, by Lord Hill. Colonel Broke, on appointment as Aide-decamp to the Queen, by General Lord Hill. Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., on being appointed Aide-de-camp to the Queen, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., on his nomination to the Grand Cross of the Bath, and on his promotion, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, on being appointed Director of the Royal Engineer Field Duty Establishment, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Major-General Sir James Reynett, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Major-General the Earl of Munster, on his promotion. Lord William Russell on his promotion Lo Major-General, by Lord Hill General Lord Strafford, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington Right Honourable Sir George Murray on promotion, to the rank of General Major-General Wemyss on promotion, by the Earl of Erroll Lieutenant-Colonel Cornwall, Coldstream Guards, on his mar riage, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge General Sir W. Hutchinson, on being appointed Colonel of the 75th Regiment, by eneral Lord Hill The Archbishop of York presented addresses to her Ma esty on the Birth of the Prince of Wales, from the Arch bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of York, and from the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, in York. Earl. De la Warr presented an Address of Congratulation upon the Birth of the Prince of Wales, from the Inhabitants of the Borough of Stratford-on-Avon. The Duke of Richmond presented an Address of Conn'reu lation from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot land. The Marquis of Londonderry attended the presentation of a congratulatory Addres, by the High Sheriff of Co• Down on the Birth of a Prince. Lord Marcus Hill presented a Congratulatory Address on the Birth of the Prince, from the Mayor and Corporation of the Borough of Evesham. Earl Fortescue presented a Congratulatory Address from the Town of South Molton on the Birth of H. R. H. tha Prince of Wales. . The Attorney-General and Colonel Peel presented an Ad dress of Congratulation from the Corporation of Gotlman cheater, on-the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Duke of Bedford presented a congratulatory Address from the county 'of Bedford, on the birth of is Royal High ness the Prince of Wales. The Earl of Albemarle presented an Address from the Ma) or, Aldermen, and Burge sea of the city and borough of t` orwich, calling her Majesty's attention to the dreadful destitution arising from the depressed state of manufactures and com merce caused in their judgment by the protective duties on eorn, and other necessary articles of life, and further evressing their want of confidence in the men who have forced themdelves into her Majesty's Councils in the place of the late able ad m nistration. Sir Henry Halford presented an Address from the Royal. College of Physicians. Lord Foley presented an Address of Congratulation upon the Birth of a Prince from the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy, Bur gesses, and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Kidderminster. Lord R. Grosvenor presented an 'Address from the Inhabit ants of the City of Chester, to congratulate her Majesty on the Birth of the Earl of Chester. General Sir Willoughby Gordon was presented to the Queen, on promotion, by Lord Hill. There were also present the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London. !the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord I'rivy Seal, the First Lord of the Trea sury, the Secretaries ad State for the Home, Foreign, and Co lonial Departments ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the President of the Board of Contrail, Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Ho nourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley,G.o H., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Master of the Cere- monies, Hon. Sir E. Butler, Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir Edwin Pearson, Li eu t enan t o f the Yeomen Guard; the Judge Advocate General, Mr. S. M. Phillipps, Under Secretary of State; the Queen's Advocate, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, Mr. Robinson, Standard Bearer to the lion. Gentlemen-at-Arms; Lieutenant-General Sir A. F. Barnard, Clerk Marshal to the Queen Dowager; Sir Francis Palgrave, the Deputy Keeper of her Majesty's Records ; the Quartermaster General to the Forces ; Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; General Sir George Anson, G.C.8., Groom of the Bed chamber to H. R. li. Prince *Albert ; Colonels Wood and Owen, and Captain Sir Andrew Green, R.N. (in waiting) Aid-de-camp to her Majesty ; Dr. Chambers, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen and the Queen Dowager ; Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, in waiting; Colonel:Arbuth not, Equerry to the Queen ; Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery, and Lieut.-Colonel Bouverie, Equerries to Prince Albert ; Captain Sir W. H. Dillon, R.N., Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex ; Colonel Sir Samuel G. Hig gins, Equerry to H. R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester ; Bev. Dr. Mortimer, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Rogers ; Lieut.-Colonel Hall, Silver Stick ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Member of the Ceremonies ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr. El lenthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeoman Guard; Cap tain J. Parker Nuttall, Exon of the Yeoman Guard in Wait ing ; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Con sul-General for the Hanse Towns ; Chevalier Hebeler, his Prussian Majesty's Consul - Ge neral ; the Groom o f the It obes ; Captain Pechell, R.N., Equerry to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager; Lieut. •Colonel Sir trederick Smith, Lieut.-Col. niggle, and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Gentlemen Ushers us Waiting; Mr. Mellish, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty the Queen Dowager; Captain G. C. Blake, ' R.N. Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert in Waitin g ; and the following-.. D UKES —Richmond, Bedford, Somerset, Wellington, Ar gyll, Buckingham and Chandos, Beaufort, Sutherland. MANQUlsas_Londonderry, Headfort, Downshire, Worces ter, Salisbury, Cholmondeley, Anglesey, Clanricarde, Lans downe, Granby, Thomond. E ilLs —Munster, Westmoreland, Fortescue, Fitzwilliam, Radnor, Albemarle, Morton, Denbigh, Lincoln, Rosslyn, Er• roll, Uxbridge , Clarendon, Sheffield, Rosebery, Elgin, 'ome, C o wper, Clare, Egmont, Cadogan, Hillsborough, Dalhousie, Dunmore, Cowden., Yarborough, Devon, Athlone, March. VISCOUNTS—Melbourne, Canterbury, Lake, Howick, Can tilupe, Maynard, Canning, Palmerston, Ebrington, North'and, Villiers, Lifford, Marsham, Barrington, Alford, Templetown. BisHOPS—Durham, IVorci.ster, Ripon, Hereford, Chester Lincoln, Ely, Carlisle. Loans —William Russell, Marcus Hill, Foley, R. Grosve nor, Kianaird, John Russell, Bexley, Alexander Gordon Lennox, F. Gordon, A. Fitzelarenee, Mahon, Campbell, Gran villa Somerset, Dinorben, A. Paget, Cottenham, Sandon, Bloomfi Id, F. Egerton, F. Somerset, De Freyne, De Tabley, Trimleston, H. Cholmondeley, Carrington, Pollimore, Illostys, Duncannon, Radstock, Rivers, Teignmouth, Colborne, Godol phin, Norreys, Lovat, J. Stuart, Dalmeny, Mark Kerr, Horsley, Eliot, C. Hamilton, Redesdale, Cortenay, W. Len nox, Kilmaine, J. Mann ers , Delisle, Beaumont, Cremorne. RIGHT HONOURABLES—CharIes D'Eyneourt, F. T. Baring, Sir George Grey, Henry Ellis, Wm. Gladstone ' S. R. Lush. 4,g - ton, Sir Wm. Rae, Stu rges B ourne, Sir Gore Ousley, Bart., G.C.11., E. J. Stanley, Sir R. Adair, Sir J. Beckett, Bart., H. Labouchere, M.P., Sir A. Foster, Lieut.-Colonel George Byng, F. Shaw, M.P., Geor ge E vans , Si r A . J o h n• ston, Sir E. Knatehbul. _ IloNoultAßLEs—Mr. Corry, Major George Keppel, Capt. Hood, Capt. Duncombc, Capt. Gordon, Charles Hope, M.l'., R. H. Clive, Mr. Denman, 13. Baring, William Browne, M.P., J. L. Browne, Capt. Liddell, T. Liddell, R. Rowley, Captain ,Ilous, F. Scott, M.P., Gen. Sir A. Duff, H. M. Sutton, G. C Norton, J. Ponsonbv, Col. W. Stratford, G. Maude, Cholmondeley . , R. Booth Wilbraham, E. Mostyn, M.P., W. R. Colborne, M.P., Charles Law, Q.C., Col. G. Cathcart, M. West, Sir E. Out, Dean of Cloghcr. ItONETS—Henry Halford, Robert Fitz Wygram, J. Rivett Carnac, J. F. B. Johnstone, Felix Booth, Alexander Hood, James Clark, Rowland Hill, B. C. Brodie, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, F. Head, Edward Co!ebrooke, J. Harington, J. It. 11641, M.P., Ft. Ferguson, F. H. Lacon, G. Staunton, J. H. Telly, J. Walsh, W. Curtis, T. Fremantle, G. Clerk, C. Le mon, J. H. Seale, C. Ogle, F. Hamilton, J. Easthope, G. Winnington, C. Domville, W. Clay, N.Y., E. C. East, F. Burdett, R. Campbell. St as—Chas. Wetherell, Chas. Aldis,G. Jackson, R. Hunter, J. Trollope, George Carroll, John Kirkland, A. L. flay, M.P., J. Eyre, G. Stephen, T. Fellowes, C. Napier, R. Bulkeley, J. Fellowes, J. Owen, J. Awdry, J. De Veulle, W. Lowthrop, C. Hunter, H. Willock. DEANS—Durham, Salisbu r y, C at li s l e- A RCHDEACONS-Aliddlosex, St. Albans, Burney, Wil berforce. REV. DOCTORS—Spencer W. Walsh, Russell, Bland, D'Oyley, Dibdin. REV. MESSIEURS—R. Burgess, P. Lewis, J. Ditcher, Lord W. Russell, C. Wetherell, C. H. Gladwin, J. Skill, W. Can ning, C. Klanest, G. Straton, H. Palmer, J. Hitchings, W. Gill, M. Wynyard, J. Symons, W. Hawks. DocToas—Henry Lee, Bowring ' R. Ferguson, J. Forbes, Aldis, Gordon; R. Lanycn, Gordon, Dumbreck, Harrison, Clarke, Quarrier, Granville, Ifil. ALDERMEN—EIdridge, Kay, Field, R. Wright, Smith, Tottie, Shuttleworth, Wells, born.. _ _ MESSIEURS—CuIIing Smith, Logic, B. Austis, P. Scrope, Sheppard, M.P., Bulkeley, J. Heron, C. Lane, Drysdale, M. Gore, M.P., W. B. Stopford, G. Vernon, T. Fuller, W. Chute, M.P., Bashleigh, M.P., B. Baldwin, M.l'., G. Bal chin, G. Clarke, O'Alihie, R. W. Clarke, J. 11. Gill, J. Brocklehurst, M.P., Sotheron, Heneage, 'A. S. O'Brien, D. 0. Hill, P. Dickson, R. J. Eaton, M.P., 11. B. Curteis, M.P., J. Smith, H. Brazier, E. N. Dawes, E. Fans, C. Mills, S. Ilarfortl, ALP., Hampden, R. Clayton, M.P., D. Bethune, C. Legli, A. E. Chalon, R.A., S. B. Edenborogh, llerbert, T. Rick ford, G. W. Sultan, F. 'l'. Foljambe, War dell, Duffield, M.P., It. Aubrey, Mitchell, O. S. Ouley, J. C. Grose, D. t•tewart, Verner, C. E. Levey, Blewit, 'l'. Verner, M. Gibson, J. Masterman, J. Booth, W. G. Ouseley, Meek, Thos. Gill, E. Denison, M.P., R. Palmer, M.P., G. P. R. James, W. C. Plowden, J. Lobb, Cade, \V. E. Elkins, M. J. O'Connell, Thos. Fuller, W. 11. New man, Wooldridge, 3. Marshall, R. J. Eaton, M.P., J. E. Marshall, Grimsditch, ALP:, J. H. Gill, :Christopher, S. 11. Godson, F. Cox, Hill, A. Hussey, East, 241. P., S. Weld, Winterbottom, Phillips, R. W. Lowry, T. F. Lowry, Maxsc, A. Osborne, E. Shirley, T. Mainwaring, ALP., Howard, Bramwell, J. Round, jun., Pusey, M.P., F. West, Pawson, Wallace, Eddison, C. A'Court, J. 11. Plunkett, 11. De Castro, V. Morris, S. Herbert, J. Godley, C. E. Trevelyan, S. L. Fox, Hussey, S. Dickins, Colquhoun, Matthew Alepson, Ed ward Breeze, 0. Morgan, Macaulay, Russell, Legh, E. V. Harcourt, A'Beckett, R. Neville, H. Rice, Young, M.P., D. Morris, M.P., Lindsell, Blackstone, M.P., Bonham, W. J. Welsh, Fester, V. Smith, M.P., W. Corfield, J. M. Bracken bury, J. Harrison, It. T—Claridge, G. Knight, M.P., Pem berton, A. Buchanan, H. H. Cohen, J. F. Stanford, P. Tigar, May, Mundy, M. P., Sowerby, Birch, J. B. Bethel, Watkins, P. W. Miles, M.P., Loudon, 13. Cochrane, H. Tufncll, Jackson, Gordon, Allan, Hill, C. R. Buller, B. de Mounteney, Binney, A. Spottiswoode, Mackinnon, M.P., Scholefield, M.P., G. F. Muntz, M.P. 11. Birkett, H. F. Wood, J. Weston, Fellowes, M.P., Bridge, H. Toole", T. N. Allen, T. Verner, W. Seholefield, Cooper, Young, W. Miles, M.P., Sanders, Sanderson, M.P., Liveiay, Sotheron, C. Wood, M.P., Owen, Rich, Heneage, Stephenson, E. Rice, M.P., J. B. Macdonald, C. Webber, Warren, 11. Broadwood, A. Daniell, C. Balfour, P. Maxwell, M. Lockhart, B. Smyth, hicks, S. Beale, Fleming, M P., G. W. Ledger, D. Tupper, E. Seward, Lyall, M.P., 'l'. B. Irvine, R. M'Lean, Dehany, G. W. Lambart, H. Stone, H. Broadley, Sutton Sharpe, Q.C., C. Pailey, Stringer, J. Campbell, J. Bain, J. Leadhetter, Alilnes, M.P., Simeon, R. Wellesley, Lawson, Harcourt, W. T. Egerton, J. S. Leigh, J. Holmes, T. Sands, C. Dawkins, Greene, M.P. Vaughan, Hale, Melville, G. Fisher, J. Deighten , C. P. liarris, J. G. Teed, Q. C., Bul pett, K. Parker, D. Banks, W. Garnett, A. J. B. Hope, Sheil, M.P., Tottenham, H. Liddell, E. Lawford, 'l'. L. Price, Pringle M.P., Dobbs, 'l'. 11. Barton, M‘Guire, 'l'. Shore, J. Halliday, Stanley, J. E. Lacon, F. Hodgson, M. P., R. Benson, C. Cobbold, J. S. Taylor, Dud, A'Court Holmes, W. Martin, Harcourt, J. Towneley, J. Wood, Selwyn, Q.C., R. Ellice, E. Vivian, M.P., Price, M.P., J. Green, P. M'lntyre, J. Trevethan, H. S. Law, V. Stuart, M.P., C. Bruce, M.P., W. I. Le Feuvre, Way mouth, J. M. Balfour, G. Constable, G. Craig, Merle, W. D. Taunton, M. Gaskell, M.P., H. Alexander, Laurence, Wawn, M.P., Cotton, S. Lurdett, T. Thompson, H. Court, W. Payne, Escott, M.P., G. E. H. Vernon, 11. ' Helbert, Owen, Lane, M. Baskerville, M.P., E. Poole, S. Carey, Waddington, M.P., Blakemore, M.P., Hill, B. Oliveira, P. Dickson. A numerous body of military and naval gentlemen were also present, most of whom were presented on their recent Brevet promotion. Their names ill be givento-morrow. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty : Marquis of Worcester, on appointment to the Ist Life Guard?, by the Duke of Beaufort The Earl of Elgin, on his appointment as Governor of Jamaica, by Lord Stanley Earl of Home, by the Duke of Buccleuch The Earl of Egmont, by Lord Redesdale Earl Cadogan, on promotion to a hear-Admiral Viscount Villiers, on his marriage, by the Earl of Jersey Bishop of Worcester, on his translation, by Lord Cottennam The Earl of Athlone, by Colonel Bentinck . _ Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, upon being appointed to a Cornetcy in the Royal tierse Guards, by the Duke of Rich- mond. Lord liadstock, on his promotion to Rear Admiral. Lord Alarck Kerr, on returning from Jamaica, by the Duke of Bucclench. Lord Cremorne, on his marriage, by Mr. Stanley. The Right Hon. Sir William Rae, on his appointment as Lord Advocate of Scotland. The Hon. Captain Gordon, on appointment to be a Lord of the Admiralty, by the Earl of Hattnington. Hon. Charles Hepe, M.P., on being appointed a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, by Sir Robert Peel. The Hon. B. Baring, on his appointment as Secretary to the Board of Control. Hon. Cait: Liddell, on his appointment as Comptroller to her Royal Highness the Duchesss of Gloucester, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Hon. Wm. Browne, M.P., by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The Hon. J. L. Browne, on his appointment to the 64th regi ment, by Lord Kilmaine. Hon. H. Manners Sutton, M.P., on being appointed Under Secretary of Sate for the Home Department, by the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bait. The Hon. Colonel George Cathcart, King's Dragoon Guards, on his return from Canada, by Gen. Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley. Sir John Easthope, Bart., M.P., upon his creation, by the Right Hen. the Viscount Palmerston, M.P. Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, on his being created a Baronet, by Lord Viscount Melbourne Sir John Harrington, Bart., Ensign and Lieut. Goldstream Guards, on his appointment by Colonel Walton. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart, on bis appointment as one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, by Sir R. Peel. Sir George Clenr, Bart., on his appointment as one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, by Sir R. Peel. Sir Charles Ogle, on his promotion to Admiral of the Blue Sir William Clay, Bart. M.P., on being created a Baronet, by Lord John Russell Rev. Charles Henry Gladwin, by Mr. Patrick Paget The Rev. Henry Palmer, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln The Rev. William Gill, Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Corn vral, by Lord Elliot Dr. Granville, to present his new work " The Spas of Eng land." Dedicated by permission to her Majesty Alderman R. Wright (Macclesfield), by Mr. Tatten Eger ton, M.P. Dr. Dumbreck, Surgeon, 7:ld llighlanders, by Co!onel Arbuth not, 72d Ilighlandlanders Dr. Gordon, 95th Regiment, by Sir Thomas Wilshire, Bart. Dr. Harrison, by Sir Janie Eyre The Rev. Jelinger Symons, by Sir R. Pr:ee, Bart. Rev. John Skill, Chaplain to the Mayor of Huntingdon, by the Attorney- General. Sir Thomas Fe Howes on his appointment as one Gf her Ma jesty's Naval Aide:de- Campes. Sir J. Awdry, on his return from Bombay, by Lord Fitzgerald. The Dean of Durham, by Lord Melbourne. Mr. Archdeacon Burney,•by the Lord Bishop of London Rev. Dr. Spencer W. Walsh, by the Marquis of Salisbury 'I he Rev. George Steaten, by the Duke of Rutland Sir George Jackson, H. .H., her Majesty's late Commissary Judge at Rio de Janeiro, on his return, by the Earl of Aberdeen Sir C. Napier, by Lord Amelius Beuclerc S.r John Trollope, by the Marquis of Exeter. Mr. John Godley, by Mr. Young, M.P. Mr. Thomas Bacon, by the Earl of Devon: Mr. Legh, by Mr. Greene, M.P. Mr. Matthew Alepson, by Dr. Aldis. Mr. H. Rice, 72d Highlanders, by Sir Edward Knatchbull. Mr. Rashleigh, M P. by the Right Hon. Lord Eliot. Mr. Lindsell, Mayor of Huntingdon, by the Attorney-General. Mr. Foster, Attache to her Majesty's Mission at the Court of Saxony, by the Right Hon. Sir Aug ustus Foster Mr. W. J. Welsh, Mayor of Wells, b Lord Portman Mr. Bonham, on his appointment as Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance, by Sir G. Murray Mr. Young, M.P., on his appointment as a Lord of the Trea sury, by Sir R. Peel Mr. R. T. Claridge, by Lord Viscount Chelsea, M.P. Mr. James Harrison ' by the Duke of St. Alban's Assistant-Surgeon Logie, M.D., 72d Highlanders, by Colonel Arbuthnot Mr. Drinkwater Bethune, by Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. Colquhoun, her Majesty's Consul - General in Wallachia, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. J. M. Brackenburg, jun , on his appointment as her Ma jesty's Consul at Cadiz, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. J. H. Plunkett, her Majesty's Attorney-General for New South Wales, by Lord Stanley Mr. Charles A'Court, by Lord Eliot IVr. Cade, late her Majesty's Consul at Panama, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, on being appointed a Deputy- Lieutenant of Kerry, by the Marquis of Lansdowne Mr. Thomas Fuller, High Constable of Brighton, by Captain Pechell, R. N., M.P. Mr. Wooldridge, by Mr. East, M.P. Mr. J. H. Gill, High Sheriff of the county of Cornwall, by the Right Hon. Lord Eliot, M.P. Septimus Holmes Godson, by the Hon. Sydney Herbert Mr. Henry Tootal, by Lord Melbourne Mr. John Stirling '1 aylor, on his return from Germany, by Mr. Barclay de Mounteney Mr. Andrew Spottiswoode, by Alex. Pringle, Esq., M.P. Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., by Sir J. Graham, Bart. Mr. James Weston Renter, Warden of the Fishmonger's Company, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Mr. Sutton Sharpe, on being appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Kenyon Parker, on being appointed one of her Majesty's • iCoestuyn,ssecLobnymtehi,e.bLyorthdeCLhnarrdeeellha 1 1, 1 1 , r . ..T ,A o r h e n lid G ea o c tI n e n •ey na l l ' e e e, d on , on Lein Violated one of I(ir e'S-7 ;p o o r ' appointment to !toctahnetellrlbanstrtir 0r 1 4: 7".,: 4 e ttii the r m C . iia i C l harter- s hot reetSecretary y y t t n h e t h .A e a r E i ehl i ti ( hie!' in the MelditearAsrart:ecanbr4iis, tFoittzhgeer lateald a c lV in e . s n e t i l n 'dr. Loudon, on his return fr, m as t t Or l e nd ri ta sei CG yrv i 7 e h e l y 71114-4'lll Edward Hon . S i Robert Svt Verne rd :Mr. r. Admiral G ranville he of York. :op of Mr. G. W. Soltan, by Lord Ebr:ngton Mr. Charles E. Levey, of Quebec, by Sir John Guest. Mr. Clinton Dawkins, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. S. Weide, by Coloncl Wylde Mr. Escort, M I'., by Sir A. Hose, Bart. Mr. Jackson, by the Vice-Chancellor Wigs am Mr. Duffield, M.P., by Viscount Barrington Mr. P. Seed' Gravy, by Viscount Maynard Mr. Simeon, by 800. W. A. A'Court floroes, M.P. Mr. Gordon, Deputy-Lieutei ant Aberdeenshire, Private Se • cretary, b) the Earl of Ripon Mr. Thomas Verner, be Mr. Verner Mr. Councillor Dud (Macc'esfield), by Me. William Tattoo Egerton, M.l'. Mr. J. F. Stanford (late Travelling Fellow of Cambridge), on his return to England, by Lord Lyndhurst • Mr. Pringle, M.P., on his appointment as a Lord of the Treasury, by Sir Robert Peel Mr. Fat ish, on his return from India, by the Earl of Clare 11r. E. Poole, by Sir John Rae Reid Mr. T. 11. Barton, by Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton Mr. Henry Liddell, by his father, the Hon.- H. T. Liddell Mr. John Masterman, by the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart. Mr. Roxby Benson, by the Duke of Beaufort Mr. B. W. Lowry, by the Right. Hon. Henry T. Lowy Corry-, M.P. Assistant-Surgeon J. B. Macdonald, Bengal Army, by Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci Mr. A. Osborne, Surgeon of her Majesty's ship Formidable, by lion. Captain Gordon Mr. Robert Al• Lean, Surgeon, R.N., on promotion and ap pointment to her Majesty's skip Geyser, by Vice. Admiral Sir M. 11. Gage 5 11 1 1 rr.. Majesty's Liva i % , % i s . G n , oc b rie y m L r z o cu r t s( l le, N Ae l t y, on s'e t r h e e tur c n on from flißisraizeiisLt by as t h h e e r Earl of Aberdeen Mr. Thos. Gill, by Lord Ebrington Mr. Andrew Buchanan, on his appointment as her Majesty's Secretary of Legation at. Florence, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mrs. Cotton, by Earl Fortescue Mr. Strin g er, Mayor of Macclesfield, by Mr. Tattoo Eger. ton, M.P. Mr. Richard Wellesley, by the Duke of Wellington Mr. Henry Stone. by General T. Maitland Mr. Bowyer Smith, by Viscount Maynard Mr. J. Fetherstone Lowry, by the Right Hon. H. J. Lowry Corry, M.P. Mr. Young, her Majesty's Consul at Jerusalem, on returning to his rost. by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. S. Burdett, Coldstream Guards, on appointrinent, by Colonel Walton Mr. S. Itva!e, Mayor of Birmingham, by Joshua Scholefield, Esq. , P. Mr. Woes Gaskell, M.P., on his apnointment as a Lord of the Treasury, by Sir Robert Peel Mr. Pembert it, on his appointment of Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. J. It. Irving. by Lord De Lisle Mr. Daniel Tupper, her Majesty's Receiver-General, for Guernsey, &e., by the Chancellor, of the Exchequer Mr. Edward wa 1 1, by Sir John Rae Reid Mr. Mundy, Al.l'„ by the Earl of Lincoln Mr. Matthew Alepson, by Dr. Aldis Mr. Charles Reginald Buller, her Maj sty's Ceylon Civil Ser vice, Member of the Legislative Coancil, on his return from Ceylon, by the Earl of Devon Mr. Merle, by the Eon. Grantley Berkeley Assistant-Commissary General Mylrea, by Lord James Stuart Mr. Mynors Baskerville, M.P., by Sir John Walsh. The following Noblemen and Gentllemen presented Ad dresses, Petitions, and Memorials:—Fail Fitzwilliam (mes morials praying for the repeal of the Cern-laws), from the female inhabitants of Leeds, 23,707 signatures; the female members of a congregation, Lady Jane Chapel, Leeds; ditto. of Primitive Methodists, Wortley, Leeds; the females sm. ployed by Foster, Davy, and Co., Hunslet ; ditto, by My ssrs. Pritchard and Co., Burley, Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. Lawson and Co., Ilutislet ; ditto, by Messrs. Wilkinson, Hunslet ; ditto, at Wallington Mills, Leeds ; ditto, by Mr. James Reed, cloth draper, Leeds; ditto by Messrs. York and Sheepshanks, Leeds ; ditto, by Messrs. Brown and Co., Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. W. Booker, Leeds ' • ditto, by Messrs. G. Smith and Co., Leeds ; ditto, by Mr. G. Hammond, Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. IL and 'l'. G'ever, Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. Titley and Co., Leeds ; ditto, by Mr. William Paws( n, Leeds ; ditto, by Messrs. P. Williams and Sons, Leeds ; ditto, by Mr. It. Berries, Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. Steed and French, Leeds • ditto, by the Stoander Mill Company, Leeds ; dit:o, by Mr. Holdsworth, Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. 0. Williams and Co., Leeds; ditto, by Messrs. J. Lobley and Co.. Leeds; the female members of a congregation of Baptists, Dudley, Wor cester ; ditto, at Woodbridge, Suffolk ; ditto, of Wesleyans, • Park•lane Chapel, Leeds ; the female inhabitants of Chars all, York ; the female members of a congregation of .Marshall street chapel, HolbeA ; ditto, of Baptists, Mount-street, Stock port; the female inhabitants of Crayford, Kent ; ditto, of North Bradley, Wilts. ; ditto, of Chatles-street, Stepney ; ditto, • of West Ila,kney, 3,005 signatures; ditto, of Peerless-row; Saint Luke's, Finsbury. ; ditto, of St. Ithrylebone ; ditto, of Sr. Margaret's, Westminster; ditto, of Hillingdon, Middle sex; ditto, of Whiteerots-street, and vicinity of St. Luke's, Finsbury ; ditto, of Finsbury; ditto, of Co'eman-street and vicinity ; St. Luke's, Finsbury ; ditto, of Playhouse-yard ; ditto, ditto ; ditto, of Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets ; ditto, of t. John's, \Yapping ; ditto, of St. Marylebone; ditto, of Jeffery's-1;1111(141gs • New-way, St. Margaret's, Westminster; di to, of Tothill ' -street and vicinity, Westminster; ditto, of Charing Cross and Strand ; ditto, of Peter-street vicinity, St. Margaret's; ditto, St. Margaret's, Westmin• ster ; ditto, of the borough of Lambeth ; the female mem bers of Bishopsg,ale Chapel, Bishopsgaie-street Without ; the female inhabitants of Hammersmith, Middlesex ; ditto, of Dartford, Kent ; ditto, of Ms rton, Surrey , ditto, of the Royal burgh of Forfar, 5c0t1and,12,794 signatures ; ditto, re siding in Falkirk and its neighbourhood; ditto, inhabitants of Preston Pans, Haddingtonsh re, and the opt ratives, artisans, and mechanics of the borough of Leiee.ter ; petitions to dismiss the inieisters front the incorpee ation of guildry of Stir ling; the inhabitants of the town of Willinelearough ,• and from the magistrate, town council, and inhabitants of Forfar, Scotland ; also a cong , atulatory address Irons the corporation of Duneaster. The Earl of Radnor—Memorials from the female inhabi tants of Batley, imploring her Majesty to take into considera tion the sill eted st to of her subjects, and to interpose for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws; from the female inhabitants of West Ardsley, with the same prayer ; from the inhabitants of Glasgow, praying her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers, and to call to her councils such only as will make the People's Charter the law of the land ; from the inhabitants of Preseot, in public meeting as sembled, praying her Majesty's Royal interposition to proenne a repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws ; from convener, deacon, and freemen of the seven incorporated trades of the Royal burgh of Arbroath, praying her Majesty to dismiss her present !Ministers, and to call to her councils persons prepared to abolish all taxes on the bread of the people ; from inhabi tants of the Royal burgh of Annan, to the same parposs,; from inhabitant* of Crediton and neighbourhood, praying Mr the dismissal of Ministers ; from the provost and inhabitants of Cupar, praying her Majesty to withhold her assent from any Corn Bill not founded on the principle of a free and unrestricted trade in corn, to dismiss her Majesty's :Ministers, and to call to her councils men equal to meet the exigenoiee of the State ; from the Sunday teachers of Westbury, in Wilts, complaining of distress, and the consequent impediment to education arising Irons the Corn and provision -laws, and im ploring her Majesty's interposition to give relief; from the in habitants of Yeovil, congratulating her Majesty on the birth of the Prince of Wales, and praying for the repeal of all laws re stricting the free importation of corn and provisions ; front the -bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of Liverpool, in public meeting 'assembled, congratulating her Majesty on the birth of the Prince of Wales, expressing want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, and praying her Majesty to call to her councils men who will effect a total and immediate repeal of the laws restricting the importation of foal; and from the women of Jedburgh, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Lot d Kinnaird—Memorials and petitions praying her Ma esty to exercise her prerogative in favour of a total and im mediate repeal of the Corn-laws ; fr0m.720 deputies of Anti- Corn-law Associations assembled in London ; from ministers and deputies assembled in Edinburgh ; from dissenting minis ters and others in Edinburgh ; front Magistrates and others of the Royal burgh of Arbroath, 2.630 signatures ; from Carse of Cowrie Association ; from United Association. con gregation, Paisley ; from females of Carnoristie ; from Females' United Secession Church, Rose-street, Edinburgh; from females of Dunbar ; from females of Crieff, 1,370 signatures; from female inhabitants of the borough of Lander told its vicinity ; ditto of Ileptonstall, 1,216 signatures ; ditto Heptonstall ; ditto, inhabitants of Carshalton, Surrey ; ditto, ditto, of Allerton, Bradford ; ditto, in the employ of Messrs. George Ilinclicliti, C raig; ditto, ditto, of Messrs. Hincheliff, Sean Bottom ; ritto, members of a congregation of Ileptonstall Stack Chapel ; ditto, employed at New Bridge, , d i i r t i t l o ta , b ( i i t i a tt r o rt : t o )f f D St a . ve l. n e t i r m y a ; rd d ' i s t , to lh d or itr e t d o i , tel o t t , , H ,,b e s p o tou s s ig to n l a l t c ar d ,, i s tto ; Maidstone, Kent, 2,078 signatures; ditto, members of a con gregation of Independents, Cirencester ; ditto, inhabitants of Old-str, et, St. Luke's ; ditto, nembers of a congregation of Cocker mouth, Cumberland ; ditto, inhabitants of Shadvsell, Tower Hamlets ; ditto, ditto, of White Cross-street, and vicinity, St. Luke's ; ditto, dittoof Uxbridge Moor, Middlesex ; ditto, ditto, of Garstang ; ditto, members of a congregation of Independents, Burton-on-Trent ; ditto, inhabitants of Old street, St. Luke's ; ditto, members of a congregation of Bap. tists, Ilebden-bridge, Halifax ; ditto, inhabitants of Shipley, Bradford; ditto, ditto, of the Tower Hamlets; ditto, tants of Mansfield ; ditto, ditto, of Long Preston, Yorkshire; from members of a female congregation at Statdburne; ditto, ditto., of Baptists, Summerhill, Tipton ; female inhabitants of (ey ; front congregation of Baptists, Coseley, Staffordshire ; female members of a congregation at St. Austell, Salop ; ditto, • ditto, at Eceleshill,York ; from congregation at Staidbume,York shire ; female inhabitants of Barnoldswick ; do. ,do. , of CongletOn; Cheshire ; female members of a congregration of Baptists, Ashton-under-Lyne ; ditto, ditto, Lisburn, York ; ditto, ditto, Brockhampton, Surrey ; ditto, ditto, Netherton ; ditto, ditto, Forest Green Chapel, Nailsworth ; from female inhabitants of Sympsfield, Surrey ; ditto, members of a congregation, Hyde, Cheshire ; from congregation of West Bromswich, Stafford ; female members of a _congregation, Bingley, York ; in. habitants Maiden Newton, Dot set; ditto, ditto, of Forton vicinity, Hants ; from members of a Presbyterian congregate at Bolton ; ditto, of a Baptist congregation,Oolear ; from inhabi tants of Elinham, Norfolk ; from female members of a Baptist con. gregation, Crawley ; ditto,Welslipool, Montgomery ; ditto, ditto ditto members of a congregation of Baptist s , B arno ld sw i ek; ditto ditto of Primitive - Methodists, Oldham ; ditto employed by Mr. Win. Hill, Leeds ; ditto members of a congregation, Chatham, 1,026 signatures ; ditto inhabitants of East. Grin stead and vicinity, Sussex ; ditto ditto of Oateworth, Heigh ley, West Riding of Yorkshire; ditto members of a congre gation of Protestant Dissenters, Colne, Lancashire ; from congregation of Baptists, Barnoldsvyiek ; from female members of a congregation of Scotch Baptists, Nottingham ; ditto, in. habitants of Chapenslade ; ditto dittolif St. Leonard's, Shore ditch; ditto employed at Walker's factory, Long Benton, North umberland; ditto inhabitants of Swalwell Whiekam, Dar ham ; ditto ditto of Cullingworth, Bradford ; ditto em pl o yed by Messrs. Holmes, Forster Mills ; ditto congregation at Hee tonstall Chapel ; ditto araplozed by Messrs. G. Britt and Son. an Independent Chapel, Stoney Stafford, ditto, Inha bitants of Stansdead, Essex ; and the female members eta Methodist congregation, Stoney Stafford. The Mayor of.. Bridgewater— Addresses of congratulation on -the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Mayor was presented by Mr. H. Broadwood, M.P. The Mayor of Manchester, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. APerinan Kay, the ':'own-Clerk of Man chester, and a deputation from the C o uncil—Anaddress , _ o f above Melbourne. lib°rui nr f el : ee ; fl o f th W e ra T le o s m . 'n- i C l o te uncil l congratulation a: r u t I s a c t a i ot presented y t he Viscount birtls o it f fst. Vestry - of that parish imititmheebirth t h oo- O f -a a -P P rGi r n it e l e e George's, anover. the The be City R i o:f e y ' Rector square Address or of Chester— Address o 0.1 her M esty , a e s i s t rf t d ar e fo r C ent l u ty lu t ah r i c ol h representativewarde n s