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IMPERIAL P XRLIAMENT, HOUSE OF co3r mays, March 6, ;MARRIAGE BILL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. (Continual from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. SIDNEY HERBER. I' said that hs wished to address a few words to the House is explanation of the reasons which would determine his vote up in the present measure, and in coming to the concluion which he had done he must say that it was upon different grounds to any which he had yet heard assigee 1, and grounds too which differed very materially from the opi nions of many friends fir whose judgment he entertained the very highest respect. lie (Mr. Herbert) had presented a petition against the Bill, numerously signed by the clergy of the diocese in which the county , he represented was situated, and he observed this differ ence in this petition to those presented by persons of the same class, that it rested not upon religious, but upon social grounds. He rejoi,:ed to see that that dis tinction existed, because he thought they were not justified iu arguing the question solely upon religious grounds ; and if he could find a good social argument advanced in this discussion, that was the argument upon which he (Mr. II rbert) should rely. It bad been held from time immemorial by the Church of Eagland that these marriages were unlawful, and he for one would give his cordial assent to her right of decouncing them. Bat in the House of Commons, which was not a convocation or a council, they had no sight as well as no competency to discuss nice theological questions. As he had said before, if there were any social arguments to this measure, it was upon those that the opposition t i it should be grounded, and upon those only. And between the adoption or the rejection of the mea sure the House was bound to take the balance of good and the balance of evil, and to decide in which scale the advantage or disadvantage lay. In the pre rent Bill he was glad to perceive that everything had been avoided at all likely to interfere with the :Church of England. In his Bill of last year his Right Honourable Friend bad, he thought, with great impolicy, included in his Bill clauses withdrawing clergymen who offended against this Bill from the authority of the Church of England. With another Chu /eh, which was in part connected with the State, the Right Honourable Gentleman had not dared to interfere .; with that Church only, which was entirely tied up by the State, and was wholly in its hands, had he medeVe 1. So far as • the Church of England was conceraed, it was left untouched by the operation of the Bill, and he re joiced to find that the broad principle of the measure would not interfere either with the laws which that Church, or any religious body, had laid down for its government. Other religious bodice, who had no laws or canons which restricted them from con tracting marriages of this description, were clearly subject to a religious disability by the civil law as it now stood. IF, socially speaking, it could be made out that morality would be endangered by the Bill of his Right lion. Friend, there would certainly be a good rea son for maintaining this religious disability; but it had not teen so established, at least so far as he had understood the arguments. He felt, as marriage was a civil right, that they were bound to make it co-extensive with the opinions and conditions of the people, and on that ground he had come to the conclu sion to support the Bill.—(Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK thought the question ought to be divested of all considerations as to whether these mar riages were prohibited by the New Testament, fur there was no part of it which was not in turn received or re jected by different persons. He looked at the question simply as a legislator, with the view of laying down a rule for the gaide.ace of the people in the matter. lie differed with the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Sidney Herbert) that a broad distinction ought to be drawn between the Church of England and persons who did not agree with it. Now the reasons which had induced m•m in all civilized countries to prohibt marriage; with a sister, were first the physical, and secondly the moral evils which resulted from the nature of the iat , rcourse. In regard to the present Bill, the physical reasons did not apply, but the moral reasons did, and they could not be overlooked in discussing this question. Ile thought if these marriages were legalised that exalted feeling of esteem and coil &nee which was reposed in a' sister-in-law by the near ties of relationship would no longer exist, and that jealousies and dislikes would be introduced into famili , s where. now nothing of the kind was felt or thought of. But if the Right II incurable Gentleman passed this Bill, was he so ignorant of human nature, so blind to the realities of life, as not to know that, in spite of herself, the wife could not have the same kindly feeling for her own sister which the existing state of the . law encouraged? At present sympathy subsisted between the sisters that render jealousies almost impos sible, but break down the barri e r w hi c h th e l aw h a d raised, every day and every hour would witness the occurrence of jealous bickerings and miserable disputes in family relations, which now multi plie I al the kindly feelings of our nature.— (Hear, hear.) Coati the supporters of the Bill show any instances or ground for believing that there was a balance of evils in this case? Let him take the other side of the question, and see what the benefits of the Bill would be ? As the world was constituted, the oc casional marriage of A, B, cr C with his wife's sister, was a taattsr of little importance. It could not justify the passing of a Bill like this. It was not as if a man were placed upon a desert with his wife and her sister, be came there if the wife died, the desire to continue the race of man might justify a marriage with the sister.— (Hear, hoar, and a laugh.) But there was no such want in this country, acd when the becefite likely to arise from the passing ( f the Bill were put against its (Lingers, the comparison was , immeasurably in favour of continuing the existing prohibition. It was natural, he readily admitted, that as aunt should have a lively affection for her sist a's children, and a desire to attend them, to care for them, and watch over them; but he did think they would not increase that desire by making her the wife.—(Hear.) Just the contrary, because the feelings of the aunt were stifled in the new passions of the - stepmother. She has now children of her owr, perhaps, aid all the affections of the aunt were lost in the feelings of the wife, and inateal of increasing the happiness of her life, and making her a more powerful and efficient protector of her sister's children, the tit nost that could be done to dimini,h her kindness for them had been accomplished.—(Cheers.) Therefore upon fie very same grounds that were urged in favour of the Bill he thought it his duty to oppose it. He did not believe that a more mischiev. Otis plan than this Bill could possibly be devised for converting the kind an 4 fond aunt into the jealous stepmother.—(Hear.) With regard to the religious part of the question, Ee agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Wilts, that religious matters ought not to be mixed up with this debate.— (Hear, hear.) Let those whose religious feelings or - opinions leant in favour of these marriages legislate for themselves and marry as they thought proper; but before he could give his sanction to a Bill of this nature it must be shown to him that it would not prove a source tf evil in giving rise to painful and jealous feelings between married and unmarried sisters — it must be shown to him that the old law would break up the harmony of the 'nest important of all our institutions, namely, that of families—(Hear, hear)—and because he felt that this Bill was a direct attack upon that institution, and fraught with danger and evil t, the entire social system, he felt bound to record his vote against it.—(Cheers.) Mr. SPOW.ZER, sees efriid, h.frcr the able and eloquent speech of the lion. and Learned Gentlema n , he should not be able to secure th e a tt ent i on of the House; but he thoueht it I),h:is duty t i protest ag a i ns t t h e doc trine laid /loan by the Right lion. Gentleman the Mem ber fir Wi:ts, and seconded by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just a t down, that the Word of God ought not to be flexed up with this question. He- admitt - id there would be inconveniences arising from this B;11 to a smell class of the population; but he called upon the lions , to remember how many were living in a state of concubinege. He was convinced, from a long and intimate acquaintances with dense populat 7 ons in the manucacturing districts, whoa houses were so crowded, and where society wa i so large and dense that the state of concubina;ge which was produced by the present law of marriage was such as to horrify and greatly dis tress any man of right feeling and right mind. Then was that immorality occasioned by the present law or by the law of God? They must attribute it to the imper fection of human law— a law which took upon itself a power which it had no right t s assume, in his humble judgment. Givings thoroughly this subject the best con sideration he could, he t e a s gh w l e y r convinced that by the Word of God ee,,unethenindea,ririlher g o at the gone Member forbidden. He (Mr. Spooner) irlave,innassmuch Hops) had not quoted Dr. Hook's letter f..s. (Mr. as Dr. Hook had expressly used the term nity," and net the term " efEnity,” upon the formaciarguoif which words the whole of De. Hook's argument turned. Because then he thought that the Bill brought in by his Light Hon. Friend was not contrary to the law of G o d —because he thought that the restrictions which it sought to remove were altogether unnecessary—because he thought that the law as it now stood was instrumental in the production of a great mass of evil among the lower classes—because the removal of the restriction which this Bill proposed would be the in strument of great benefit, he would give his honest hearty andesarneet support to the second reading of this Bill.—(Gheere.) _ Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER said th a t no one cou ld deny• the power, ability, and research which had been displayed in the speech of his Right Hun Friend the promoter of the Bill. That speech was &Rug . ht with in destry and t a l ent. It was fall of the intellectual power which he at all times possessed, and which all times ex er t, b ut it had failed faile h . e could at to convince him that his arguments were sound, or that the change would be desir able. The :speech of the , Il h o e ri d .ltlemb er for Warwickshire, who- had just sat down its arguments also been distinguished by pression_megaurmehnts and the peculiar the happy adaetatien of s ne ea d r) o —but he must felicity of its ex errine that the beg to dissent altogether from marriages which it was the ehject of this Bill to render legal• we re not opposed t, th e l aw of God B. moment sett i ng as ide all considerations of toffiitsi this t Bill n , for a nature, , what would be the case supposing th e spirit would to be carried out—what would b e the case in our domestic . relations? Why, th a t a road be opened for other evils which the p ro j ectors of the Bill seemed to have overlooked.—(Sear, hear.) If the marriage with the sister of a deceased wife was to be permitted, why also should not the marriage of a wife A g Val._ hti the husband of a deceased wife bo permitted?--- 57; r i v6l 7 I % " .hear, and cheers.) Yet this was a point which T 2 .7 SeEt . ' -: .. 11 t altogether out of the discussion.—(Hear, ..en, as respected the point which had been ' ~ so Cal L ab . d Lio ei the Honourable "eh' upon • both by the mover of the Bill, 0 '- ere krtt4rGeatl Memb r for Warwickshire, ernanhad relied upon a difference between , ,?..' '- the telfling of the text in the elm the nipgal readi ng , O'er of Leviticus and and salthou , h he had spokes of ibis Uc b " "Wm, Wslaculd b . e xec9llected 4 1 / 4 :: • •:-.7., if 0 ~i 4.7 that the marginal readings wero usually considered as the more correct readings of the two, and surely he would not attempt to say that these translators cf the Bible, by whom the marginal readings were affixed, were contemptible Hebrew scholars. They expounded the text, and e e:e, more )ver, the compilers of the canons of 1603, in which those marriages ware prohibited. He now came to the speech of a Right Honourable Fried of his whose opinions he had always been accus tomed to receive with the deepest respect; but when the Hon. Member for Wilt: (Mr. Sidney Herbert) stated that no religious feeling was to bo allowed to interfere with the law of marriage, and that, as as alteration hal been air( aly made, if Dissenters did not interfere with the usual routine of the Church, that no impediment ought to be placed in the way either of those or of other parties who in this matter agree with them, he must totally differ from him.—(Hear, hear.) History sufficiently showed that marriages between brother and sister were not uncommon, and that were the licence was allowed that license was invariably used. Now, would the House, because it was shown that such marriages had frequently taken plase, be justified in S assing a measure foe the legalizing of them? Con teinly not. It was the privilege of thet House to regulate, what behinged to the order and good government of society, to fhrm a conscientious judgment of the moral tendency of any institutions which might exist or might to pro posed to the House, and to act upon their cmvicetione. There were many persons in this country who enter tained lax opinions upon the due observance of the Sabbath, and almost as lax as those hell upon the Con tinent, yet had the Hoese ever legislated upon the opinion: of a few individuals, and ought it to do so in this matter? As to the argument which had been advance I on the immoral tendency of this law of prohi bition, it was just ai sensible to say that the law of theft was chargeable with all the robberies which took place, as to say that this law was the cause of immora lity. Some gentlemen had advanced the argument of comparison for the wives, and for the children who had been the offspring of these marriages; for his own part, looking at his own feelings only, he should be quite content to replace those women who had fallen irons virtue, and the children who had lost their right of inheri tance by such marriages, but this was not a matter in which private feelings alone should have the direction. The last argument on which he should touch was, that England was the only country in which such marriages were prohibited, and that it was inconvenient to differ from other countries in this respect. He was so far from thinking that the manners of other countries ought to form an example for this country, that he was disposed to attribute the difference which he sew in the morals of this and other countries to the levity which prevailed abroa I upon these points. In conclusion, upon this point, he should use the words of Milton, though fir a tar different purpose to what that author had applied them—" Let not England forget her privilege of t:ach itig other nations the way to live."—(Cheers.) Mr. M. MILNES thought that the grounds of argument which had been advanced upon this Bill were scarcely of a sufficiently extensively theoretical natere, as the subject was capable V. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Sheffield had certainly painted, in his own peculiar manner, the tender and domestic relations of the family affections, and the importance of ex'e rding, if possible, those relations. He (Mr. Manes) was disposed to insist much upon the evil of the marriage of first cousins which was not forbidden by the English Church, but was most positively and strongly prohi bited by the Roman Catholic Church, and unless he could be shown that the relation between a man and his sister-in-law was more tender than that cf cousins he could not see any objection to removing the prohibition. He thought that when they looked abroad and saw that this law bad been deliberately broken by good citizens arid honest men—broken, too, without any loss of public estimation—this cf itself was enough to furnish a priced facie evidence of the necessity of some altera tion in the law. Bat this measure had only been brought f zward when these marriages had spread to the highest ranks. If a foreigner had Lela in the gallery the other night, when the Hon. Gentleman the Member fur Ox fled ittsoured them with his views on this subject, he would not have fancied that there was a law on the statets-book declaring these rearriagee, up to a certain day, to be lsgal; but it was nut fair for days or hours to prevent the legalization of marriages. Hiving al. mitred the principle, and laid the foundation for legislating on the subject, they could not now assume the grounds of high morality and treat this question as if it now tame hefore them for the first tinan.—(flear, hear.) A special grievance had been distinctly brought before them, and they were bound to consider whether there were sufficient grounds to justify their legis lating upon hear.) NOW the people of this country were not averse to these marriages, and while he could not believe that the passing of this Bill was likely to give rise to those evils and dangers which the Honourable and Learned Member for Sheffield shadowed forth, he was bound to support the measure, as he had no doubt whaterer that it would confer great and lasting benefits upon the community at large. He was, however, satisfied of this, that whatever might be the legislation of the House, those marriages would still continue. A feeling would grow in the country that a large majority of the House were favour able to them, that epee of station and importance be lieved the law ought to Le altered, and the people would become gradually habituat :d to them.—(Hear.) And therefore it was that he asked the House to pass the Bill now rather than wait till the pressure from without. —(Hear, hear.) If they had 2,000 of these marriages now they woull bave 4,000 of ihem in ten years hence. The people of Ertglard wero not arcustomed to evade tt e law of the land. A man who did al unlawful thing was invariably shunned by his no ighbour; but in regard to these marriages, although, to a certain extent, they were a violation of the law, that feeling did t prevail, and hence they were no t only tol -ra ed brit cricoeraggsh Why, then, continue a law which had itiflheed misery upon hundre fs c f faa,iliet—which had ilieg4enised children that sae re legitimate in the eyes of mot tte it) ? Pass this Bill, and he heti, ved they would be doing what was right; hut refuse it, and they would inflict a grievous wrong upon a large body of the community. He implored flog. Members, who were members of the Church to acquiesce in this Bill. Some cases of mar riage of this kind had come within his own knowledge among the higher classes, and there were many others among the middle classes of society, al c f whom thought they were justifiable in contracting these marriages. And that being so, he would not presume to set his own individual opinion against those of the persons in the higher and middle classes who had contracted such marriages. Lord MAHON must say, of er the fullest considera tion, that he hail a strong and insuperable objection to the proposal of his Right Hon. Friend.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the House should pause before they inter rupted the social intercourse of families. They could act alter the law of marriage without producing a viulent infraction of the social feelings which existed among the people. Ile thought the intercourse between a married woman and her sister, and between a man and his sister in-law, would receive the greatest interruption and dis turbance from such a measure as was now proposed.— (Hear, hear.) lie did think also that they were to look not merely to what that intercourse might be in a period of health, but also what it might be whilst the wife was on a bed of sickness. There was no period when a wife required more earnestly the society of an unmarried sister than when she was laid on a bed of sickness ; and yet that was the very period when, under this Bill, that society would be least commonly given, seeing that the unmarried sister might have feelings of delicacy in rendering ie But there was another consideration connected with this Bill. He could not but apprehend that if this Bill were to pass it might happen that many married women, m ove d e i t h er b y a feel i ng of affection towards her children or by a tender regard for her husbrted, might exact from her husband a promise that ho would contract a subsequent marriage after her death with some one of her sht.es; but it might happen that the husband might Lave concieved an attachment for another sister. He (Lord ,Mahon) did think that marriages where there was affection only on one side could not fail to be pro ductive of unhappiness; and such requests so made by a wife to her husband, even though they might be un commoa, would produce the greatest struggle in the mind of the husband, between the sanctity of a promise exacted and made under such circumstances on the one hand, end the feeling of affection on tho ether. He thought if the House passed this Bill it would have still further concessions in the same direction urged upon it If the state of the law was to remain in the same posi-. tion as that which it hold before Lord Lyndhurst's Act, he must say that ho should not be at all satisfied with it, but feeling that en amendment or improvement upon that state of things could possibly be made by an altera tion of the present law, he should on this and on all future occasions give his strenuous opposition to this Bill. Mr. COCKBURN said, that afrtr the observations which he had made to the House on the subject, it might seam Lamest superfluous to make any further re marks upon the Bill before the House, bat its opponents on the other side had so entirely altered their position, and had taken up such new grounds, that he trusted the House would for awhile beer with him.—(Hear, hear.) During the former debates upon this Bill Vies() Who had opposed it had, in the first instance, ttken their stand upon the express declaration of the revealed will of God, but as the discussion advanced that ground ha I been tacitly abandoned, and (me but the Honourable and Learned Member for Plymout'i (Mr. Iteteidell Ea rner ) had even ventured again to bring it forwardl That question had been effectually disposed llear, hear," from Mr. Palmer.) He would show it in a few moments by a rapid review of the arguments that had boon used in previous debates.—(flear, hear.) Th e Hon. and Learned Member fir Abingdon (Sir F. Thesiger) had said that the matter ought to be set tled by the Church of England. But how could that be ? The Bishops themselves were quite divided amongst themselves, and the ordinary clergy were altogether indisposed to a common conclusion.—(ilear, hear.; But even even supposing the Church to be of one mind, which, as he had jiiet said, it was not, its community did not in elude all England, and the leienters, almost to a roue if ha might judges be the petitions on the table, were unit nimous in fsvour of the Bill. —(Hear, hear.) In whet way, then, could they treat this, but as a question of so cial and domestic policy—as one affecting the nearest and dearest of domestic ties?—(Hear, hear.) It was a recognised rule that whatever was not prohibited by the Divine law was allowed and permitted, and there was no prohibition in the text of the Scriptures against the marriage of a man with the sister of a deceased wife.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth ha I discovered in the deep recesses s f his recondite learning that some obscure llebrew sect, of whom he would venture t') say thatluot twelve men in that House had ever heard, had made out our present ieterpret ition of the text of Levitieui. Now such a statement was alt )gether without authority. But then the Learned Gentleman says that we are not bound by the Hebrew law but the Christiau dispense.- POD, Well C9U9Wing that, in what pact 9f the Igew THE SUN, LONDON, Testament did they find these marriages prohibited? And yet this point had been brought under the attention of the divine Author, and not a word of prohibition had been uttered by hi:n. And now for the morn' a-id social ground which had been brought forward. It had been said that there was a possibilitry of the wife's sister becoming a prey to the seductions of the husband, and the wife's jealous feelings being aroused, and thus the peace of the domestic hearth being disturbed ; and yet these same Gentlemen vaunted the me: a rty o f England as lehag so much superior to that of other countries, while they thus reasoned on the psssibilLy of the w. - men of England so easily forgetting all their feelings of honour in such a manner as this. Why, again, if the wife felt jealous, would not she very easily get rid of her sister? On that side they contended that these marriages were necessary for many reasons—for none stronger than that when a mother, lying on her death-bol and about te leave a young family behind her, whom would she so re Wily choose as her own sister? The Learned Member for Sheffield admitted this, but he sail that if they allowed this Bill to pass the feelings of the aunt would in many cases be merged into that of a stepmother. He (Mr. Cockburn) did not believe that. He doubted if it were possible fur a young unmarried female to live in the mist familiar int e-coursta with a young widower without ocea, lolling some remarks and censure from the world ; and would any Member of that House be ready to put any of their daughters and sisters in that condition? That house could not create the feeling of brother and sister where it did net exist, nor could they legislate to prevent the rise and growth of those feelings which were natural to every mm. Within the period since the passing of the law in 1835, which they now sought to abrogate, as many as 1,500 of these marriages had taken place within a very limited district, and if they were not legalized the con sequence would be endless litigation. with respect to the rights of inheritance. Experience showed that none of the evils alleged to arise from marriages with a deceased wife's sister bad any exist ence, and ho thought it would be absurd to attempt, by any legislative measure to put fetters upon those pas sions and feelings which concerned the happiness of mankind. Our own experience, as well as that derived from other countries, clearly showed that such a measure as the present might be adopted without the slight -at fear as to the conse quences, either religioUs or moral, and on that ground, as well as for the other reasons he had mentioned, he should give it his support. Mr. SHElLsaid he did notknow whether his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Cockburn) was a member of the Ec tablished Church, but from the speech be had delivered he should conjecture that he was " a Christian unattached." —(Laughter.) If he (Mr. Sheil) were a member of that Church, he should have treated its canons which pro hibited marriages within certain degrees of affinity with more profound regard and deference than that manifested by the Honourable and Learned Gentle man.—(Hear, hear.) He did not intend to enter upon what he called the dogmatical part of the question, that having been amply dealt with by the Hon. and Learned Members for Abingdon and Oxford, and would simply inquire what the effect would be, if this Bill were passed, upon the wife of the husband, end on the prospective brido whose path to the altar would be across her sister's grave. The wife received her sister with open arms, cherished for her a truthful and a beautiful love, and watched over her intere as with a care almost paternal, and though she might pass hours, days, and weeks with her hus band, yet not a doubt, not a conjecture was permitted to cross her mind as to her sister's cha'tity. But if the wife enter tained any doubt or suspicion, and with a view to ascertain the truth or falsity of any impressions which might be made upon her, watched every feature and movement of her slat It, it was inevitable that her fee'- ings would undergo a powerful altesation.—( Hear, hear.) The worst of all passions, jealousy, would take possession cf her feelings, and every glance and look of the husband would be interpreted. So much for the wife. Now for the husband, who is a good man. The only regard which he new enter tains for his wife's sister was a :eatiment purely pla tonic, unsullied by an unholy wish ; but if he were taught by his Honourable and Learned Friend the Member fir Bute, to look upon her as an ob ject of prehahle pos essior, the woman will be placed in a perilous proximity:, and a change would be produced in the moral temperature.—(Cheers.) lie passed next to the wife's sister. She now looks up to her sister's husband as htr protector, her friend, fir whom she entert tins a moral respect, but no impassioned friendship or love; but if she be taught to look upon him as her contingency —or, h a might almost say, if she be t sueht to believe that she has vest .d remainder, under the auspices of so astute a lawyer as the Honourable and Learned Member for Bate, in the pillow on which her sister's cheek will be coldly and lifelessly laid—or if the learn to associate her wedding garment with her sister's shroud—he was aft aid the spirit of wickedness would take possession of her brew: t, and a wide field would be opened to her future conjugal specu- ‘ lation.—(llear, hear.) lie was t. f. aid the character of her intercourse with her husband's sister would be en tirely changed, and instead of entertaining high moral feelings and sentiments towards him, she would have !e -course to all ordinary sources of womanly attraction to enchain the mind ant: passions of the husband.— (Cheers.) She would study every attitude and gesture, every look and &Leticia which woman could so readily, nay, almost instinctively, assume in accomplishing her ends to obtain an influence over the husband.—(Cheers.) These considei aeions induced him to think that the measure was unadvisehlte—(Cheers.) If his lion. and Learned Friend's Bill passed, where was it to stop ? (llear, hear)—where could they limit the prohibited degrees ? here would the lion, and L arned Gt ntle man pause ?—(Hear, hear) If a man marries his wife's sister, why not marry his wife's daughter ?—(Cheers.) Where was the 1. .it to be fixed ?—( Hear, hear) He I ad promised not to t.:tich upon the dogmatical part of the question, and thus far he had fulfilled his pledge; but he might still venture to state thus mucb, without departing from the regulation he bed laid down for him self, namely, that the religious fetlirg of the vast majority of the people of the three countries was against this measure. The women of England— the wives and daughters of Englaed, who were the best judges upon a subject is which the r own happiness and that of man was involved—we: e against this measure.—(Cheers.) Tne vast majority of the clergy of the Established Church, he believed, were against the measure.—(Cheers.) The people of Scotland were against this measure. The Lord-Advocate had told them, had used the forcible expression that the Bill was abhorrent to the people of Scotland, and as for the people of Ireland, he could take upon himself to say that they were against it.—(clear, hear, and cheers.) The Catholic clergy of Ireland did not desire that their dispensing powers should be extended to the consecration of nuptials from which the Irish people shrink with shame.—(Cheers.) Although no amount of prejudice or passion would induce him to do wrong to any man or any set of men, yet he would not run counter to the religious feeling of the country for the sake of an inno vation which breaks down some mural defence that now protects our homes, and against which Cal vinistic and austere Scotlanl—Cathullc aid dispensing Ireland—and the majority of the people of England— half Protestant and half Catholic, though wholly Ca tholic upon this question —were decidedly opposed. Mr. ANSTEY wished the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had altogether avoided the dogmatical part of the question, because he could not agree with the opinion which the lion. and Learned Gentleman had sat down with. He supported the Bill, and ridiculed the idea of a wife's eistsr ever resorting to the assassination of the wife fur the purpose of enjoying the husband. If this Bill passed, what would be the practical effect? In Ireland and Scotland those marriages would not be solemnize ] more frequently than at present, inas muc h as the people in those parts of the kingdom looked upon them with repugnance.—(" Divide, divide.") But it would be otherwise iu England. For these reasons, and becetne he thought it wes'a question of religious liberty, he would support the Bill. Mr. COBDEN had vs: tehed the tendency of this question for several years, and he thought the agitation out of doers had arisen f rom ecc l es i ast i ca l an d rel i gious feeling, and had mainly been confico 1 to the Church of England.—(No, no.) He repeated it, that the main element in the opposition t r this measure had originated with a party in the Church of England, who sought to carry us back to ancient time', and to re vive obsolete forms in the Church. There was a party who had taken part in those discussions who contended that they had scriptural authority against those marriages. Ho would have this question discussed apart from biblical authority.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Shell), wanting facts and argu ments, fell on the religious argument. He said the people of Scotland aid Ireland were opposed to those marriages; but he (Mr. Cobden) contended the Bill did not compel the people of Scotland and Ireland to recog nise the validity of those marriages. He submitted that the Jews had never put the construction that had been contended for on the verse in Leviticus which had been introduced into this debate. If they abandoned this principle they would incur nothing less than a violation of religious liberty. He said therefore they would, if they opposed this Bill, be violating the first principle of civil and religious liberty. —(heat., hear.) Why, the Blptists and Independents unanimously regarded this as a matter of religious liberty.—(hear, bear.) The lion. Gentleman relied upon the Levitical law. Tiny should take the opinion of Dr. Adler, the head of the Jewish persuasion. It' they did not take the opinion of Dr. Adler, they would take an opinion which was totally opposed to that of all those by whom he was placed in his present posi tion.—(Gear,) Had they forgotten the petition which was presented by the Noble Lord the Member for Loudon, which was signed by perhaps the most influential body of men that had over uttached their signatures to such a document?—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") One Honourable Member had reprobated the petitions which had been present;ed for the Bill, and stated that those meetings had been , tot up for the purpose of excitement; but had they heat other side? None su c h had be.ololll.e7dn,YaniTt;t6egsfauent had been over and over again pro yea that the nut holding of those meetings had shown tLat there was no public feel ing whatever out of doors (in this subj . et.—(lietar.) The lICM. and Learncd Gentle al an the Member for Shetti4d had, in beautiful language, told them that the passing of this Bill would be a desecraion of the holy and disinterested affection which now existed between brother and sister, is ;t he found from that blue book that, in numerous instances, the dying wife had re- quested that her h - usband sbou/debotise - her sister as the guardian for he . .. children, and when the llon. and Learned Al;?mbe r for Dungarvon talked of walking over a vviFe's grave :o the vital-, it was simply stating that whichwas 3. manifest Error.—(llcar, hear.) What were they leg islating for ?—not for :hose who were in the heyd sy of passion, hut for the widower whose . first care was to provide fur his mother, less ch i ldren, And who 0(44 provide for thaw, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1850 On the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, an estimato was ordered " of the annual expense of collecting the stamp duty on newspapers, stating the number and wages of persons employed at Somerset House, and in Edinburgh and Manchester, in stamping the paper; the annual cost of machinery, and the expense of clerks, in cluding those who receivJ the money fur stamps." The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Marquis of Londonderry has felt it to be his duty to bring the state of the county of Down, and the charac ter of some of the proceedings which have aided in producing that state, officially under the notice of the Lord-Lieutenant, and in the course of a long letter addressed to his Excellency, the Noble Marquis refers at considerable length to the various meetings held in the north, glancing at the resolutions adopted thereat, and commenting on the speeches delivered on the occasion by the Pres byterian and Catholic clergymen. L Ird Clarendon's reply is as follows : " Dublin Castle, March 1. " My Lord,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieu tenant to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter. " His Excellency has observed with much re gret that the public mind in the county of Down has of late been agitated upon questions con nected with the relations of landlord and tenant, and the agrarian outrages have recently increased in that generally peaceable and tranquil district. The Lord-Lieutenant cannot but feel surprised that a county hi herto consider( d the most favourably circumstanced, and the inhabitants of which were re garded as the most contented in Ireland, and where there appeared to have existed between the proprietary and tenantry that mutual confidence which is so essen tial to the prosperity of each, should, at the present mo ment, be the scene of angry discussion which can never lead to a satisfactory settlement of any differences which may exist between owners and occupiers. The Lord Lieutenant has read with pain the speeches which have beea reported to have been delivered at some of the meetings referred to by your Lordship, and his Excellency sincerely laments that those, who, by their position, may be considered capable of giving a direction to the feelings and opinions of their hearers, should have permitted themselves to advocate principles which are subversive of property and order; but the Lord-Lieutenant feels assured that your Lord ship will, on refintion, concur with his Excellency in opinion that he would not be justified in calling the attention of the General Assembly, or any other go vernment bo ly of the Presbyterians, to such secular matters. " On more than one occasi , n the Lord-Lieutenant has had to regret the use of language by ministers of the Go-pel of different persuasions in this country when taking part in proceedings unconnected with their duties, but experience has proved to him that the good example or the great majority of the clergy of all churches in Ireland, and the disapproba tion with which they view the violent interference of clergymen in secular rratters, operate as the moat effectual checks upon a force which must always be injurious to the cause of truth and social order. "I am further directed to assure your Lordship that the most active exertions are being used to dis cover the perpetrators of these outrages, which have naturally created so much alarm in the county of Down, and that no effort will be wanting on the part of his Excellency for the suppression of crime in that district. "I have the honour to bP, my Lord, " Your Lordship's ob,dient, humble servant " T. N. REDINGTON. 3 The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. —In 30's, 40's, and 50's adequacy of mule twist, suitable for Indian consumption, the t m a i a i r w k d e t prices being well sus of the demand to take up the production, as it becomes disengaged. But the continental merchants are at least as much indis posed for business as they were last week. The by is the ve a ry de letters received to-day, from Germany, show that, althou,;h stocks are exceedingly moderate, there is yet a sufficient supply, below the cost of what might now be imported, to prevent the giving of fur ther orders, of any magnitude, in the present unsettled condition of the Manchester market. The conse quence is, that we have had a very dull day in reeled water twist ; and, though there is little alteration in the quotations, still the buyers are able to make their limited purchases, for assortment, on slightly lower terms, than they could have done a week ago. The turn of prices in warps and cops, of medium counts, for home consumption, is also some what in favour of the buyers, who, however, are but little inclined to operate. It is found, however, that the diminished production of low numbers for home manu factures has imparted to them a degree of firmness not observable some few days back. The fall in prices has led to a somewhat increased call for printing cloths, for 40-inch shirtings above the lower reeds, and also for 34 and 36-inch shirting& Long cloths, T cloths, and domestics, however, continue to be neg lected. Toe lessened production of these articles has not, as yet, in any degree stimulated demand. Altogether, the transactions of the day have been on a very restricted scale ; and a good deal of irregu larity has been experienced in prices. ROCIIDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a rather quiet market to-day in flannels, with little or no chang e in prices. In the wool market there has been little doing, and prices have been stationary. MACCLESFIELD, TUE6DAT .—We have no alteration to notice in the market since our last. Manufacturers continue to effect sales of goods freely, but there is some little complaint of prices not being up to the mark, as compared with the raw material. Old stocks are fast working out; and higher prices will have to be paid, or production will have to be lessened. This applies also to the thrown silk trade. The brokers' circulars, just issued, all concur in pric es being very firm for good and useful silks. HUDDERSFIELD, TILESDAY.--OUY market has been brisker than ever, the stock continuing low, and being in fact at present lower than ever before known. The Cloth Hall looks quite deserted, and the manu facturers are working for orders only. Ihurax, SATURDAY.--Everything remains pretty much in the quiet condition noted in our last report, which might, with truth, he repeated, word for word, as respects this day's business in the Piece Hall, and also as respects both the yarn and the wool markets. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There h3s not been much done in the market to-day, and the cloth trade generally is riot quite so brisk, buyers not being disposed to give the advanced prices asked. There is a lair business doing in the warehouses, chiefly by shippers. CAPITAL PUNISIIMENTS (COLONIES). —It appears from returns moved for by Mr. Swart, tor the purpoEo cf ascertaining how far crimes for which capital punish m,rit have been abolished in this country, are still capi tally punished in the colonies, in addition to the crimes of murder and arson, attacks with intent to murder, rape, robbery from the person with stabbing, burglary with intent to murder, afsaults of a nameless nature, and wilfully casti ngaway any vessel whereby life is lost, are severally punished capitally. In several of the co lonies, however, those crimes only are punishable with death which are so in this country. CHESTER. AND lIOLiIIEAD RAILWAY.-Traffic for the Week ended March 3, 1850:—C. and IL Main Line, 1,1611. 19s. Bd.; Mold, 691. 35. 4d.; steam boots, 904 12k, oci.—Z.o) l 1 ,3211.158, Od. who could so care for them as the sister of a deceased wife,—who so likely to inherit her virtues and to care for her children?—(Hear, hear.) The religious pirtion of the question hal been abandoned—(Cries of " Hear, h:ar" and "No, no")—and it must be abandoned— hear)—and they had, therefore, no ground to go upon—at least in that II .us:-.—but the social end political grounds.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") Upon the principle of those grounds alone cou!tl they dxiee it; and if they did nut assume thoie grounds, what value could they put upon the representations of the Dissenters and the petitions of the women of Elgland?—(Hear, hear.) It they refused to grant this Bill, then would every woman be degraded, and hence forth no woman would ever astach her name to a peti tion to that House.—(llear, hear.) The refusal of this motion would be an invasion cf the re:igioul and civil liberty of the people, and on that account ho should give his strenuous support to the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN said he felt bound to give his strong and most earnest denial to the proposition, which was so absolutely contrary to the Lets of the cage, that religious considerations ought to bs excluded from the consideration of the question. He still adhered to the opinion which he had formerly expressed, that the law cf Loviticu:, clearly prohibited marriage with a deceased wife's sister. This prohibition had boon train tained by all who had administered the Lovitic,A law. At the period of the Reformation, those who t:anslatcd the Bilfe, and cleared away some of the ra,ti-ictions which previously existed, continued to retain the re striction as to such marriages. If the Bill were paised, he felt convinced that it would not carry into fa milies that peace and comfort which some Members hid mentioned, but, on the contrary, he thought that mar riages of this description would give rise to ihe greatest evils, and that in whatever way the Legislature might in terfere, people would still continue to abide by the Di vine law according to their own conscientious convictions. Believing these marriages to be at variaace win the law of God, he would give this Bill his most zealous oppo sition. Mr. S. WORTLEY having shortly replied, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading of the Bill ... 182 Against it 130 Majority for the second reading --52 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. Mr. FOX MAULE gave notice that in Committee ho shout,' move a clause preventing the application of the t)Bill Scotland.--(l f ea r' hear.) NEWSPAPER, STAMPS. JENNY LIND. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCEIESTER.—TUESDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-6 to 1 agst llsrriott (t), 13 to 2 agst Osterley, 13 to 1 agst Fernhill, 15 to 1 agst Bolus (t), 15 t )1 agst Velox, 20 to 1 asst Pt iestess. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst CirJetful, 16 to 1 apt Snowstorm, 16 to 1 agst Dough, 25 to 1 agst Testator, 25 to 1 agst Inheritress. CHESTER Cur —l3 to 1 a;st Glauca, 100 to 6 agst Miss Ann, 18 to I agit Eilerdalo, 18 to 1 agst Peep-)'- Day Boy, 20 to 1 agst Boland, 20 to 1 agst Fogleman, 23 to 1 agst Whim colt, 25 to 1 agst Cossack, 300 to 10 agst John Cosset. (t and at' erwards offered), 40 to 1 agst The Flea, 40 to 1 asst Woodlark, 45 to 1 agst Harriett. .DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 7to 1 agst Bo lingbroke, 13 to 1 agst Th© Nigger, 14 to 1 agst Vol tigeur, 16 to 1 sgst Palau, 25 to 1 agst Mildew (t), 25 to 1 agst Cyprus (t), 40 to 1 agst Penang. Very lit le betting. BRIDGNORTII STEEPLE CHASES. —TUESDAY. Handicap Sw, e?stakes of 15 sous. emb, ,10 ft, with 50 guided ; the second to s7.ve his stake. Four miles (10 Subs., 4 of whom pay 5 sous. each.) Mr. °Myer's Trust-me-Nor, aged, lOst 121 b (Mason) 1 Mr.Hughes'sMissCollingwood, aged, lOst101b( Hughes) 2 Lord Lurgan's Sobriety, aged, lOst 81b (Magee) 3 Mr. Vevers's Vengeance, aged, 10st 31h (Waller) 4 Free handicap (Hurdle Race) of .5 soya. each, and 40 added; the second to save his stake. Two mile'. Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, aged, lOst 15 , b...(Braddeley) 1 Mr. atbbs's Lucy Neal, aced, lOst 51b (Taylor) 2 Mr. Oskes's Small Beer, aged, 10'3 51b (H Sly, jun.) 3 Mr. C. Hughes's Rebecca, 5 vrs, lOst 6lb (Hughe ) fell. The f illowiog also ran:—Mr. Lister's Wbarfdale aged, lOst 91b—Mr. Vevers's Volatile, 5 yrs, lOst 31b ( Walker)— Mr. Edwards's Mind-y•iur-own-business, aged, 103 t (Frisby)—and Mr. Lawrence's Amelia, 3 yrs, Bst (Lawrence). The Hunt Stcep'e Chase Stakes of 3 sovs, each, and 20 added. Three miles. Mr. fby Jereed, 5 yrs, list I Ilb (Hugel) 1 Mr. Braithwaite's Middleton, .5 yrs, llst 111 b (Owner) 2 Mr. Rae's Tom Bowling, aged, 12st 7lb (Davenport) fell.. cßoxroN PARK, 1850. Acceptances for the Granby Handicap. Age, at. lb.; Age. s'. lb. Ve to Ballinafad Joe o' Sot Lady Hylda Giselle' a 11 4 Normanby Rithmines Alp Mrs. Taft Backbiter Acceptances for the Gold Cup. Age. st. lb.' Age. st. lb. BAllinafad Lady Hylda a 10 6 Alp Rathmines Backbiter Mrs. Taft DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIVES OF BORNEO. In the piratical district of the &jape., and that part inhabited by the Sarebas, Sakarran, and Kanowit pirates, we find villages of singular construction. The houses are erected on piles forty feet in height: they are framed with strong timbers, fl Inked at the sides with bamboo, and thatched with a'ap, or the leaves of a certain tree. A broad balcony runs round each dwelling, and in this the inmates sit in the cool of evening to enjoy the soft air. Tho supporting piles are strong arid thick, so that when one of these villages was attacked by the pirates, it took them several hours to hack through them, until at length the weight of the superincumbent ma , s of building brought the whole down with a tremendous crash. But this class of dwellings is not common. In other districts a village consists of one huge house, with many entrances, erected on short piles, with a platform running along the whole front. To this the means of ascent is by notched poles, passing up through orenings in the elevated stage, and drawn up at night. The ex terior has the appearance of a street of old English farm sheds, half ruined; but in the interior we find much neatness and comfort. In other parts of Borneo we find the savages dwelling in small circular edifices, built among the branches of trees; in others, inhabiting little low huts, forming a cluster, buried in some deep woody hollow; in others, swarming in vast buildings lying along the banks of rivers and consisting of piles of connected timbers without plan or regularity, erected one against the other as the tribe swells its numbers; bat notwith • standing its outward rude aspect, evincing that taste for animal comfort for which most savages are remarkable. Some of the Sarawak chiefs possess dwellings of ex treme neatness and btanty, erected with no little skill, on low piles, ascended to by ladders, well thatched, and surrounded by palisades. In a few of them may be traced a resemblance to the primitive Swiss cottage, with its broad eaves overhanging the verandah. The Lundi Dyeks dwell in houses which the English cottager would admire, and, indeed, closely resembling, in every thing but their elevation from the ground, the habita tions of our peasantry. The homes possessed by the fierce and formidable pirate tribes of Borneo present every appearance of comfort, and many of them aro re markable for the skilful joining of the timbers and planks, considering that few nails are used, and very rude bola employed. The general materials used in tho construc tion of the houses of the Indian islanders are bamboos, rattans, the palmetto leer, atap, and wild grass. The supporting posts are of timber or bamboo, the walls of p'aited bamboo flattened, the roofs of grays or palmetto leaves, the first most commonly used among the rural tribes, the second among the coast dwellers.—Builder. Brian i 1-A 1 o B R i o 2 r r . o . — i hi l l t ee is lwe v well l t h l known il sieodnialt n h , ch, a he t it)hi et ß t, gi R er l eti t af t:t t i ß on o tr monarchtaorre is his harp ; but WWI haling murdrre:d his brother Teige, and being deposed by his nephew, retired to Row, and carried with him the crown, harp, and other regalia of his father. These regalia were kept in the Vatican till Pore Clement sent the Harp to Henry VIII., but kept the crown, which was massive gold. henry gave the h ar p t o t h e fi rst E ar l o f Cl anr i car d e in whose family it remained until the beginning cf the eigteenth century, when it came by a lady of the De- Burgh family into that of M'Mahon of Glenagh, in the clunty of Clare, aft,er whose death it passel into the po l sessio n o f C ounsellor Maenan3ara of Limerick. In 1 782 it was presented to the Right lion. William Conyngham, who deposited it in Trinity College Museum, where it now is. It is 32 inches high, and of good workmanship ; the sounding board is of cak ; the arms of red :ally ; the extremity of the uppermost arm in uart is capped with silver, well wrought and chiselled. It contains a large cry st..l set in silver, and under it was another ssGne, now lost --Tipperary Free Press, Mr. Barnum, the proprietor or the American Mu seum at New York, has addressed the following cir cular to the American journals : "American Museum, Feb. 19, 1850. "In regard to the engagement of Mllle. Jenny Lind for America, I beg to state that I have this day rati fied the engagement made by my agent with this dis • tinguished vocalist. It is true that in engaging Mdile. Lind, and the musical associates whom she has selected to accompany her, viz., the distinguished compo4er and pianist, M. Julius Benedict and Signor Gievani Beletti, the celebrated and famous Fallen bary tone of the Italian Opera, of London and Paris, my agent, to secure such talent, went beyond the amount I had anticipated paying, but after all, the sums to be paid these persons, great as they may appear, are not so much as Miss Lind has been in the habit of receiving for her services alone, nor do Messrs. Benedict and Beletti receive from me more than their distinguished services are at this moment commanding in London. Perhaps I may not make any money by this affair; but I assure you that if I knew I should net realise a farthing profit, I would ratify the agreement, so anxious am 1 that the United States should be visited by a lily whose extraordinary vocal powersh tve never been even approached by any other human being, and who , e ch:l - is charity, simplicity, and goodness personified. It is well known that Jenny Lind has never received less than 4001. or 2,000 dolls. per night for her own services, either in Manchester, Liverpool, G!asgow, or E linburgh ; in short, in all the places she sang ; and that she fre quently received 600/., or 3,000 dulls. per night. My agent saw an offer to her of 6,000/., or 30,000 dolls., to sing twelve nights in England, which she declined. Also an enormous offer fur the grand concerts at the Imperial Court of Russia, an offer nearly double that of my own, which she for reasons also declined; she was offered 1,2001., or 6,000-dolls., to sing in one con cert, to be given at the Great World Convention of Arts and Manufactures in Hyde -park, London, in 1851. It was further intimated to her from Queen Victoria that her services would be desired in a con templated grand sacred festival, to be given about the same period in Westminster Abbey, where the tickets will be held from 25 dolls. to 100 dolls. each, both of these last offers she was induced to de cline, in consequence of her desire to visit America, as proposed by my agent. Miss Lind has numerous better offers than the one she has accepted from me, but she has a great anxiety to visit America. She speaks of this country and its institutions in the highest terms of rapture and praise; and, as money is by no means the greatest inducement that can be laid before her, has determined to visit us. In her engagements with me (which includes Havana as well as the United States), she expressly reserves for herself the right to sing for and give charitable con certs whenever she may think proper. Since her debiit in England she has given to the poor, from her own private curse, more than the whole amount which I have engaged to give her, and the proceeds of concerts for chari table purposes in Great Britain, where she has sang gratuitously, have realised more than ten times that amount. During the last eight months she has been singing entirely and gratuitously for chari table purposes, and is now founding a benevolent institution in Stockholm, her native city, at a cost of 350,000 dolls. A visit from such a woman, who regards her high artistic powers as a gift from Heaven, fur the ameliorati o n o f a ffli c ti on an d di stress, and ;hose every thought and deed is philanthropy, I feel per suaded will prove a blessing to America, as she has to every country she has visited, and I feel every confi dence that my countrymen and women will join me heartily in saying, ' God bless her PRIuES OF SI{ARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT: OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. 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Stock. - 210 Sun Fire..•• •• • 6/. 10s. - - 205 Ditto Life ..... - - 47 Billed Kingdom ... - Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Victoria Life .. . - 40 0 4% DOGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ 5. d. East and West Inila... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 141 East Country - 21 London .• • - 119 Ditto Bonds • •• . 4/. per cent. - - - gt. Katharine .... •• .• 4 per cent. Stock. - 82 Ditto, Scrip , . - - 85 0 0 67% Ditto Bonds • • • 1%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton ••- •• - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - - - Z. s. 4. X. s. d. Charing-cross • • • • .. •• - - -15 M Southwrk .......... - le° , 0 0 - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 358. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo •••••• - •• .. - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. IL 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .• .. .•• Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 W. 8.. TESL-WORMS Dividend Amount Name of Company. ' per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. East London.... ••• • • • , 8/. 100 0 0 - 176 Grand Junction •• - -4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 78 Kent •.-•••••• •• •• •• ' 31. 105. 100 0 0 - 76 Lambeth •• •• •• •• •• - ( 5/. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 99 New Myr Lndn hedge 1 21. 105. - - 55 Vauxhall ...... .• .• • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98 West Middlesex •. • 1 61.0 c pr cut. - - 116 GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. -- - _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- -- - Z. s. d. Z. a. d. British •••••••• • • •• • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.- 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 Brighton • • .... .•• • • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 101. 1100 0 0 150 0 0 220 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 75 0 0 31 5 0 38 Equitable........ •• • • 50s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial .... .. ••• • • • 3/. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ... .... •• 6/. per cent. 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 58 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 8 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 18 Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 210 0 1 - Phoenix ....... ••• • .. 4% /. per a. ,50 0 0 49 0 0 29 Eateliff •••• •..••.• •• 5/. 'lOO 0 0 90 001 75 United General •.., •• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 00 : 15% , Westminster Chartered 31. ,50 0 0 - ' 45! Ditto, Now .... -.. • 12s. _ i5O 0 0 10 0 0 87y C.B.I&TAX.S. Names of ! Z 4, 0; 1 Dividend 1 . , ce :Dividend Names of •-., 1 Companies. :g ; per Price. Compan „.. a , per prim Tr.• 1 Annum.' - xi [Annum. I( ' --___ ..• . . • •. . • •• . - ...,••••... X X 1 A.shtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 hiaccicsflehl . 100; 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.. • • 1601 121. 180 N ea th ••• • • • 100 1 161. 340 Brktik&Abrg 150' Si. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 ' 201. 185 Birmingham 40 1 41. 89 Peak Forest. 78 3/. 18s. 70 Coventry... • 100 j 25/. 210 Regent's -.. 33 L 1/. 2s. 185{ Derby .•• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 851 41. 505 Ellsnire&Chs 133' 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 GrandJunctui 100: 1 51. 85 Do.Lk Id St i 2161. p. c. - Grand Surrey - , 100 21. Os. 30 Stffrfil &Wore 1 4 0 , 281. 400 Grand Union 'loo' 11. 103. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151 * - Grantham .. 150 - 145 201. 300 - Stourbridge.. Kenut & Avo 39' 7s. 6d. 5 Severn and 12/. Os. - 'Lancaster .1100, 21. 32% Wye Rao.] 26 Lee , ls&Livrp ' 100 301. 317% WarwickBcl 100 41. 63 Leicester ...., 103' Si. 63% Birming. i Leicstr &Nth! 83' 41. 46 Warwick& / 100 31. 43 Loughborogh, 142, 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh : 100 81. - Worcstr &1 78 31. 42 Aintgemryshlloo - - Birming. MeltnAiwbry, 100 - - Wilts & Brks -, 14s. 9 I LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 X s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 190 Caiedonlan Bank ' City of Glasgow Rank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12% Cl 3 desdale Bank -•• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 11 172% Eastern Bank.... •• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9 Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51. 16s Exshangeßnk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 8 14% frle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15, ti v YortholScetiandßank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 50 0 3% North British Bank - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91 Western Bamk•••••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 B. A .cord. Liteaud Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per rent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17i 3d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Co'onial Life ... ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 1/. Os. City of Glasgow Life.. 07. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 125 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 201% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Elercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - insur. Co. of Scetind•• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scetland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 U. 105 Mercantile Life .. •• .. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 ss. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s. 6d North British Incur... 5% l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24% North & West of Scot. Cl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6' I. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 248.6 d Standard Life ...... • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 1 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 il7s Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ----- ------ - X. s. d. Z. a. d. I Auction Mart .. ...... 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Aqriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 ' Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 103. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 ..... - Canada ........• .• . Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 30 0 25 Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. percent. - - 89 Pity Navigation .... - - - 91 i Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& be, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversienry 5 1 . pr cent. 100 8 0 1100 0 0 105 GOR.Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27,-% ( London Institution . - - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - i 26 5 0 Penlnslr&Orient.Strn. 81. per cent. 50 0 0i 50 0 0 79% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92 I Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 00160 0 0 50 • South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 , - 1 STEEPLE RACING.—A meeting was held on Thurs day last, in Maidstone, at which resolutions were en tered into for a repetition of the racing on the Debtling Hills, which proved so attractive last year.—Maidston e Journal. _ FOREIGN ABMs.—An importation having recently taken place, from one of the ports ef France, of a quan tity of articles having the appearance and character of swords, and termed couteaux de clause, they w ere de tained by the officers of the revenue as coming under the general term of arms, and therefore an illegal importa tion. It appears that these couteaux de chasse had been packed and sent to this countr) for transhipment to an other foreign stat and not for introduction here in cot, traeetvion of the law, and it was therefore requested that they might he allowed to Le s,e)nttfivte,itfliorteli;r peod:th(;vf. which they were accompanied t stinatien, but on eonsideaution of the mattgr ny the authorities of the revenue, they were eenside-red to Le arms, and as such were prohibited to be imported, and were strictly liable to forfeiture; and that the only rent which cculd be granted in the matter was that they should he allowed to be t eturned to the port from which they had been imported into this country. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Twenty Ulcers on the Legs cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from 0. 11. Knocker, dated Mount Gambia, South Australia, July 7, 1549. To Professor Holloway. .Sir,—A case has just come under my observation in which the efficacy of your Ointment and Pills has been fully proved. A man of the name of Joshua Smith had upwards of twenty ulcers on his shins, which were so difficult to cure that almost every remedy had been applied without any good effect. Your Pills and Ointment were then resorted to, and in about six weeks he was completely cured, and scarcely a mark is now to be seen.— Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establith multi 21h Strucl,l:9adon. MARKET I THE COUNTRY MAR f vb ". IPSWICH, Mencx 5. This day's market was thinly attended 1 the .51/1Y; of /ell was very small, and was sold, only the turn In i e , yerr" buyer. Barley was in short suppl y also, and bei e b OW in quality, sold with little variatio in price. Q ua- .is PE II 0 PER QUARTER . QUARTER. 26' t 000 18s to 31-1 s Peas. .................. n ,,, to ,sr, Ditto, white Barley, malting ~ , 71 to 0 ,, Ditto, grinding .......... ..... n to OP Beans ........ AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARC° ' 7d• 4 61. Wheat 735 quarters a t 2d. 245. od , Barley Oats ....... ... ... 245• a Beans .. Peas NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARCH a• - • - • .b e rs"' 0 Tug's market we have little or no change to note, t he of e e c qu ar ,, be er., Saturday being maintained for wheat. ir Hamburgh wheat was aferirr , but met ro ith f " pri e l' although 3L.s per quarter would have been iy of oats, &c., remain nominally as before. ,rh SOL NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 5.- - ",,. e 5 O 0 - v e e th beams was large, altt.ough less than last wee k Id part '.4; Quality middling • trade dull at former prices, ; : rates, too mains unsold. Sheep trade sluggish at drooP* of 36 04 a good clearance. Beasts 760, sheep .5,000. •""'" ' • s ore ill Si 6d per stone ; mutton, sid to 6d per lb. Th re - Abs. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET , MARCH 5. --- -- b e i n g 2. - 1 o aceepteo. the meal market to-day 23 sacks atmeal, each vrog - ii i j 649 ' H E imperial, whereof 24 sold thus : - 3 at 1/5s Od, 6 a t , e Frio!, at at 114 s Od, 4 at 1/ 3s 6d, and 1 at 113 s Od ; ac eras 'i 2 0°I " the whole 114 s Id 6-12ths 4 sacks flour, w here° id t hus:" ... 275, and 2at 2.'s. 3 sacks ' pot-barley, whereof 20° 5 .., latl/ 4s Od, and latl/ Is , I 011 / 1 :0,I . EDINNUEGII HAY AND STRAW N A RKS , a A t t n ef -- c o Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s Od per kernple of - 5 to 71 wheat ditto, 8s rdto 9a Od ; -barley ditto, ‘,- 6r 10 Hay, frcm 8d to 10d per qt Ilia Vei t Si DALKEITH MEAL .lII.A ' u o ic ne a . r, 311 ARCH 4.--. -- e l'' -I sacks oatmeal, Bof barley al, and l o f potbarlel onio n day's market ; sales read y Oatmeal up 6c l re i ioie r b fi nest and second qualities, and Is 6d per load o n the dovo p r a arleymeal, 8d k: er bag up ; potbarley , Is 6d per b a g Th i Al ecop- e ia -' Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. k'i ' rst Od ` 0.1 imperial .. 233 6d 225 - , ...4 Barleymeal, per dittO .. ... 16 31 163 °,,A .....1 , ‘ , 4 °' Peasemeal :Od "' s o ° d " ••• °d u' Flour .. ... ." ... 7.$ Od --s d 0 4 • ••• ... Pot barley ... .„„ .., 21 ; Od -- "e ° Wheat, red .—YESTER.DAT. Lambtoil .............. l i b , - 61 Lumley .......... q d , [Russell's Iletton 0 0 1 Denison .................. ; 0 6 fleugh .......... iis 4 nartiepod ................. 155 61 Eleselden ••• .. 16s o d Kelloe ........... . ..... South Kelloe ......... Thornley ......... . ....... !! s 94 West Iletton ........... l~s Cownden Tees .. U. Maclean's Tees ......... 10 04 Seymour Tees ........ 1 55 01 South Diatom ......... 0 3 0 , -; Cow Graigola ...... 158 wpegn Hartle,' ... ...... 15s o / Derwentwatergar pis nA ilartley .. 9 / H ow ard's W. fi• Sidney 's Hartley et, Shi ps at Mark COAL MARK.K Carr's Hartley Chester Main l4B Od Davison's West Hartley 1 s Od East Adairs Main l2B 6d Hasting's Hartley 1 Is 6d New Tanfield l'is 6d Old Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.llart 15s Od South Peareth Tanfield Moor Canfield Moor Butes l3s 6dl Walker's Prim rose Wall's End, &c Brown's ..... ........... Hilda l4s 6d Killingworth l4s 3d Eden Main • l6s 6cl Bell Belmont 165 0& Braddvll Haswell l7s 6, Jonassohns 1 19 fa RAILWAY SHAttE MA R v ed BRISTOL, BlAnot 6. b e en 0 , STOCK ExcnANGE.--The market to-day w e st., quiet. The transactions were as follow: Grea'ai5......3.10.` Quarters, Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, I" land, 39%. LIVERPOOL, MAKCII 6. fire , to-deg STOCK EXCIIANGE.-110 market was VII fo lio , ' ...., at the quotations. The transactions were iir o:t dig. . I . Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifchs, p/ a il te rs, 11 c L lo o i n . dsohnaraens,dl3/1/4:ordtlits-.lleEsatesrtnL,lo:l—Ditto, ew. Qum Pti°c —Ditto, Fifths, IA p —Midland Halves 2 4.5 i dig. d obeste rt Lincolnshire, 7a—Dutch Ithe a n n's is e:sll)l;.-e; and Midland, es. od.—Shret 'b ry O'swestry, W n , 1.;3,, C Line • - h 61...5. and Rouen, 9 -2!4. oro MANCHESTER, Illaactr 6. ve ry lie STOCK ExcliArtali.—Our share m ar ket been , ve , 1 to-day, and a fair amount of business has been 1 0 - r ks hir e ... ! transactions_ ci were as follow : Lancashire and , 71 / dt„ r foitnids, 3/ s dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union) , id o cbeg e l, and n and North-Western, 104 ex d.--Di ttm h ger, 611 ce Birmingham (C), Quarters, 7.16 p.-I%lanc ec,rci-eren ,t field, __and Li 6 3 / 4 —Ditto, Grimsby (501 Shares), 6i —Ditto. - zu ( , vow r 4) , 2%—p- ncolnshire. Eighths, 1 9-16—Dtt.°!,,,•1/. Share!!! itto Shares) 1 9-16--•iropshi hire 3 11-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 18 - l e it s t b ° lre furl Qu3aar.teer.s,cl/8....--roris Thirds, s:Y 4 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and C tion, 17% dis. 1, ag e _;_ o h - e day tr w ai a l ssacbteiot BIRMINGHAM, MAncii 6. f,Se' ll fr o STOCK EXCFIANGH..—Business on our Stock ling ge it. t o b e that s r' w a e n :a l e x p t a r eiscn:tsfoi. follow w t p l r i o . e l e l e d p L . r o e a t (l i ll o o n il f b e s ae sn s b d b li e r s e ;o ff l iiiis b a: B R i ' r e in st i e n r g n h , a l m 4il 1/ s. At p.-Midland, ~. d s (B.), 6/. 6s. 3d. dis.—South Stanor, re $ Brom EXCHANGEYORTKhB 3'tirAaßnscaliqiso.ne tv - "" d111 0 10 .. follow : York, Newcastle,. and Berwick, 14— 5 1 i . .... 1 ; 171 MancLester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Western, 1%. Onth e E d t i h eEr i u s n c i r s i : 0 f A a t d C au b Alexandgie—srh3e , . ---------- , i I la On the Alexander, in-"1311ITH8. le IN — e On ei n s a o t n. the Auberies, Ver t" t Bowd en ,h Es q., o f st.: hen atli Kent , jo o li n n t , h s. e w l o s o t d i , n s : i ., rs t . be ; l : f C• of a daughter. f ife o Essex , t he both f W. S t" 7 9f a daughter. On the I s t` . , he wife ' 9 ' inst., at Glenthorne, Torque'', & .f e : : : s oroos ri vrvi:n . i is.. o.iNilifEeee3 Johnson, of in BiII-st r e e t, the - , of a daughter. t he If i ~ c , 0V f ' At Tulle -hill, Fs q., Mu ° Ent., on the 26th ult., the wife of e t dau ht -1 1 ge r ' crescent, Portland -pi.. 'st i g nst. e , r in Doughty-street, Mecklenburg bt 6 Or i'ilt On wirg°lblst inst., in Chatham -place, CaniberWell" I A. Jackson, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at BoitxtAefillf. iglf;nerdamillarsoit fel:/11::1°1 A. O u n a t y, he `'. Bth ult., ham, to Anna Frances, third daughter of $• ,•- . Boxted. . PO' i -este , er I%% n r o ia f t P i Tz l : l ib te etl j i Mr, Cale, of of Stan rate, to Isabella, young ° tli s e {Dort ~t , Bridgc-bstreet, Westminster. o I the 2(1 inst. at St. Margaret's, Westroll datigbt , at :t. Mary - Islington Ge°10:011, bi IT. ,oldiligillir(t)ewriCe)/ Jia'''sniie"sBl.itoltotilli'ffell'qC.,°(l Csll°°- 0: ttihl --_— mi te, MED. On the • e •th 'wt., at 73, Albert-street, al°l,lere!tOerh'eflt°ll Regent's-park, Mary, the devoted f d 11,nEtq.,.1 a We' O Warwick -road n , s Mackenzie. e e 2 l i st in in st st., E at Gainford, Darlington, Ito,. -0 ster La O na n o t n he .. 2d i • —(1 75. of Great ' F;ssex. t jilearlder 6°r.. daughtert., erefords o h f i r ,of upper r e acAniota,rer,,,tfrooeii.lic,t of the a ° the 2d , Louisa, the wife of Mr. a• 11. % Herefordshire. MD., vicar of Aberfurd, 11:o°rrlikstirree: gisbde‘;;l3l:estrel' the e. late John Cover, Esq. , 0010136 t On the 3d inst., at Chester -square, Maria, 1-I.` ci ~no fvh a . i 7 :1 Llndon: Printed and Publish ed by MT'"7)-Oce, o 112, Strand, Printar, At The 520 - Straud, on. - • .h e ,s A voy, 6 icklOps, Vorodoyi Much 7, lbw' ------ NAVA L INTELLIGE NCE. h a uled off The Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, still forty the Thck:,•arcl, Devonport, on Monday, s ud is fortY men short of her complernen'. The Dev on , li g ht er (Bond), left Devorr on r t Monday. with stores for Pembroke and Holybei' l e The Duck, lighter (Savage), sailed from De re - pert with stores for Portsmouth on Tuesday. ed r 4. The Lucifer steam-vesel Lieutenant-Commin R. T. E. Royd is protecting• the fisheries t Ga waY. ' 5 5 all cicht The covering ' was taken off the Fairy, ruY . 7 .01 tender, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday afternoon, '._ yesterday she was ni.a:-ted, taken out of the old bas!1:: and, with Captain Crispin on board, went round %IL° head, to prove that her machinery W 35 all aged state bnrge and the Fairy's boats were launched ' L e. t nw h oi e lwie d hr o e c p; k i yard yesterday evening. She i s , therefor e, (it a y ce tt h i is co u n;e a y i PhiiignhceneAsslhvveritii togoCtosbnoFrereitit., next, to inspect the improvements and alterations at are now being carri e d o ut there. The prin ce r return to London the same afterncon• T,13 01 The Stromb o li, 6, st e am-sloop. Commander /mess' A. Beauclerk, lel - Devon port on -.Monday for "',-, ; u rn towr, with SetIMCII for the Superb. She IS to '- to atvonpl,rt. PORT:N e lO r u e T g r r l e , t l t V o E s n a N y E , SDAY.-11c at- Adn' iral .d re-'1: in the dockyard, and has Cott is, inquiring this evening, however, we w ere 'r"r the The was a little better. for eery us,n)sfvoerll,soataiheisdriesf! eninc;eat; The Essex Indianian sailed from Spithead East Indies this afrernoon, abaut four o clock. jet , The Rolla, 8, Lilatenant Fenwick Comrcs„cool having been refitted for the instructio n of the fo ; t he apprentices, went out to Spithead to-day, commencement of the exercising season• it s tet' The Sprightly steam- tender, Mr. Allen Ili a lir , Commander, proceeded to Devonport this eveni with men, &c , for the Arethusa. 'stet' The Lily, 12, Commander Bedford, had pot ho,, i, the pendant this afternoon. She is quite CO her rigging. Wind S.W., light airs and hazy. APPOINTM ENTS. ff A WooLvvicn, MARCH 6. Lieutenant giellilbert Kerr (1844), to the Royal Victoria ana steam-yacht, at Portsmouth. i n the i Lieutenant G. H. H. Greathed (184 6 1 , fr° Phaeton, 50, to the Lily, 12, at Portsmouth• f th . Lieutenant Beville G-. W. Nicolas (184° 'II Phaeton. S, D' Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Arm strong, (1846), to the Lily. . frse l Second Master george F. M‘Dougsll (18 4 fr the Sparrow, sur ve yi ng the south-cast coast ° f c e t • land, to the Res o l u t e , fitting for the Arcti rr - e dition. A tior Midshipmen—W. H. de Landou, formerly A -c r tbar mate of the Sharpshooter, to the Lily;, A o rta a Bagley, to the Excellent gunnery ship , mouth, and Benjamin Lefroy, to the Lill. Gunner William Bolt, to the LilY. looP his The second trial of the Magicienne stealing . 0 to been postponed to Tu e sday next, to off°l4 time finish some work still to be done on board. rig e.