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Mr. ROEBUCK thought the question ought to be divested of all considerations as to whether these mar riages were prohibited by the New Testament, for 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 guidance of the people in the matter. He differed with the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Sidney Herbert) Viet a broad distinction ought to be drawn between the Church of England and persons who did not agree with it. Now the reasons which ha I induced men in all civilized countries to prohibit marriages with a dieter, were first the physical, and secondly the moral evils which resulted from the nature of the intA.coune. 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. He thought if these marriages were legalised that exalted feeling of esteem and confi dence 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 families where now nothin g of the kind was felt or thought of. But if the Right Honourable 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 barrier which the law had raised, every day and every hour would witness the occurrence of jealous bickerings and miserable disputes in family relations, which now multi all the kindly feelings of our nature.— (Hear, hear.) Could 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 title 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, or C with his wife's sister, was a matter of little importance. It could not justify the pas=sing of a Bill like this. It was not as if a man mere paced upon a desert with his wife and her sister, be c use there if the wife died, the desire to continue the race of man might justify a marriage with the sister.— (Llear, hear, and a laugh.) But there was no such want in this country, and when the benefits likely to a-ise from the passing of the Bill were put against its dangers, the comparison was immeasurably in favour of continuing the existing prohibition. It was mauled, he readily admitted, that au aunt should have a lively affection for her sister'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 owe, perhaps, and all the affections of the aunt were lost in the feelings of the wife, and insteal of increasing the happiness of her life, and making her a more powerful and efficient protector of her sister's children, the utmost that could be done to diminish her kindness for them had been accomplished.—(Cheers.) Therefore upon %he 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 ous plan than this Bill could possibly be devised for converting the kind and fond aunt into the jealous stepmother.—(Hear.) With regard to the religious part of the question, he 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 Is ant 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 of 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 mat important of all our institutions, namely, that of families—(Hear, hear)—and because ho felt that this Bill was a direct attack upon that institution, and fraught with danger and evil to the entire social system, he felt bound to record his vote against it.—(Cheers.) Mr. SPOONER was afraid, after the able and eloquent speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, ho should not be able to secure the attention of the House; but he thought it4to bchis duty to protest against the doc trine laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Mem ber for Wilts, and seconded by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, that the Word of God ought not to be mixed up with this question. He admitted there would be inconveniences arising from this Bill to a small class of the population; but he called upon the House to remember how many were living in a state of concubinage. He was convinced, from a long and intimate acquaintance with dense populations in the meneacturing districts, whose houses were so crowded, and where society was so large and dense that the wets of concubinage 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 limper fi ction of human law—a law which took upon itself a power which it had no right t assume, in his h amble judgment. Giving to this subject the best con e:aeration lee could, he was thoroughly convinced that by tee Word of God such marriages were not forbidden. He (Mr. Spooner) contended that the Hon. Member (Mr. Hope) had not quoted Dr. Hook's letter fairly, in asmuc h as Dr. Hook had expressly used the term o camangui . ply," and not the term " affinity," upon the former of which words the whole of Dr. 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 God —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 and earnest support to the second reading of this Bill.—(Cheers.) Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER said that no one could deny the power, ability, and research which had been displayed in the speech of his Right lion. Friend the promoter of the Bill. That speech was fraught with in dustry and talent. It was full of the intellectual power which he at all times possessed, and which he could at all times exert, but it had failed to convince him that his arguments were sound, or that the change would be desir able. The speech of the Hon. Member for Warwickshire, who had just sat down, had also been distinguished by tho happy adaptation of it s arguments and the peculiar felicity of its expression—(Hear, hear)—but he must beg to dissent altogether from the doe rine that the marriages which it was the object of this till to render legal were not opposed to the law of God. But, for a moment setting aside all considerations of this nature, what would be the case supposing the spirit of this Bill to be carried out—what would be the else in all our domestic relations? Why, that a road would be opened for other evils which the projectors of the Bill seemed to have overlooked.—(Hear, hear.) If the marriage with the sister of a deciaaad wife was to be permitted, why also should not tinarriage t f a wife with the husband of a deceased wife be permitted?— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Yet this was a point which had been left altogether out of the discussion .—(Hear, hear.) Then, as respected the point which had been so much d we l t upon both .by the mover of the Bill, and also by the Honourable Memb et for Warwickshire, the latter Gentlemanhad relied upo i a difference between the reading or the text in the cha ,ter of Leviticus and the marginal reading, and although he had spoken of contemptible Hebrew scholars. it ,hnnia he recollected I that the marginal readings were usually considered as the more correct readings of the two, and surdly he would not attempt to say_ that those translators of the Bible, by whom the marginal readings were affixed, were contemptible Hebrew scholars. They expounded the text, and were, more.over, the compilers of the canons of 1603, in which those marriages were prohibited. He now came to the speech of a Right Honourable Friend of his whose opinions he had always been accus tomed to receive with the deepest respect; but when the Hon. Member for Wilts (Mr. Sidney Herbert) stated that no religious feeling was to be allowed to interfere with the law of marriage, and that, as an alteration ha) been already 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 licence was invariably used. Now, would the House, because it was shown that such marriages had frequently taken place, be justified in passing a measure for the legalizing of them? Certainly not. It was the privilege of that House to regulate what belenged to the order and good goterument of society, to f mon a conscientious judgment of the moral tendency of any institutions which might exist or might be pro posed to the House, and to act upon their convictions. 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 held upon the Con tinent, yet had the House ever legislated upon the opinions of a few individuals, and ought it to do so in this matter? As to the argument which had been advanced on the immoral tendency of this law of prohi bition, it was just a; sensible to say that the law of theft was chvrgeable 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 from 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 be 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 un example tor this country, that he was disposed to attribute the difference which he saw in the morals of this and other countries to the levity which prevailed abroad upon these points. In conclusion, upon this point, he should use the words of Milton, though for a tar different purpose to what that author had applied them—" Let not England forget her privilege of teach ing 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 nature, as the subject was capable of. The Hon. Gentleman the Member tor. Sheffield had certainly painted, in his own peculiar manner, the tender and domestic relations of the family affections, and the importance of extending, if possible, those relations. He (Mr. Milnes) 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 of cousins he could not see any objection to removing the prohibition. He thought that when they looked abroad and saw that this law had been deliberately broken by good citizens and honest men—broken, too, without any loss of public estimation—this of itself was enough to furnish a prinid facie evidence of the necessity of some altera tion in the law. Bat this measure had only been brought f _award when these marriages had spread to the highest ranks. If a foreigner had been in tho gallery the other night, when the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ox ford favoured them with his views on this subject, he would not have fancied that there was a law on the statute-book declaring these marriages, up to a certain day, to b© legal; but it was not lair for days or hours to prevent the legalizstioa of marriages. Having ad mitted 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 came before them for the first time.—(Hear, 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 it.—(Hear, 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 whatever 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 men of station and importance be lieved the law ought to be altered, and the people would become gradually habituated to them.—(blear.) And therefore it was that he asked the House to pass the Bill now rather than welt till the pressure from without. —(Hear, hear.) If they had 2,000 of these marriages now they would have 4,000 of them in ten years hence. The people of England were not accustomed to evade he law of the land. A man who did an unlawful thing was invariably shunned by his neighbour; but , n regard to these marriages, although, to a certain extent, they were a violation of the law, that feeling did not prevail, and hence they were not only tolera•ed but encourage,'. Why, then, continue a law which had inflicted misery upon hundreds of families—which had illegitimised children that were legitimuto in the eyes of mot a ity ? Pass this Bill, and he believed they would be doing what was right; but refuse it, and they would inflict is grievous wrong upon a large body of tie community. lI.: implored I lon. Members, who were members of the Church to aequiesce in this Bill. Some cases of mar riage of this kind had come within his own knowledge ainJug the higher daises, and tnere were many others among the middle classes of society, all of whom thought they were justifiable in contracting these marriages. And that being so, he would Lot presume to set his own individual opinion against those of the persons in the higher and middle classes who Lad contracted such nutrriuges. Lord NIAIION must say, af, er the fullest considera tion, that he had 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 not alter the law of marriage without producing a violent infraction of the social feelings which existed among the people. He thought the intercourse between a married woman and her sister, and between a man and his siAer in-law, would receive the greatest interruption and dis t❑rbance from such a measure as was now proposed.— (Hear, hear.) He did think also that they were to look not merely to what that intercourse might be i❑ a period of health, but al►o 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 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, moved either by a feeling of affection towards her children or by a tender regard for her husband, might exact from her husband a promise that he would contract a subsequent marriage after her death with some one of her sisters; but it might happen that the husband might have 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 common, would produce the greatest struggle in the mind of the husband, between the sanctity of a promise exacted and made under such circumitances on the one hand, and the feeling of affection on the other. 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 held before Lord Lyndhurst's Act, he must say that he should not be at all satisfied with it, but feeling that an amendment or improvement upon that state of things could possibly be made by an altera tion cf the present law, he should on this and on all future occasions give his strenuous opposition to this Bill. Mr. COCKBURN said, that after the observations which he had made to the House on the subject, it might seem almost superfluous to make any further re marks upon the Bill before the House, but 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 bear with him.—(Hear, hear.) During the former debates upon this Bill those who had opposed it had, in the first instance, taken their stand upon the express declaration of the revealed will of God, but as the discussion advanced that ground hal been tacitly abandoned, and no one but the Honourable and Learned Member for Plymouth (Mr. Rounded Palmer) had even ventured again to bring it forwardl That question had been effectually disposed of.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Palmer.) He would show it in a few moments by a rapid review of the arguments that had been used in previous debates.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member far Abingdon (Sir P . Thesiger) has 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 t) a c , enrnon conclusion.—(H h Rut even ear., _ oven supposing the Church to be of on e mind, which, a he had just said, it was not, its community did not in clude all England, and the Dissenters, almost to a marl, if he might judge by the petitions on the table, were una nimous in favour of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) In what 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, h 4 ae.) It was a recognised rule that whatever was not prohibited by the Divine law was allow e d 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.—(flear, hear.) It was true that the Hon. and Learned Member far Plymouth had discovered in the deep recesses of his recondite learning that some obscure Hebrew sect, of whom he would venture to say that:not twelve mea in that House had ever heard, had made out ourpresentint !rpret stion of the text of Leviticus. Now such a statement was altogether without authority. But then the Learned Gentleman says that we are not bound by the Hebrew law but the Christian dispense ann. Well ennentlino. that nf the New Testament did they find time 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 him, And now for the moral and social ground which had been brought forward. It had been said that there was a possibility 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 morality of England as being so much superior to that of other countries, while they thus reasoned on the possibility of the women of England so easily forgetting all their feelings of honour in such a manner as this. Why, againc if the wife felt jealous, would not she very easily get rid of her sister? On that aide they contended that these marriages were necessary for many reasons—for none stronger than that when a mother, lying on her death-bed and about to leave a young family behind her, whom would she so readily choose as her own sister? The Learned Member for Sheffield admitted this, but he said that if they allowed this Bill to pass the feelings of the aunt would in many cases be merged into that of a stepmother. lie (Mr. Cockburn) did not believe that. He doubt id if it were possible for a young unmarried female to live in the most familiar intercourse with a young widower without occasioning 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 not exist, nor could they legislate to prevent the rise and growth of those feelings which were natural to every man. 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 had any exist ence, and he 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 slightest 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. SHELL said he did notknow whether his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Cockburn) was a member of the Es tablished Church, but from the speech he had delivered he should conjecture that he was " a Christian unattached." —(Laughter.) If he (Mr. Shall) 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.—(Bear, 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 lion. 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, and on the prospective bride 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 interests 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 chastity. 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 sister, it was inevitable that her feel ings would undergo a powerful alteration.—(Bear, hear.) The worst of all passions, jealousy, would take possession of 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 now enter tains for his wife's sister was a tentiment purely pla tonic, unsullied by an unholy wish ; but if he were n,ught by his Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Bute, to look upon her as an ob ject of probable pos ession, the woman will be placed in a perilous proximity, and a change would be produced iu the moral temperature.—(Cheers.) He passed next to the wife's sister. She now looks up to her sister's husband as her protector, her friend, for whom she entertains a moral respect, but no impassioned friendship or love; but if she be taught to look upon him as her contingency—or, he might almost say, if she be taught to believe that she has vest-d remainder, under the auspices of so astute a lawyer as the Honourable and Learned Member for Bute, in the pillow on which her sister's cheek will be coldly and lifelessly laid—or if she learn to associate her wedding garment with her sister's shroud—he was afraid the spirit of wickedness would take possession of her breast, and a wide field would be opened to her future conjugal specu lation.—(Hear, hear.) He was afraid 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 re course to all ordinary sources of womanly attraction to enchain the mind ani passions of the husband. — (Cheers.) She would study every attitude and gesture, every look and action which woman could so readily, nay, almost instinctively, assume in accomplishing her ends to obtain an influence over the husband.—(Cheers.) These considerations induced him to think that the measure was unadvisable.—(Cheers.) If his Hon. and Learned Friend's Bill passed, where was it to stop ? (lear, hear)—where could they limit the prohibited degrees ?—where would the Hon. and L , arned Gentle man pause ?—(Hear, hear.) If a man marries his wife's sister, why not marry his wife's daughter ?—(Cheers.) Where was .the limit to be fixed?—(Hear, hear.) He Lad promised not to touch upon the dogmatical part of the question, and thus far he had fulfilled his pledge; but he might still venture to state thus much, without departing from the regulation he had laid down for him self, namely, that the religious feeling of the vast majority of the people of the three countries was against this measure. I'he women of England— the wives and daughters of England, who were the best judges upon a subject in which the.r own happiness and that of man was involved—were against this measure. —(Cheers.) The 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 L trd-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 ,ay that they were against it.—(Hear, 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 be would not run counter to the religious feeling of the country for the sake of an inno vation which breaks dowa some mural defence that now protects our homes, and against which Cal vinistic and austere Scotland—Catholic and 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, bemuse he could not agree with the opinion which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had sat down with. He supported the Bill, and ridiculed the idea of a wife's sister ever resorting to the assassination of the wife for 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 solemnized more frequently than at present, inasmuch as the people in those parts of the kingdom looked upon them with repugnanee.--(" Divide, divide.") But it would be otherwise in England. For these reasons, and because he thought it was a question of religious liberty, he would support the Bill. Mr. COBDEN had watched the tendency of this question fur several years, and he thought the agitation out of doers had arisen from ecclesiastical and religious feeling, and had mainly been confined to the Church of England.—(No, no.) He repeated it, that the main element in the opposition to 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. He would have this question discussed apart from biblical authority.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sheil), wanting facts and argu ments, fell oti the religions argument. He said the people of Scotland and 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 bad never put the construction that had been contended for on the verse in Leviticus which bad 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. —(Hear, hear.) Why, the Baptists and Independents unanimously regarded this as a matter of religious liberty.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman relied upon the Levitical law. They should take the opinion of Dr. Adler, the head of the Jewish persuasion. If 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.—(Hear.) Had they forgotten the petition which was presented by the Noble Lord the Member for London, which was signed by wimps the most influential body of men that had ever attached their signatures to such a ducument?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") One Honourable Member had reprobated the pelitions which had been presented for the Bill, and st tted that those meetings had been got up for the purpose of excitement; but had they heard of any meetings on the other side? None such had been held, and the fact had been over and over again proved that the not holding of those meetings had shown that there was no public feel ing whatever out of doors on this subjr , et.—(llear.) 'l'ne Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member tor Sheffi-ld had, in beautiful language, told them that the pa,sttig of this Bill would be a desecra ion of the holy and disinterested affection which now. existed between brother and sis! er, but he found from that him book that, in numerous instances, the dying wife had re quested that her husband should choose her sister as the guardian for her children, and when the lion. and Learned Member for Dungarvon talked of walking over a wife's grave to the altar. it was simply stating that which was a manifest error.—(llear, hear.) What were they legislating for ?—not fur ;hose woo were in the heyday of passion, but fur the widower whose first care was to provide for his mother less children. And who could provide for them, '• 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 hitherto considered 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 been 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 reflection, 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 body of the PreshyterianF, to such secular matters. " On more than one occasion the Lord-Lieutenant has bad to regret the use of language by ministers of the Gospel 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 of 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 matters, operate as the most effectual checks upen 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 be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient, humble servant, " T. N. REDINGTON. " The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TuEsner.--In 30's, 40's, and ..50's mule twist, suitable for Indian consumption, the market is very steady, prices being well sus tained by the adequacy 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 letters received to-day, from Germany, show that, although stocks are exceedingly moderate, there is mightyet a n below the cost f what n s w urn he cie i n m t po s r u t p e p d lT, 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 d u ll d a y in reeled though th ere i s li tt l e a lt era ti on i n quotations, still the buyers are able to wa makewater the twist gt h ; and, 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 shirtings. Long cloths, T cloths, and domestics, however, continue to be neg lected. The 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. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a rather quiet market to-day in flannels, with little or no change in prices. In the wool market there has been little doing, and prices have been stationary. MACCLESFIELD, TtiEsnex.—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 prices being very firm for good and useful silks. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, —Our market has been brisker than ever, the stock continuing low, and being in facfat present lower than ever before known. The Cloth Hall looks quite deserted, and the menu lecturers are working for order s onl y . Hetarax, S ATUR DAY. —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 has not been much done in the market today, and the cloth trade generally is not quite so brisk, buyers not being disposed to give the advanced prices asked. There is a fair business doing in the warehouses, chiefly by shippers. ------- ,r, CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS ( COL ONIES). —It appears from rt tarns moved for by Mr. Evart, tor the purpose (,f nscertaioin 4 how far crimes for which capital punish• U:l‘ rit hive been abolished in this country, are still capi t,lly punished in the colonies, in addluon to the crimes of murder a n d arson , attacks with int ent to murder, rape, robbery f rom t he person with stabb in g , bu r glary with intent t o mur d e r, assaults of a name less nat u re, and wilfully cas ti ng aw ay 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 lIOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for the W , ek ended March 3, 1850:—C. and H. Main Line, 1.1611 195. BJ.; Mold, 691. 35. 4 d.; steam-boats, 901. 12s. Od.—Total, 1,3211. 153. Od. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BET PING AT NIANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-6 to 1 agst Marriott (t), 13 to 2 agat Osterley, 13 to 1 agat Fernhill, 15 to 1 agst Belus (t), 15 t i 1 agst Velox, 20 to 1 agst Pt iestess. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst Cheerful, 16 to 1 agst Snowstorm, 16 to 1 agst Dough, 25 to 1 agst Testator, 25 to 1 agst Inheritress. CHESTER CuP —l3 to 1 agst Glauca, 100 to 6 ags' Miss Ann, 18 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 18 to 1 agat Peep- ;'- Day Boy, 20 to 1 agst Roland, 20 to 1 agst Fuglemsn, 23 to 1 agst Whim colt, 25 to 1 agst Cossack, 300 to 10 agst John Cosser (t and afterwards offered), 40 to 1 agst The Flea, 40 to 1 agst Woodlark, 45 to 1 agst Harriett. DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 7 to 1 agst Bo lingbroke, 13 to 1 agst The Nigger, 14 to 1 agst Vol tigeur, 16 t) 1 agst Italian, 25 to 1 agst Mildew (t), 25 to 1 agst Cyprus (t), 40 to 1 agst Penang. Very little betting. BRIDGNORTH STEEPLE CHASES. —TUESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. ea , .th, 10 ft, with 50 acdedi the second to save his stake. Four miles (10 Subs., 4 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) Mr. 011iver's Trust-me-Nut, aged, lOst 121 b (Mason) 1 Mr.llughes's M issColling wood, aged, 10 stlolb(liugbes) 2 Lord Lurgan's Sobriety, aged, lOst 81b (Magee) 3 Mr. Vevers's Vengeance, aged, lOst 31h (Waller) 4 Free Handicap (Hurdle Race) of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, aged, lOst 6,b...(Braddeley) 1 Mr. D3bbs s Lucy Neal, a ;e3, last 51b (Taylor) 2 Mr. Oakes's Smell Beer, aged, 103 t 51b (R Sly, jun.) 3 Mr. C. Hughes's Rebecca, 5 yrs lOst 6lb (Hugh° ) tell. The following also ran:—Mr. Lister's Whartdale Maid, aged, lost 91b—Mr. Vevers's Volatile, 5 yrs, lOst :3lb (Walker)—Mr. Edwards's Mind-your-own-business, aged, 103 t (Frisby)—aud Mr. Lawrence's Amelia, 3 yrs, Bst (Lawrence). The Hunt Steeple Chase Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added. Three miles. Mr. Page's fby Jereed, 5 yrs, Ilst I Ilb ...(Huges) 1 Mr. Braithwaite's Middleton, 5 yrs, list 111 b (Owner) 2 Mr. Ree's Torn Bowling, aged, 12st 71b (Davenport) fell. CROXTON PARK, 1850. Acceptances for the Granby Handicap. Age. st. lb. Age. sr. lb. Vesta Ballinafad Joe o' Sot Lady Hylda Giselli a 11 4 Normanby Rsthmines Alp Mrs. Tait Backbiter Acceptances for the Gold Cup. Age. at. lb.i Age. at. lb. Ballinafad Lady Hylda ... .. 6 11 4 Lansquinet a 10 6 Alp I R,- 4 10 3 Ratbmines Backbiter Mrs. Taft DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIVES OF BORNEO. In the piratical district of the Rejang, 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, flanked at the sides with bamboo, and thatched with atap, 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. The supporting piles are strong and 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 mats 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 mewls of ascent is by notched poles, passing up through openings 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; but 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 beauty, 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. Th e Lundi Dyaks 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 houses possessed by the fierce and formidable pirate tribes of Borneo present every appearance of comfort , and many of them are re markable Ibr the skilful joining of the timbers and planks, considering that few nai ls are used, and very rud e t oo l s employed. The general materials i used in the construc tion of the houses of t he Indian islanders ar e bamboos, rattans, ves thethefirst rs palmetto tm o most leaf, com m atap, oniy and used wild grass. the e o rural T e h supporting posts are of timber or bambo o , t h e walls f Wailed bamboo flattened , the roofs of grass or peltn tt l tribes, the second among the coast dwellers. Builder. BRIAN BOROIHME'S HARP.—It is well known that , , the great monarch Brian Boroihme w as kill e d e t the battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1012. H e l e f t hi s son Donah his harp ; but Donah regalia of his having murd,red his brothe l ei ge, and being deposed by hi s ne ph e w, retired to Rome, and carried with him the c rown, harp, and other 'ather. These regalia were kept in the Vatican till Pole Clement sent the Harp to Henry VIII., but kept the crown, which was massive gold. Henry gave the harp to the first Earl of Clanric.trAl. in whose family it rem,ined until the beginning of the eigteenth century, when it came by a lady of the De- Burgh family into that of M•Mahon of Glenagb, in the county of Clare, after whose death it passed into the po-session of Counsellor Macnamara of Limerick.. . In 1782 it was presented to the Right Hon. William nip:most arm 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 oak ; thy. in part rotfisr‘ClapspaeldlyWitthhesielxv(trre,niwittil w of r . ( t at h g e ht and chiselled. It contains a large cryst 1 set in silver, and under it was another stone, now lost —Tipperary Free Press. ..:1 . Names of te Dividend Price. Names of ~., ~:i Dividend Companies. 4 1 4 per Companies. as I l''' . Annum. Price ' sc Annum. ---- - -.- Z £i Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 MacclesSell . 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •. • • 160 121. 180 Neatla -•• • • 100 ' 16/. 340 lfrknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 ; 20/. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 89 Peak Forest. 78 Si. 18s. 70 Coventry..•. 100 251. 1210 Regent's ... • 33 IL 2s, 18% Derby ••. .. 100' 61. 163 Rochdale.. • • 85' 41. 503 Ellsaire&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 159 71.105. 130 GrandJunctu 100' 5/. 85 Do.LkFdSt 12 161. p. e. - Grand Surrey, 100 21. Os. I 30 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 400 Grand Union 1 100 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 151 . - Grantham -1150 - - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 300 Kennt & Avn 139 7s. 6d. 5 Severn and ') ,„, Lancaster . 100 2L 323 Wye Rail. 26' A l . Os. - Leeds&Livrp; 100 301. 31734 Warwick& - ) Leicester ....:100 5 1. 6334 ilirming. j 100 41. 63 r, clcgt r & N th 83 41. 701, 5 4 10 6 W N ar awpt i o c n k . & .} 100 31. 43 Lot/hborugh!l42 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr & slntgomrysla 100 - Birming. j7B 31 * 42 - MeltnMwbryi 100 - - Wilts & Brks -, 14s. 9 Lt Or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PlClczia Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. _____----- -- ----- __.£ e. d. I s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190 laledonian Bank City of Glasgow Rank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12% _llydesdale Bank -•• • • 634 per cent. 20 0 01 10 0 0 13% commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 I' 172% Eastern Bank -••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5/. ICs Exehange Bnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 14% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 rational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% N7ertit of Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 50 0 334 North British Bank - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland fq. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91 Western Bank.. ...• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Firs and Life 83{1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. V. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17.. i 3d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' 23 Co;onial Life ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 I/. Os. City of Glasgow Life Si. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 ,21. 121 Edinburgh Life Insur Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1 201% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 : - I Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Incur. Co. of Scotlnd- SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. lOs Mercantile Life National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s. 6cl North British Incur. North & West of Scot. Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 00 I - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gyn. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6 1 4!. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 249.6 d Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 !If, United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 j 173 Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount *lams of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - - .e. s. d. £. a. d. Auction Mart •• - .... 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agricultnrl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint., IL 10a. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -... Canada ........• •• .. Gi. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 25 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 89 Pity Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Iteversienry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 105 Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution-- - - '26 5 0 - Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 79% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 0' 60 0 0 50 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Van Dieman's Land. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 - STEEPLE RACING.—A meeting was held on Thurs day last, in Maidstrne. at which resolutions were en tered into for a repetition of the racing on the Debtling Hills, which proved so attractiAo last year.—Maidstone Journal. _ _ OitxGrr ARles.—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 coutequx de chasse, they were 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 country for tran,hipment to an other foreign st it-, as d not fir introduction here in eon travea ion of the law, and it was therefore requested that t h e y might he tilloa ed to 1 e sent with the goods by which they were accompiini e d t o the foreign port o f destination, hat on consid,rwion o. the matter by authorities of the rev►nue , the ware eonsid-red t Ea arms. awl as such w. rii prohibited to be importal, and were strictly liable to forfeiture; and that the only to t which c. uld be granted in the matter was that she% shonl.l he allowed to be i e•tirorid tf , th , . port from w h ch they had b , ea imprti d i 1.. i this a unt, [ADvFacrisEmENT.]—: wetity Ulcers on the Legs cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--Extract of a letter from 0. B. Knocker, dated Mount Gambia, South Australia, July 7, 1849. 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 Establish meat, 244, Strand, L yndon, 1Z g'lM' THE COUNTRY MAR.- - I IPSWICH, Ma Rex 6. n ly Of 1$ This day's market was thinly attended ; the su P o 'our e' ; 0 0 was very small, and was sold, only the turn beta-- e ery - buyer. Barley was in short supply 10' in quality, sold with little variation in price. QUO co .gli, ~. PER QUARTER. ' 26§ " 000 Wheat, red Ditto, white Barley, malting Ditto, grinding Beans ....... AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING I , IA CII ' d• also, and O. Wheat 735 quarters at 24 0, Barley Oats 1 240 19 1708 1: 400 " C") 49. i Beans ..... ...... • 50 ~ ~,,`", 2."' 0 . Peas ... • ••• 12 ~ 's, t e• this In t °- of . NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARC ,I u' t he 0,1 0 0 I s ng's market we have little or no change to note , rteo , oi ,eo , Saturday being maintained for wheat. 1, 10 q ua no b e 'l 1 Hamburgh wheat was offering, but met with , sor e ' although 38s per quarter would rave been accerteu* E iy d oats, &c., remain nominally as before. a _ m NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MA. CH .""" 1 : 1 , 1e rO Pl ' e t i. beasts was large, although less than last week I d p ot i ;, - 0,1 ; Quality middling • trade dull at former prices., ' oteothit to mains unsold. Sheep trade sluggish at droorßegeef' 311^ - a good clearance. Bea s ts 760, sheep 5,0(1° ' ••- . o.r .'° 5s 6d per stone ; mutton, bid to 6d per lb. n __There '',„" 1 8 0 1:o• EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MARCO ."" ; bioll'4l 1° the meal market to-day 25 sacks oatmeal, each scel vas v,' of imperial, whereof 24 sold thus : • 3at las Od, 6 ' 0 . 0 prila et at 114 s Od, 4at 11 .ib 6d, and So Od ;:g r r e a : o f idth o t ; : .• the whcle I/ 44 Id 6.l2ths. 4 sacks flour, 275, and 2at 255. 3 sacks pot-barley, wh ere°f 29 d 5. --. 1 at 11 4s Od, and I at 1/Is ik onCs. 00 ; Ennisuac it HAY AND . STRAW MARKII.',,i tit neo,, t : 04 , Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s Od per kemple ef 1- 6 ;10 ' wheat ditto, 8s Cd to 9s Od ; barley ditto, 69 ti 33 hay from 8d to 10d per stone. re W ere tbi ° sacksD a LorcaEt meal, M B E a o ft, barelVlait y L m E e T a , 1 , MARCH an d , Ib tor'e day's market ; sales ready. Oatmeal up 6d Fer t i le O b te i s e t y m an e d ai s , e B c d on p d er q b ua ag li t u ie p s ; apnodtblasri6edy p er load 0 0 _ d0v 113 ,,t 1 s 6 ,1 per 11 1 . 1 31 1 Oatmeal, per sack, of 9 80 lbs First Sec ° ,, n j 225 0. 1 imperial . • ' 61 2 ' O ,l r 0 ,1 Barleymeal, per clittO ..• 2136: 31 165 Od •••-. ° 3 Peasemeal ••• Od --6 a d •* -4 , gl Flour ... • • Od --s - •• ••• ••• ---5 ..... 0 Od Pot barley - 213 T..— YESTERDAY. 6 01 11,amhton ............. • i 6, ,Lurnley • ........ • ....... 11 Russell's ......... ••°" i4s w i 15s 4 Dueenuigstojni ............................... Hartlepool ............. Heselden ••• ..... 16s ................. ot! 160 D 1 South gel ............ 01 Thornley ...... ••• .... 159 West Hetton .......... " 10 91 Cownden Tees ." •"*. 140 Maclean's Te.l ....... . . ibe y o u ti Seymour Tees ....... „A South Durhant ........ 2te L t ci Birchg. Graigola 56 Cowpen Hartl 1 50 ;'," j Derwentwaterosrl jartley ........ ( 93 tioward'-s-W• e 14 9 Sidne3 's Ilartley •••, 0 , Sh i ps at market,' COAL MARKS' Carr's Hartley Chester Main' l4s Od Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od East Adairs Main l2s Oct Hasting's Hartley l4s 6d New Tanfield l':a Rd Old Tanfield ... l3s Od Itavensworth'sW.Hart 15s Ou South Peareth anfield Moor .... lss Od Tanfield Moor Butes l3s 6d Walker's Primrose Wall's End, &c. Brown's ... . Hilda. l4s Gd Killingworth l4s 30 Eden Main Bell Belmont l6s Od Braddyll Haswell l7s 6( Jonassohns ... 14s 0, TOCK ExCHANGE RAJ'. ions quiet. Th m e : transaci --WAY sH 14 ii(° ; • BRISTOL, IlLtacn 6. b a wled• —TI k tvr,' Quarters 10 wieerne'arase follow:-Grei't 2. ' Bristol and Exeter, Third', land, 39;./ o f LIVERPOOL. MARCH 6. 00 tr ~ STOCK EXCHANGE —The market Wes ir4iry_. Nile', at the quotations.. and fit°, Fifths, 1 4 Lancashire ire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 421;rterll;ilocic London The transactions were 1 1 3 3‘ "`" , st _ ix and North-Western, 105—Ditto SO Y ,. „P t er• Midland, V. 85.P97.--lilSidhlarenwds' 9d. -aertrtrir:s,l7ll46,ljr9t4trri6° Lincolnshire, its—Dutch 101. Li Shares, 13% dis.—East Lancashire, Q 10 , Sd. c• atc Rhenish • . to - Rouen, 92L to-day, a^ 'll 6/• 4 .0 11 transactions MANCIIESTER, MArtco 6 . v ery' To STOCK F b e en ltel )1 ' d ,xcnArroE.—Our share market * 11 '" An ne. •ver a fair amount of business has and yor 40 / , lv . ere as follow: Lancashp'e...„l- 74 ' , t te r , London and North •Western, 104 ex d. Fifths, 8 8 Is•—Ditto (West Riding frillYtql,' gatac"ool - Birmin gham field, and Lincolnshire, (C), Quarters, 7-16 p.-151aetc prefercre), 63 4 —Ditto, Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1 9-16--Dit•?2ol. ssioo' --'''.--tiester, „leer 2 , _ _ to, Grimsby (50? Shares), 614 --Dittoo:,shis , 40 , 4) , 3 1, "at° (121. lOs. Shares) 1 9-16---`'br v tto ( I ' pee 11-16 di s .....s ' 18.---D1 • WO outh-Eastern and Dover, Thirds, 4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, an Ches 5% —Birkenhead, Lion, 17t/ dig. BIRMINGHAM , 3Thelc Exc n • a Stoc k ling felt. HANok.--LlsineSs on 0 no fee bee s to-day w le as better, and prices improved. "% co , ha s Noma to be that the utmost extent of the depresst 0 s od . The ___ transactions were a 3 follow: -- 1.0116,00/01114 JO' Western, Fifths, 1,4 39 1 4 —„ . f f o rdst lire ' Birmingham Ft p.—Midland, (-4, 61. 6s. 3d. dis.—South S' 111.4tacti Fiollsesettog: ifot e 9. , YORK, Aleacif . . to.d‹,a, 3,b, STOCK :—York, r X k c , H N Air ew o c it a . s — ti Th a e n dt rzßinesrawcticiokn:l4,,,gisar-.....$ 0 rt Manchester, e, Midland, I'6' Buxton,Matlock, and West ern, 1%. At Chiselhurst, Kent, olinilltre t ins t., t ile fill° °r if fl e:l l:el° Bowden, Es On the 3d q. * * of a son. S tep of On the d inst., of of a d in3t., at St. John's-Wood, WO. auhter. th Wif e On the 3d • E oi s the a l B s t o n i mat 43%, --e 1011, ,at the Auberies, F 459 5 0 a daughter. Ilovill, Esq of a Alexander, Es • S' At Tulsa-hill, daughter. in at Hill-street, tlheorql:. i f e 0 ay, the tye wile of o , k , of a daughter. :ta21.(1, Inst., in Park-crescent, Portltin Oe n of / $lll E 'q ., of a d ,on the 26th ult., the wife 1 ns . on, of . a son. 00 °1' aughter. h in Doughty-s!rect, eriborg .06 On the St inst., : geckl s Onthe 11 4 f will of A. st Chatham -place, Caniber Jackson, Etq., of a daughter' tl' h Ot V' of __, ~..e.a., Ati.ARBIED. . m in SP' il i i Pr' l On the sth inst., at Boxted Mr. BOP .„, goo ' J. lam, to Anna Frances, third daughter of P• pir' of Boxted. _ iiis te , ti ter ii still ,iong On the 98th ult., at St. Margaret's, " re fest '.' ftls t._ll , award„ of :,tangate, t:. Isabella, Y° u°i " P j 'o Mr. Cole, of Bridge street, Westminster. Georg n e ,,, , ' 01 1, 0 , On the 2d inst., at !-t. Mary's, Islirgn'eli, Cor i can ° So of the late John Browne, Esq.. St flu b s f;s 6l4 Maria Elizabeth, daughter of James 1 30°L ' In 17. .---- el ite , .4trrit,oo , Gloti c— 011 0 DIED. ..-ciet., f)j. itp O ge n net t ri h s : lpe ' a r r t k il inst., at 73, Albert-5i,..-„e o f ••• • o r 4 , Mary, the devoted 'A" lail d Mack , Row Gef' On the Ist jest., at Gainford, Dal lingto- ' st , r, Esq , ag,e :75 0 itleOlcier Of O , the 211 inst. ' *Eleanor relict of the Late oh dn. 1',41 , ~ f Grea * t Nlvles't% Essex. Ii• V r gr. G. 0 0 On the 2d inst., Ltuisa, the wife 0. - .1$ Warwick-road, Upper Clapton. the SreOtr°l' On the 2d inst ,at Aberford, Yorkshire, 4 ik. , °I e 0 Landon, 8.D., vicar of Abettord, Yorkshire, 0 0006 Herefordshire Grip, 8, they On the 3d inst., at Chester-square, daughter of the ate John Gover, /Esq . 11 4 ' 4 ' 'al ' ---------- ----- ---- - - - - ..--vrapo I°7, ' 0 L ,00, .Printed and Published 1../5' 0"-- Ore 'poll 8/ 12. 't". - 1 Pro., .o rh , e;' 4l4 .... t he .-.trwto ; ; t . ~-..- . ~. ' ,,, '''''Y' ' iddlusei, Thunday, Mach 7, 18641- IMPERIAL PARLIA.-MENT. FIO USE OF CO3-IMONS. March 6. M liRIA.Ou BitAA APJOURNE D DEBATE. (Continual from our Afternoon Edition of Yesterday.) Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that he wished to address a few words to the Hous'ain explanation of the reasons which would determine his . vota upon 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 assignel, and grounds too which differed very materially from the opi nions of many friends fir whose judgment he entertained the very highest respect. Ile (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 rejoiced to see that that dis tinction existed, because he thought they were not justified in arguing the question solely upon religious grounds ; and if he could find a go )d social argument advanced in this discussion, that was the argument upon which he (Mr. Herbert) should rely. It had been held from time immemorial by the Church of England that theso marriages were unlawful, un'} he for one would give his cordial assent to her right of denouncing them. But in the House of Commons, which was not a convocation or a council, they had no right 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 oppositlon t.) it should be grounded, and upon those only. And between the adoption or the rejection of the mew sure the House was bound to take the balalce of ;good and the balance of evil, and to decide in which 2C.1:0 the advantage or disadvantage lay. In the pre ernt Bill he was glad to perceive that everything hal been avoided at all likely to interfere with t`e Church of England. In his Bill of last year his Right Honourable Friend had, he thought, with great impolicy, included in his Dill clauses withdrawing clergymen who offended against this Bill from the authority of the Church of England. With another Chtuch, 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 wag wholly in its hands, had he meddle]. So far as thAs Church of England was concerned, 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 bodies, 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 ben so est iblished, 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-ex:easive with the opinions and conditions of tLe people, and on that ground he had come to the conclu sion to support the Bill.—(Hear.) THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVRTNING, MARCH 7, 1850 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 child - !en?—(Hear, bear,) The religious portion of the question bad been abandoned—(Cries of " Hear, htlir" and "No, no")—and it must be abandoned— (Hear, hear)—and they had, therefore, no ground to go upon—at least in that ll.use—but the social and political grounds.—(Cries of "Hea-, hear.") Upon the principle of those grounds alone could they decide it; and if they did not assume those grounds, what value could they put upon the representations of the Dissenters and the petitions of the women of England?—(Hear, hear.) It they refused to grant this Bill, then would every woman be degraded, and hence forth no woman would ever attach her name to a peti tion to that House.—(Hear, hear.) The refusal of this motion would be an invasion of the religious and civil liberty of the people, and on that account he should give his strenuous support to Oaf. 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 f Lets of the case, that religious considerations ought to be excluded from the consideration of the question. He still adhered to the opinion which he had formerly expressed, that the law c f Leviticus clearly prohibited marriage with a deceased wife's sister. This prohibition had been main tained by all who had administered the Levitical law. At the period of the Reformation, those who translated the Bible, and cleared away some of the restrictions which previously existed, continued to retain the re striction as to such marriages. If the Bill were passed, he felt convinced that it would not carry into fa milies that peace and comfort which some Members had mentioned, but, on the contrary, he thought that mar riages of this description would give rise to the 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 Oleic own conscientious convictions. Believing these marriages to be at variance with 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 he should move a clause preventing the application of the Bill t ) Scotland.--(He a r, hear.) NEWSPAPER STAMPS. O❑ the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, an estimaie 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 receive the money for stamps." The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Rouse adjourned at Six o'clock. IRELAND. STATE OF TfIE couNry 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. Lord Clarendon's reply is as follows : " Dublin Castle, March 1. "My Lord,—l am directed by the Lord• Lie utenant to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter. JENNY LIND. Mr. Barnum, the proprietor of the American Mu scum at New York, has addressed the following cir cular to the American journals : " American Museum, Feb. 19, 1850. "In regard to the engagement of Millie. 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 Mdlle. Lind, and the musical associates whom she has selected to accompany her, viz., the distinguished compozer and pianist, M. Julius Benedict and Signor Giovani Beletti, the celebrated and famous Italian barytone 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 Mks 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 not realise a farthing profit, I would ratify the agreement, so anxious am I that the United States should be visited by a lady whoseextraordinary vocal powers have never been even approached by any other human being, and whose cha racter is charity, simplicity, and goodness personified. It is well known that Jenny bind has never received less than 4001. or 2,000 dolls. per night for her own services, either in Manchester, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow, or E linburgh ; in short, in all the places she sang ; and that she fre quently received 6001., or 3,000 dolls. 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 for 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 1,200/., or 6,900 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 debut in England she has given to the poor, front her own private purse, 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. 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H (Savage) , Dock, lighter (Savae) , sailed from Devon por:., with stores tor Portsmouth on TuesdaY' illa° der fi. The Lucifer steam-vcsl-el, Lieutenant-Cam It. T. E. 11°).'d, is protecting, the fi,heries a t GalolcYbi The covering was taken off the Fairy , royal S2oni and tender, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday afternol, yesterday she was masted, tl:ken out o f the old bat; and, with capt a in Crispin o n board, we nt round Scb‘e head, to prove that her machinery was a ll right. al state barge and the Fairy's boats were launched froe the dockyard yesterday evening. how ready to convey Prince Albert to 0.. grid:., hich pLce his Royal Highness will g o on Fri,,,, i i next, to inspect the improvements and alterations that are now being carried out there. The P r ince " rtturn to London the same afternoon. rd The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop. Commander /Pp She is. therefor:o A. Beaucletk, le' t Devon port on Monday en 0 to return town, with seamen fur the Superb. She to Devonport. : . 1 pref. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESD AT.—R( ST Adm.r . ' • ne e oott is, we regret to saw, very unwell, at his regJeoa inquiring this evening, in the dockyard, and has been so for some cloY s ' e d however, he was a little better. t he The Essex I d'• sailed S•ba f" ' n utnan from i it ea East Indies this afr.ernoon, abut four o'clock. per, The Rolla, 8, Lieutenant Fenwick Conre in " yn i we were infurin having been refitted for the instruction of the O m for apprentices, went out to Spithead to-day ' commencement of the exercising season• f a ster' The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. Allen A even' .og, Commander, proceeded to Devonport this with men, &c., for the Arethusa. hol 'gel The Lily, 12, Commander Bedford , b ad not in the pendant this afternoon. She is q uite comp l ete her rigging. Wind S.W., light airs and hazy. APPOINTMEN TS. A WOOLWICH, lincir 6.—Lieutenant flenibett A Kerr (1844), to the Boyal Victo ria and seam-yacht, at Portsmouth. to t he Lieutenant G. IL 11. •Greathed (1846), from Phaeton 50 7 Ito the Lily, 12, at Portsmouth t° the Lieutenant Beville G. W. Nicolas ( 1849)' Phaeton. OP' Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Armstrong, (1846), . Second Master George F. M'Dougall (18 4 u/e ire. the Sparrow, surveying the south-east coast or _ nR , Arctic er land, to the Resolute, fitting for the dition. s"ti e r Midshipmen—W. de Landon , formed,' ti3bur IL mate of the Sharpshooter, to th e LilY;„, lortr Bagley, to the Excellent gunnery shill, mouth, and Benjamin Lefroy, to the Lily. Gunner W* • William Bolt, to the Lily. loo p b 0 The second trial of the Magicienne s tesl o l l ;, - . 0 ,8 to been postponed to Tuesday next, to affor"' finish some work still to be done on board. l'nce. Price Doc: ZES. Paid. Paid. Paid. raig. Paid. Oa ' . . WI 5U 122 53% 228 15% 40 2% 42 4% 21 Os. 5X 210 205 Price Price Price