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E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA-Y EVENING, JUNE "lo, 1857 might remind their lordships that they were not legis lating simply for one class, but for all classes of the community, and that they ought to consider the effect which might be produced by their legislation upon what were called the lower orders of society. It was said that they should not impose too stringent restric tions in the first instance, because if it were found necessary the law might subsequently be rendered more severe. But all experience showed that it was much easier to relax a law than to increase its stringency. Lord CAMPBELL should support the amendment of his noble and learned friend. Their lordships then divided, and tnenumbers were, — For the amendment Against . 37 —9 HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHA.NCELLOa took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. MUTINY OF NATIVE INDIAN TROOPS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH had been in hopes that it would not be necessary to draw their lord ships' attention to the lamentable mutinies which bad taken place in the native army of India. The news which he had read last night gave so grave a character of the mutinies which had occurred in India, that he did not think it consistent with his duty to refrain from putting a question to the noble lord the President of the Council. Their lordships would, of course, be acquainted with the mutiny of the 19th Native Regiment, the march of that regiment, and its subsequent disband meat at Barrackpore in the presence of five other native regiments. They must a!so have perceived with apprehen sion the spread of disaffection amongst the native army, but a circumstance had occurred that gave a more serious &Teel to the affair, namely, the spread of incendiary fires. From tbe 16th to the 25th of April no less than seven incendiary fires had occurred in the district occupied by the disaffected troops. A regiment amounting to four hundred sabres had been permitted to remain in open mutiny without any effort being made to check the progress of the disaffec tion. He could not understand how it was so in Mee rut, where the Government had a strong force of artillery, dragoons, and carabineere, who could have been depended upon. Open mutiny was, in fact, open war, and it was only to be met by open war. There must have been some strange exagge ration Th the accounts that had been received, but having carefully perused the accounts which had been published in the Bengal territory, he could come to no other conclusion than that the whole of the dis content was caused by the fear that the Government intended to interfere with the religion of the natives of India. He found the names of six officers, and several other public functionaries all connected with the mis sionary proceeding ; and the Governor-General (Lord Canning) was said to be a large subscriber to every so ciety having for its object the conversion of the natives. The house must remember that the Governor-General could not separate himself from his public character as Governor General, and if any attempt was made to in terfere with the religious rites of the natives, a bloody revolution would take place, the result of which would be that the English would be driven from India. The question he wished to put was, whether instructions had been sent out to ladle, directing the several govern ments to make known to the army that the Home Go vernment would protect all their subjects in the undis turbed exercise of their religion ? Earl GRANVILLE thought the noble lord had taken a course which might lead to very disastrous consequences in India. His question was based upon a telegraphic despatch, which might give a very exaggerated account of the state of the native troops in India ; but he felt bound to deft /vied Lord Canningfrom the aspersions that had been cast upon him. He could assure the noble earl that the Government would not for a moment countenance any attempt to interfere with the religious rites of the natives of India. Lord MALMESBURY could not agree in regretting the observations made by the noble earl. The noble earl opposite bad admitted that rumours prevailed which the noble earl had by his question given an opportunity of contradicting. The communications on this subject did rot depend entirely on the electric telegraph. If Lord Canning had subscribed to any such societies as was stated, he had not acted with his usual cool judg ment and prudence. Such societies could not and would not abstain from making use of that fact. From his knowledge of Lerd Canning's caution and judgment, he coul I not believe that he would commit so imprudent an ace. Majority The ameadtnent was therefore lost. This and the remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the house resumed. L9rd REDESDALE gave notice that at a future stage of the Bill he should, with a view to meet the cases of Roman Catholics and other persons who had a conscientious objection to applying for a divorce a vinculo, move the insertion of a provision enabling persons presenting a petition for a divorce a mensa et thoro to make the adulterer a party to the suit, and to petition that the divorce should be followed by penalties similar to those imposed in consequence of a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. Their lordship adjourned at a quarter past 9 o'cbck. The Marquis . ; of LANSDOWNE said it was of the utmost consequence that Lord Canning's conduct should remain unimpeaohed till there was clear and reliable in formation of what had occurred. He must entreat thei lordships until they heard what were the specific sub scriptions to suspend their judgment. He was sure there was not a man in that house more aware than Lord Can• ping of the danger of giving countenance to any attempt to interfere with the rights of the native population to protection in their religion. Lord GRANVILLE, to show the vague nature of the information, referred to its snurca, a paragraph in an Indian journal, to the effect that the noble lord had sub- Ecribed to a scientific association, which could hardly be thought co have any religious tendency. Lord ELL ENBOROUGH said that since a noble lord, a member of the Gov. rnment, had said that if Lord Can ning had subscribed to associations for the purpose of converting the native population, ho would not be fit to remain at the head of affairs in India, that was quite aufficient to remove any wrong feeling on the question. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that he said if Lord Canning had done anything to give countenance to the rumours which were abroad, he would not be fit to hold the position of head of the government in India ; but that if he had subscribed to any religious association he would doubtless be prepared to explain his reasons for doing a The entiject then dropped. PRINCESS ROY...I.L'S ANNUITY. Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the second reading of this bill, said,--00 the assumption that your lordships will agree with me in the principle that we ought to pro vide for the support of the institutions of this country, and, monarchy being one of the elements of our consti lotion, that we ought to deal in a spirit, not of wasteful ness' but of just lib era lit y to the Royal family—(ne. —that the Royal family should be maintained in honour and dignity, and that those illustrious ladies belonging to it who go abroad should have a fair and liberal main tenance, it will not be necessary that I should trouble you with many observations. This might have offered a tempting opportunity to allude to certain qualities of her Majesty ; but though the feelings of affection and respect which we may entertain for the Sove reign may make us more anxious cordially and unani mously to adopt a vote of this description, still I should be ashamed if I based it on any such affection and respect. (Hear, hear.) I only ask your lordships to take that course which I believe we are bound to do, not so much for the dignity of the Crown as from a re gard to what is due to the feelings and natural pride of the country, The provision proposed in the present in stance is reasonable, and being reasonable, I am sure it will be unanimously adopted by your lord,hips. Look ing to the precedents in such cases, we find that for the Princesses Royal, the daughters of George 11. and George provision was made by a dowry of 80,0001., and an annuity cf 5,0001. In this case the dowry is leas by one-half than that given in former times, while the an nuity is larger, being 8,0001., instead of 5,0001 I know there are some who have thought that to pay down a large sum at once would have been a better arrangement, but lam not of that opinion. I think that when an lustrious lady is married into a great kingdom and int ) a powerful Hou-e our object should be not so much to make provision for her children as to provide for that in dependence and that decent splendour which I am sure every oce of pur lordships must think ought to at tend the eldest daughter of vie Sovereign. (Hear.) For these reasons, without dwelling upon the feelings of gratification expressed by your lordships on a former evening at an event which is likely to reward her Ma jesty for the excellent education she has bestowed upol • the Princess Royal, and to render the Princees Royal as happy in her future life as we all desire, I now ask your lordships to give a second reading to this bill. (Hear.) The Earl of IVIA.LMESBURY said, although, accord ing to the old proverb, silence gave consent, yet in the absence of his noble friend the Earl of Derby, he felt bound on the part of noble lords on that side of the house to express his satisfaction with the bill proposed and his admiratio n of the manner in which her Majesty had exercised her rule in these realms, and of the bright example which she had set to all her subjects. (Hear ) With regard to the details of the bill, as it had passed the House of Commons, it would be useless to discuss the question whether any better plan could have been proposed. For his own part, he was inclined to believe it would have been better to have given a round sum at once, which would have pieced the Princess Royal in a rnoro dignified position than as an annuitant of this country. It would be idle, however, to discuss that question now, and he therefore bad only to express his concurrence with the bill which was before the house. The bill was then read a second time, DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The house th en went into committee upon this hid, which had been recommitted. Clauses 1 to 16 were agreed to. Upon cause 17 The LORD CHANCELLOR said, since the bill bad been printed he had received many communications suggesting that the provisions of this clause might be extended to husbands deserted by their wives. Tee clause gave power to a wife who had been deserted by her husband without reaseea'de cause to apply to the Court for a divorce a merna et thoro, and he proposed now an amendment in the 12th line, which would give to husbands deserted by their wives the same right of applicatien to the Court. Lad ST. LEONARDS said this bid sanctioned for the first time the pre! cpie that divorces could be graetee up in t h e sole ground of desertion. That he shredtousled up to b e a very dangerous principle, and would door t o great cohesion. Th e comm i ttee which had coreedered this subject bad recommended that in cases of desertion the Court should be empowered tr grant the wile alim ony, Tbat'was a ouch but not to pronounce a divorce. naerrie reasonable proposition, and he sh , ‘Ll I move as an enat.h, j e :ddnent in line 15 that the clause be altered try - the urt to grant alimony to ado eel ted wife, instead of EAII GREY roe.) to divorceorder' menaa et thoi-o. Lord Chancellor had prepe..eil an amendment line 12 and until that was • • '1 of their lordships could nut diecuee an alt,era coenoee tio : i in li ne le They ought to proceed accordin to the /wog:deed titles and practice of Parliam ent. ( L a , Lord ST. LEONARDS agreed with the noble el, ) rl, but maintained that the eonrse ho had pursued was I- The elactimie cu'ated to save the time of their lorchhipe. as it stood provided that desertion by her husband Should give a wife a right to divorce a mouse et thoro. The Lord Chancellor now propo-eil to extend the clause co as to inset the case of a wife deserting her b ee b and. New, his argument was that neither husband nor wife should have a right to divorce for desertion ; and if his amendment to that effect were adopted by their lord ship:, there would be no necessity for discussing the alteration proposed by the Lord Chancellor in line 12. Earl STAN-HOPE thought that much of the irregu larity which arse in committee proceeded from the no- Eatiafactory mode in which the amendinerits were printed. They appeared, not according to the order ie which they ought t o b e - taken up, but according to the names ft he persons proposing them. Earl GRANVILLE was of opinion that someletitude should be allow e d t o th e i r l or d s bi ps i n the discussion of I adding the punishment of imprisonment to that of Site, lAMENT. amendments applying to the same clause. At the same because it savoured more of disgrace than a mere money time he thought the house would gain much if it payment would, and it ought to be the policy of the :save rather more authority to the person in the chair. Legislature to do all in its power to brand this offence He could not make a proposal of that kind when the with infamy. He should later on move a clause to make Lord Chancellor was presiding, because the noble lord ' it lawful for the Court to impose imprisonment as well was a nominee of the Government; but he was at liberty as a fine, and also to give power to apply any part or to say that if the chairman of committees, an officer se- the whole of the fine to paying the cost of the proceed lected by their lordships themselves, were invested with hogs. a kind of mild despotism great advantage would result Clauses 22 to 25 were agreed to. in the transaction o f p u bli c b us i ness . The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed a clause after The Marquis of CLANRICARDE desired to know clause 25, providing for the imposition of a fine on adul what was the question before the house. (A. laugh,) teroue parties. Lord REDESDALE replied that the question was The Bishop of OXFORD proposed an amendment, the amendment proposed by the Lord Chancellor in line that the adulterous parties should be liable to " fine and 12. In no circumstances would he have put any other imprisonment, or fine or imprisonment," and that it question than that; but it was always open to any noble should be lawful to apply the fine to pay the whole or a lord to suggest that, for the sake of convenience, two portion of the costs of the proceedings. amendments bearing upon the same subject should be The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it would be discussed togeth er . better to limit th e p un i s h ment to fine, as this was the Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to make an observe,- first time that such a principle had been introduced into tion on a word in the second line of the clause. He the law. thought that "separation" should be substituted for Lord DUNGANNON supported the amendment, as " divorce" with reference to the proceeding here con- a fine only would be of very little effect in the' case of templated as the resu l t o f d eser ti on , wealthy per sou p, The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that the clause Lord CAMPBELL thought it would be better to keep as it now stood, provided that any wife deserted by her by the fine alone. In some cases a husband might feel husband for two years should have a right to divorce's reluctance and even horror at taking a course which mensa et thoro. Since the bin was printed he had received might send his wife, even though guilty, to prison. HOUSE gr , 0 Rb F i IN] i vs C ivv O wTe M . rEemM readßEo I T N sa S BIt . EN : a number of letters from husbands stating that a corre- The Duke of NORFOLK observed that in some cases spending benefit ought to be given to them. He saw no a heavy fine would fall as a punishment upon the chil reason why thatrequestshould not be complied with, and dren, he proposed to introduce words in line 12 giving a bus- The Bishop of OXFORD reminded their lordships third time band the same remedy if deserted by his wife as the clause that imprisonment was not rendered imperative by his The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. now gave to a wife if deserted by her husband. Last ses- amendment. It might be inflicted in extreme cases, but sion great discussion took place as to whether in the case these would be very rare. Mr. BESCROPT took the oaths and his seat for Leeds, of unjustifiable desertion there ought not to be divorce a The LORD CHANCELLOR could imagine nothing vinculo matrimonii, as was the law in Scotland. The more revolting to the mind of a man whose wife bad been S* and passed : committee decided in the negative, but their lordships unfaithful to him than the reflection that he could not The followin g llo m win edeff anu Turriff Extension Rail wa ; thought that some relief ought to be given, and it was at obtain a divorce without subjecting her to imprisonment. Brighton, Hove, and Breston . Constant Service Water y ; his suggestion that, instead of being entitled to divo rce ' Lord BROUGHAM obj ec t e d t o the amendment, European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company ; a mensa e t thoro for desertion, a wife was to be simply which gave a court a power to inflict a heavy Punish- Forth and Clyde Junction ital R n a is i i i 4w. a y ; N ew Ri ver d em . enabled to petition the Court, and obtain an order for ment of imprisonment witho u t th e interventi on of a jury. p r a h n i y lip ; ,B Pcohrutaremb7th Liverpool. way .i (New Title), and St. feoaldloawitnhgirbdiltlimwaes._furwthyeeroceittißdearieldweayn.d ordered alimony. Since that time he had changed his mind upon No doubt the sole action of a court was sometimes use , the point, and his objection to alimony was that the hue- fun as in cases of insolvency or bankruptcy, but it was bills we ' re read a second time—London band might come back and deprive his wife of the relief not the same in respect of criminal proceedings. granted by the Court. The Bishop of OXFORD observed that, by a new to T Tbe h h e er follo wing Lord CAMPBELL did not object to the husband hay- clause which would be proposed , there would be a trial Gas Li ht C gCompany (Capital), and Mallow and Fermoy ing the same right as the wife to obtain from a comps- before a jury. and Great Southern awl Western Railways. tent court on reasonable evidence a separation, equiva- Earl GREY said, as they were about for the first time SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IRELAND. lent to what was known to the law as a divorce 4 mensa to make divorce a part of the law of the land, it was Mr. ROEBUCK gave n t• ith ome at on that day week et theme, which was not, in fact, a divorce, because the necessary to guard against that change by every possible he uld submit t. a motion for the consideration of the parties might come together again and live happily the precaution. A pecuniary fine might be sufficient in some house,w bstit su of Lord-Lieutenant .a Secretary of State for Ireland for rest of their days. It was proposed by some that there cases, but there were others in which it would be totally the office d Lieutenant of Ireland. should be no community of property whatever between inadetuate. There were special cases in which justice ! GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. husband and wife, and he was surprised that the proposal could only be done by punishing the guilty parties by PMr. W. EWART gave notice that on that day fert should have received the sanction of his noble and illus. imprisonment. In cases where a designing woman had night he should bring under the notice of the house the trious friend—(Lord Broughans)—illustrious for his pro- entrapped a man into adultery with the desire of being formation of grammar schools throughout the country. motion of law reform and his defence of the femele sex. detected, a fine would be of little use. Such cases might With married persons there should be community of pro be rare, but that they did sometimes occur was a matter ! THE BALLOT. perty as well a s o f p e r sons; b ut when a new status was of history. acquired by divorce ;mensa et thorn the co mmun i t y o f Th e comm itt ee t h en divided Mr. 11. BERKEL EY postponed his motion on the , when there appeared— ballot from the 231 inst., to the 13th of July. property ou g ht t o cease. T he w i fe ' s property would then For the amendment 43 RETURNS. be protected, and th e y wou ld h ear no more of the cruel Against it 33 unopposed returns were or d ere d to b e laid instances of husb an d s re t urn i ng and sweeping away Majority — on the table of Numerous uno the house everything belonging to th e i r d eser t e d w i ves. T he amendment was consequently carried,lo and the ' The amendment w as agree d t o . c l ause as thus amended was agreed to. PAYMENT OF LOCAL CONSTA BLES. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said a woman who was sepa . Cl auses up to 44 were agreed to. Mr. MILES asked the Secretary of State for the 1 TT of D epartmentwhether it his intentionto retool occupied a different position from a woman who ef yon c lause 4 5 , t h e clause in which, on the motion ~. , Homere uce a bill for the payment of local constables ap was divorced. Toe general public did not understand the the Archbishop of Canterbury, words were inserted pro- " '.' pointed under the Act 3 and 4 Vic, c. 88, s. 16. during I legal distirction between a divorce ir vincalo and divorce hibiting persons divorced after being proved guilty of ii mensa et thoro. He would therefore move to substitute adultery from marrying again, the present session I the word " separation" for divorce is monsa et there. The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed an amend- Sir G. GREY said that the act at present in operation Lord CAMPBELL suggested th a t, t o ma k e it more meet, 'he effect of which., he said, would b e t o res t ore had work e d wel l for many years, and no difficulties had intelligible, it should he separation from bed and board. the clause to the condition in which it originally stood, hitherto arisen under it. The local constables had power The LORD CHANCELLOR would not p l edge him. and to allow guilty parties to marry again. Withoutenter- to go beyond their district to serve summons, &c., but self to the precise words, but thought they should insert ing into the Scriptural argument, he put it to his right at the expense of the persons employing them. He was the words "judicial separation, which shall have all the rev. friends, could there be anything more scandalous not aware of any fund out of which constables could be effect of" before " divorce li mensa et thoro." than an Act of Parliament which should compel a wo- paid, but he would look into the law. Earl GREY approved of the amendment, because it man to remain single, or, what was very probable, CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUTES. would make the bill easily understood, should force her into prostitution I (Hear, hear.) U Mr. POWd e F Lord f the Treasury Lord ST. LEONARD'S th oug h t every one under- der any circumstances such a thing ought to be avoided n. ELL ; what progress had aske been th made irst by the o Commission ers stood what was meant by divorce /4 mensa et thoro. It but lot their lordships observe what an injustice they appointed for consolidating the statute law in was divorce so far as it compelled each party to submit were perpetrating w h en t h ey left the adulterer free to the preparation of measures for that purpose, and to separation. marry, while placing a prohibition upon the woman di- whether it was intended to introduce during the present Earl FITZWILLIAM was understood to adopt the vorced in consequence of his licentiousness. He thought session a bill for the consolidation of any portion of the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor as to the form of the for his ow n p ar t, t h at there ought to be no restriction ; statutes ; and, if such was the intention of the Govern amendment. that a divorced wife ought to be at liberty to marry the ment, what portion of the statutes would be dealt with / After a short conversation, in which Lords Wemley- adulterer or any one else, for he believed there was a Mr. BAINES said that the report of the commis leydale, Campbell, and Denman took part, the amend- large class of persons upon whom the apprehension of sioners was ready, and would be laid on the table of the ment, proposing to substitute the words " judicial sepa- tieing yoked f or lif e w i th their paramours would have a house in a few days. It was the intention of the Lord ration" for "divorce k mensa et thoro,' was put and stronger restraining influence than either fine or irepri. Chancellor, in a few days, to lay on the table of the agri-ed to without a division. Bement. (Hear, hear ) House of Lords a series of that had been prepared The Duke of ARGYLL h ope d i t was understood that Lord BROUGHAM expressed his cordial approval of under the direction of the Stabillstute Law Commissioners. a corresponding substitution of terms would be made in the amendment, the rest of th e bill w h erever i t was necessary, The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, who was very Mr. CRAUFU asked e President of the The CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN sa id, th a t wou ld b e understood as i mperfectly heard, was understeon to say that b o th upon law Board, whether ßD the hon. th member for Boston still a matter of course. Scriptural grounds and for reasons of public morality he continued to hold the office of auditor under the Poor. On the question that the clause, as amended, stand did not think that guilty p ersons oug h t to b e permitted law Board I part of the bill, to marry again. He would therefore oppose the amend- Mr. BOUTERIE said that the hon. member referred Lord ST. LEONARDS said, he thought the substi- relent, to was appointed by the local guardians, though liable tution of "judicial separation" fur "divorce n menu et The Duke of ARGYLL stated that several noble earls to be dismissed under certain circumstances by the Poor there" was a very unwise one, altering as it did, and had voted for the introduction of the words proposed by law Board. He was not aware that his election for without, as it seemed to him, due consideration, a wel'- the Archbishop of Canterbury upon the supposition that Boston prevented him from holding the office of auditor, understood Filtrate which had been known to the law they amounted merely to a prohibition of marriage be- which hitherto he had discharged with satisfaction. from the earliest times, (Hear.) Their lordships c mid tween paramours. He could not believe that a majority PARK LANE. not define what "judicial separation" was. Besides, he of their lordships would wish to condemn a person guilt 3' Mr. BAILLIE asked the First Commissioner of might remind them that an alteration of terms did not of adultery to perpetual celibacy, or probably to a life of Works, whether, in pursuance of the recommendation of change the substance of the thing meant, and it was immorality. It was not improbable that acme so-called the Metropolitan Improvement Committee of 1855, he therefore desirable to adhere to the old phraseology. The amendments had been proposed with a view to the re- had been able to devise • • any plan for relieving the noble earl (Earl Fitz william) seemed to speak of oi n do jection of the bill elsewhere. (Hear, hear.) great increase of traffic which now passed through cial separation" as if it wer e somethi ng di s ti nct f rom The Earl of DERBY said the amendment of the Arch- Park-lane, and had become dangerous to the public - divorce i mensa et thoro, but it was, in point of fact, the bishop of Canterbury , which it was now proposed to ex- and, whether there would be objection to t ' eit,from open o same thing. He (Lord St. Leonard.) believed the inten- allege, did not condemn the guilty party to perpetual the public the road through any the park, Stanhope tion of the committee upstairs, on whose report the bill celibacy. It Provided that the husband or wile guilty street Gate to Hyde-park Corner I P r was founded, was to adhere as nearly as p oss ibl e t o th e of adultery should not marry while the husband or wife Sir B. HALL, after referring to the reportof th l e established law, but to give a new tribunal, and readier who bad obtained a divorce continued t o live. If that commssioners, said that he took proceedings metast year means of access to that trihunal, to all cla sses o f th e provision were removed they would have the anomaly of to carry out its recommendations , but beewith a person divorced a vinculo being in a better position population. opposition from eight or nine and residents, on confer- The Committee divided, when there were— than a person divorced a mensa et thoro, because the with the law officers of the Crown, they agreed Contents - • ring f with the objections urged by the residents. It was, Non-Contents 37 time of the person from which they were divorced. however, desirable to widen Park-lane if poseible. With Majority The clause was then agreed to i On cause 18, The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, in reply to a given question from the Earl of Donoughtnore, that he did not Earl GREY explained that on the former even . tog he voted for the amendment of. the Archbishop of Canter bury, because he did not wish to see divorce a vinculo I without some safeguard ; but he thought it ill - ful filled that purpose, and, as they had now made adultery propose to make any alteration in the existing law r e i a o liable to punishment, not only by fine but by imprison- reference to the 't could not be acceded second part of the question, be thought to, because if opened in the day it must be at night, and that would be objectionable. THE DEATH OF JAMES WILLIAMS. Mr. DILLWYN asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether her Majesty's Government had received ing to alimony. The clause was agreed to, as were ilso clauses 19, 20, and 21. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he now rose to propose a clause with reference to a 1 stoned considerable discussion when this bill was last 1 before their lordships --namely, as to the punishment 9f meat, he should vote with the Lord Chancellor to have it struck out, The Rshop of OXFORD said the object should be to surround the innoceolt with the greatest number of quest i on w hi ch ocea . guards, rather than to leave the guilty exposed to the any information respecting the circumstances attending the death of James Williams, a seaman on board the j killed ehn ' ira n d the E possible inconvenience of marrying their paramours , t b . a stint That was most eminently the character of the proposi- deetrd schooner, of Aberystwith, who was lash,by_ harbour of Belleisle on the 24th day of May tired from the French war schooner Ma raLeord PAL VIERSTO ' N said that her Majesty's Go persons who were guilty of adultery. It was originally tion of the Archbishop of Canterbury. All experience ernment had received infer tion %nth r e ma iregard to the proposed by this Bill that an action of crim. con, should showed that the purity of civilised society depended v lanchol circumst nce. It appeared that this vessel not be brought until after a divorce had been obtained , more upon the absolute chastity of the woman rather me entered the roadsteada That proposition was very fully discussed, but it was than the principle of the man. The temptation to sin which was very of Belleisle without her colonrs wrong, because a foreign vessel not very satisfactory to their lordship; and it was re- assailed the man and the woman on two opposite sides flying , a harbour ought to have her national colours jested. The noble and learned lord opposite (Lord St. of their character. In the man the great temptation was o (Hear, titer.) Unquestionably the con- Leonard's) proposed that adultery should be constituted the gratification of appetite, ' but it was not so in the flyina.the officer duct of a misdemeanour, and he (the Lord Chancellor) bad con- woman. The fate Mr. Coleridge, in one of his admirable j tifiable al The he ordered two blank mus sidered with great attention the propriety of carrying essays on the relation between the two sexes, expressed was unjustifiable, be dre a d. that sugge-tion into effect. Ile bad, however, arrived the idea so forcibly that he would quote the words, kets first of the schooner t wah uo justification of the French com lat the conclusion that it was riot desirable to make adul- "The desire of the man is for the woman ; the desire of disc'se precipitation in ordering a abetted musket to tery a misdemeanour, for on many accounts it would be the woman is for the desire of the man." That was to be discharged against the schooner. (Hear, hear.) extremely difficult, if not impracticable, to carry out ' say, that the woman was led astray, not by the direct His explanation of the unfortunate affair was that be such an enactment. It would, for instance, be necessary temptation of sensual appetite, but by the proffer of affec- the person who iced t high, o fire the cense to make exceptions where the adulterer was not aware tion—by the promise that what in early life she trusted orderedofwhim that the woieal was married, for in many cases traps to be to her husband, but had failed in being —namely, quenceThe Frwhas_the striking of the seaman referred might be laid, and a mail might be guilty of adultery the object of attachment and affection —she would be to to, her Majes y . G t ,B cov Government had, however, given st thin "n:fluent no opportunity of remora , being aware that be had committed any crime the tempter. Those married women who had fallen from strating again act, for Count Walewski imme i known to the law. A very easy mode of extorting the direct temptation of appetite were very rare excep diately on the circthmstance becoming known, velure J money would thus be afforded, and he thought the evil tiouv, and in 99 eases out of 100 tbey fell, because tbeir teernd a communication t to her Majesty's ambassador at likely to result from such a change of the law would marriage had been unhappy in its consequences. To say I counterbalance its advantages. The two objects they should endeavour to accomplish were, first, to render the commission of adultery less frequent ; and, 2dly, to take care that, when proceedings were adopted for obtain ing a divorce's vinculo matrimonii, there should be a therefore, that the woman should not marry for the mitt': cal lifetime of the husband she dishonoured was to take away from the tempter a prevailing bait and to give an additional safeguard to her remaining innocent. Let their lordships remember what the proviso was that was Paris, of theair/6 satisfactory and handsome kind, ex pressing the deep regret d of the French Government at the occurrence,an stating that orders would be given by the French.service, Governmenth to dismiss the French officer from their_ t sv o ordered the firing of the musket bona fide resisting party, and that no collusion should embodied in the clause at the instance of the moat rev- take place. He now proposed a clause with the view of prelate (the Archbishop of Canterbury.) It was not in carrying out those objects. What he suggested was that any sense put in as a penalty upon either party that (hear)—and . that the French Government was about to make tritium .asce.rtain in what way and in what degree it was possibte in their power to mitigate the affliction of the family of the unfortunate seaman who any person seeking to obtain a divorce 4 vincalo matri- they should be prohibited from marrying longer than may have suffered from the sacrifice of his life. Nothing monii should not be at liberty, as he now was, to proceed they would have been prohibited :rem marrying another against the wife alone, u n l ess the court should declare if they had not sinned. The innocent party was allowed could be more honourable o r p roper than the manner in which the French Government had acted, and intend that there were special reasons for sanctioning such a under the clause to marry again, and was it an extreme still further ta act in this unfortunate and melancholy course, and also a fortiori that he should not be enabled Punishment to say to the guilty person that he or she catastrophe. (Hear.) to proceed against the adulterer alone in the absence of should not marry again during the lifetime of the party GRAND JURIES (METROPOLIS). the wife, so as to fix adultery on her in her absence, but from whom he or she wae divorced ! It seemed to him Sir F. THESIGER moved for leave to introduce a that iu every case when the husband sought a divorce, ii monstrous to represent that as an outrageous violation of vinculo matrimenii, on the ground of adultery, he should liberty. bill to dispense with the attendance of grand juries at the Central Criminal Court, and at courts of General present a petition praying that both parties should be After a few words from Loris Do Roe and DIINOAN and Quarter Sessions holden within the metropolitan made resew:ideate or defendents in the case. Both the NON, police district, except in particular case.. The hon. and parties, the alleged adulterer and the wife, would thus The committee divided on the question that " the be before the court , and the action • would be bona fide words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause d gentleman referred to the feeling of the pubn „ learne . ic , against the continuance of grand juries, as well resisted. As to the punishment, he should propose that when the numbers were— NETLEY HOSPITAL. as many of our judges; and he referred to the the Court should have power to impose a fine upon the Content paramour, and that fi ee with t e v i e w of indicating that Not content 24 practice of grand juri es th row i ng out bills, and Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved an address for 46 of persons going privately before grand juries, returns respecting Netley Hospital, showing by whom it was not intended to be merely a nominal one, he Majority in favour of the Lord and preferring bills against prisoners for the pur- the site was selected, whether any reports were made on should propose to limit to an amount not exceeding Chancellor's motion —22 pose of extortion, and gave a variety of illustrations of its salubrity and general eligibility for its purpose, pre 10,000i. He believed that the amount of the fine and The result of this division was to exp n from the ge the working of the system in support of his argument. vious to selection, and by whom ; by whom the original the publicity of proceedings would be effectual secs - bill the proviso carried on a former occasion , on the mo tion The secrets , ' of the proceeding facilitated its being plans were prepared, whether they were submitted to ritiee against collusion. of the Archbishop of Canterbury prohibiting the abused . He Proposed that no case should be tried • medicalauthority fapproval , I •whom th in any Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved the substitute husband or wife convicted of adultery * contracting from the metropolitan districts without a previous investi- officially sanctioned, and whether any report was made for the action of crim. con. proposed by his noble and another marriage during the life of the wife or husband • • by gation before a magistrate, which means attendance upon them, and by whom, previous to their being sane learned friend. It was admitted on all hands that that from whom they had been divorced . of the grand jury might be dispensed with, and thereby tinned ; also a statement of the alterations or additions action must be aboliehed. That was the opinion of such Lord WENSLEYDALE tb en m ove d t o add a pro. save much loss of time and inconvenience to persons to the original plans which have been determined on, eminent men as Lord Eldon, Lord Grenville, Mr.. Pitt , • tha t eitherparty vino should n o t m arr y th e p erson w ith having to prosecute prisoners, from their not being re- by whom they were recommended, to wbom they were Mr. Fox, and Mr. Erskine, and their only difficult was whom the adultery was proved to h ave b een co m mitt e d, quired to attend before grand juries to prefer bills of in- referred for approval ; and a copy of oorrespondence or to provide a substitute. If any one wished to know with and the Court in its decree for a div orce was t o name dictment. A great saving would also take place in the reports relating thereto which have led to the adoption how much hardship and injustice a woman might be that person , costs of prosecution. of the amended plan, treated by the action of erica. con , as it now sto g od, he The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not assent to The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the measure Sir ..1. RAMSDEN said he had no objection to the would give them an exemple. He held in his hand five letters from the falsely alleged paramour of an injured the amendment, which he thought would not tend prat- would receive the cordial support of the Government, returns being granted. lady, and he would answer for it that the reading of those tically to promote the iuterests of religion and morality. who had not touched the subject, from their having had 111 r. STAFFORD said the return was just what he He believed that in cases of this description women were under their consideration a comprehensive plan con- wished to be made, and if given fairly would, no doubt, letters by one, two, three, or more of their lordships would at once convince them that the charge against that generally led into error by passion, and those who had nested with the appointment of a public prosecutor, give great satisfaction both in the house andlo , out of doors. lady of having bad an amour with his late lamented lived long in the world were aware of the feeling with which would h ave t a k en the subject under consideration. He had made a serious charge against the Governm en t, which women who h a d so erre d were regar d ed b y their After some remarks from Mr. BOWYER, leave was and it was most desirable for the purposes of i v stiga n e - friend Lord Melbourne was absolutely and neceasarly false. They had produced on his mind the most abso own sex. Even if women who had thus fallen remarried, given to bring in the bill. lion and elucidation that that charge should be adhered lute conviction that the thing was utterly and entirely they were still in a position of great degradation, and it LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. to. Ho held in his hand a document which was for impossible. Yet this action was tried behind the back was difficult to estimate the punishment they suffered. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE then moved that the petition warded to Lord Pannture from all the medical men at of the lady, and but for the exertions of bin noble and The object of legislation should be to provide fcr the re- of the member s of th e Land Transport Corps, complain- Cached to the first hospital in London, viz., th e Middle formation of offenders after they had suffered punishment iog that the War office bed not kept faith with them, be sex Hospital. It stated that all the ventilation of the learned friend, then not her counsel, but that of the do . referred to a select Er their crimes, but h e b e li ev ed the effect of this amend committee. He stated several griev - ho , Pital came from the north-e as t, w hi c h was an at fendant, her character might have been ruined for life, ment, by deprivi ng a woman of the opportunity of en,nes which this corps had suffered ; but the great moolThere highly prejudicial t o the re cover y of the pa she being all the time as guiltless as any other human marrying her partner in sin, would be to degrade her grievance was, that when they were disbanded a paper, dente. There were also othe r m a tt ers referred to which being. (Hear, hear, from Lord Campbell ) He pre . marrying and to driv e h er t o a c o u r se of prostitution, and not a parchment, discharge was handed te them , were most injurious, and whi c h crea t e d w h a t was called ferred the infliction of a fine to making adultery a mis• When they dealt with a burglar or a perjurer they al- which was treated as no discharge at all, so that the Men " a hospital atmosphere," leading to hospital gangrene demeanour, on account of the danger of conspiracy ways supposed that he might by repentance be qualifi e d could find no employment, for masters were afraid to amongst the patients, and disease amongst ths which beset the latter course, and against which he was was to resume, in some measure, that position in society hire deserters. They also complained that money attendants, that no precautions could prevent. These afraid that no sufficient security could be provided. to which! he had occupied before he became a crimi- owing.er ..,_ them , which they could not obtain. statements were verified by Messrs. Shaw, Campbell, Earl GREY thought that the clause as amended was sal ; and were they in the case of a woman ni • TOWNSEND seconded the motion . Gordon and all the eminent medical men on the este a great improvement on the original clause. He should Lord PALMERSTON said the parchment discharge - alone to refuse the opportunity of reformation, al bilehment, and he felt it his duty to protest against be glad to see imprisonment enacted as a punishment no objection 'yen to though experience had shown that women who had was. gi all who applied for it. He had more public money being spent in propagating hospital as well as a fine, and if no other noble lord undertook he did t b violated the marriage vow had subsequently be- th the appointment of a committee, but no e- diseases iu that direful fortn. On the 4th of May, 1857, the task he should, later on in the discussion, propose come faithful wives and good mothers, and bad shown liege much good would come of it. however, an additional communicationwas made by those a clause to that effect. It was with great reluctance themselves deserving of that limited respect which could The motion was then agreed to. gentlemen to Lord Panmure, with respect to the pro that he consented to legalise the divorce a viticulo. The be gained by persons under such circumstances IHe WILLS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS MADE posed hospital at Netley. Capt. Laffan proposed to draw present measure ought, however, to be looked on as an agreed with a great legal authority who had said that ABROAD. off the air from a neighboursng field—(laughter to Present only, and if there were any signs of re laxe cases of this description ought to be dealt with accord- Sir F. KELLY moved for leave to bring in a bill to then have it sucked down by an enormous furnace, the d morality under the new system we ought at once . to retur n mg to the particular circumsta nces o f each case, an d h e give validity and effect to the wills of British subjects windows being all the time closed. Those gentlemen ad to what had hitherto been the theory, not the practice of the Ene;:i4i law. considered that the discretion ou g ht t o b e l e f t to th e made abroad. Thn hon. and learned member pointed vises that the forcing of foul air f • • up Lord C court. This amendment, how ever, if i t s h ould b e ou t th a t under the present state of the law no will made — laughter)—bad been tried and found ineffectual, and ANIPEELL cordially approved the clause as amended, but adopted, would deprive the court of any discretionary abroad by a British subject, according to the form of his the sam e re su lt had followed the attempt of sucking suggested that there should be no limit t 0 , the fine, but that it h . power. own country, was held to be valid in the United King- do WO the air. They proposed that the more simple me *l ould be left to td . lion i t a ccor di ng to , i .. .e Court to upper- Bishop of OXFORD, in supporting the amend. dom. Several instances had occurred in which great in- t d of leaving the windows open should be tried. [The the circumstances of 'the case and ;be means of the offender. went, observed that it was ueneceesary to repeat th e justice had been effected by the operation of the present hon gentleman . then read the communication which had The Bishop of OXFORD arguments re had urged on a former occasion, but be law. In consequen ce of this state of things any British teen se n t to Lord Panmuredescribing the disadvantages concurred in the necessity of The LORD ADVOCATE replied, after which leave was given to bring in the bill. HIGH WAYS. Mr. MASSEY rose to move for leave to introduce a bill to improve the management of highways throughout the country. At present in reality the management was vested in the parochial surveyor. He was an unpaid, and therefore, of course, was an inefficient officer. The result was a state of things which ought not to be allowed. The parochial surveyor assessed the ratepayers —he levied the rates, and at the end of his year of office he had to lay his accounts before the special session—there was no audit of those accounts—they could not be questioned in any way, and he himself was the sole judge of what money hal been misappropriated, and the highways had falle❑ into great dilapidation. What he proposed was, to divide the country into districts, and to appoint district boards, partly elective and partly ex officio, composed of magistrates and guardians of the poor. Mr. WATKIN wished to know what course was in q tended to be adopted with respect to the metropolis roads? Mr. MASSEY . said that they wore excepted from the operation of the bill. Mr. WATICIN suggested that the measure should be made still further effectual by dealing with those roads. Mr. ADAMS complained that a large number of un necessary burdens were at present thrown upon the high way rates, and he should be happy to render every as sistance in his power to the passing of the measure. Mr. SLANEY expressed his approbation of the mea sure, and be thought that the house was greatly indebted to the hon. member for its introduction- He was anxi ous to impress upon the Government the propriety of compelling the making of footpaths by the side of high ways. Leave was then given to introduce the bill. LAW OF MORTMAIN. Mr. ATHERTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the conveyance of land for charitable uses. Tile bill was similar to that which he had introduced upon several previous occasions, but which he had not been successful in carrying into law. The motion was agreed to, and leave given accord ingly. subject dying abroad must make his will according to the form of the country in which be is domiciled. There wa no part of the British law which gave so much an noyance and created so many doub!s as ve‘tions con nected with the law of domicile. This state of the law was one not generally known to the British pub lic, and it rested upon a decision pronounced by the judge of the Prerogative Court in 1827, in the case of the disputed will of a Mr. Stanley, an Irish gen tleman and British subject, who had died and made his will in Portugal, according to the English form. Other canes of similar hardship had recently occurred, among others the case eta lady who hai made her will in . Paris, and the judicial committee of the Privy Council ultimately decided, on the principle of "lex loci regit ac turn, ' that the will was invalid. The declion bad spread great alarm through the country and among British re sidents abroad, and he had received numerous communi cations on the subject; but none of them lied been able to suggest any reason why the will of a British subject, made and attested according to British law, should be set aside because the to-tator happened to have resided for any period, whether long or short, at the time of mak ing such will, in Paris, Rome, or any elm foreign coun try. He proposed by this bill to enact that all wills and codicils made and duly attested by British subjects abroad competent to make them should be held to be valid in this country, no matter in what place the testa /or may have resided, or have Fern domiciled. The bill contained a clause declaring that the act should not have any retrospective effect upon bills already executed and attested. The hon. member concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill. Mr. MALINS seconded the motion for the introduc tion of the bill, considering the present state of the law on the subject of wills made abroad by British subjects was most unsatisfactory, and unjust in its operation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said while on the part of the Government he had no objection to the introduc tion of the bill, still that permission to introduce it must be accorded with some qualification. The origin of the law was to be found in the universally acknowledged rule that, with respect to personality, a man always car. ried with him wherever he went his personal property. It was important, therefore, that the house should not, by hastily passing any measure, make the state of the law in this country different from that which prevailed in other parts of Europe. Mr. SLANEY inquired whether it was intended by the bill to enact that the property of British subjects in France should be disposed of under wills so male, because if so he was afraid conficts between the jurisprudence of France and England would inevitably arise. Sir F. KELLY' replied that the courts of France would give effect to the probate obtained in British courts. Mr. B. HOPE argued that there was nothing which could so plainly show the animus of domicile as the form of the testator's will. Mr. BOWYER supported the motion, and expressed a hope that when in committee the bill would be rendered more complete, by rendering it necessary that a man should look to the laws and practices of the country where the legal act was executed. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. INCLOSURE ACTS AMENDMENT. Mr. G. CLIVE asked leave to bring in a bill to amend and explain the Inclosure Acts. Leave was given. LUNACY IN SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE on asking leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the laws rel itieg to lunatics in Scotland, referred to the report of the commissioners as proving the necessity of such a measure. That report was most admirably adapted for the purpose for which it had been intended, but it was neither intended nor adapted to be made the ground of a charge against officia!s, as had been done, without their having any opportunity of defending themselves, the other night, by the hon. member for St. Andrews. His proposal was merely to carry out the measure which his predecessor, Lord Rutherford, had endeavoured to r Ivry. He pro posed there should be appointed for Scotland a commis sioner, an inspector, a clerk, and a medical officer, who should be the lunacy commission for Scotland. He pro posed to give the counties in Scotland an appeal from that commission to the lunacy commission in England. The commissioner would have the charge of granting, renewing, and withdrawing licenses. He would gener ally have a superintendence of the district asylum*, and he would be required to visit them twice a year. The general expenses of the act would be thus divided —the offices and management expenses would be defrayed by Parliament, and the ether expenses would be borne by the counties, and an assess men t wou ld b e made on them for the erection of the asylums. There wool! be diatict boards for the purpose of making the assessments. They anticipated that the asylums would be nearly self-supporting, arising out of the fees for license., and from the contributieai of the parishes. There were miscellaneous provisions in the ball, such as the punishment for maltreating lunatics. There was no doubt that Scotland was behind this country with re gard to this subject, but ho trusted that the measure he proposed would be productive of great improvement. Mr. BAILLIE contended that the northern counties of Scotland had never joined in opposition to the reform of the law, but had always shown themselves anxiouafor an improvement. Mr. ELLICE reiterated his charges against the board of supervision and the sheriffs of counties for their neg lect of pauper lunatics, and cited several cases from the report of the Commissioners, where the Poor-l aw in spectors b a d gross l y neglected their duty. One parish he cited where the lunatics were in a neglected state, though the parish had been inspected by Sir J. M'Neill himself. With respect to the bill, he thought it would be better to put Scotland under the English Lunacy Commissioners rather than to create a new Lunacy Board for Scotland. He hoped the private asylums would be everywhere put down. Mr. DRUMMOND also thought that the Lord Ad vocate had byno means succeeded in absolving the board of supervision arid the sheriffs from all blame in the matter. The fact was that the Scotch officials attended not to the care or comfort of the lunatics, but to the pro perty of the ratepayers. Mr. COWAN supported the bill, and hoped the Lord Advocate would not attempt to meddle with those public asylums that were already in existence in Scotland. Col. CLIFFORDI as an English Lunacy Commissioner, promised the Government all the assistance that corn. rniasion could give in carrying out their plans for Sco' land, of the proposed plan, by stating that it would make the hospital a ho' bed of erysipelas.] When toe return was laid on the table, he hoped the hou-i.e weel !see who was the officer reeponsible for the great expense and the highly inju licious arrangement proposed for the new hospital, and which were altogether inconsi-tent with those prudent and sanitary considerations that recent f ee . perience ought to have taught her Majesty's Government. Mr. S. HERBERT hoped to have heard some x,le nation from the Government on that matter. He was not one of those who felt surprised at a Government estimate proving insufficient for its objects, because the same thing happened constantly in commercial under takings. The Crystal Palace and many of our great pri- vate undertakings might be cited in support 'of that statement. Gieat deliberations often ended in failure as well as success, and the present instance was one where multiplicity of counsels had not inspired confi fence. The difference between the hospitals at.Chathana and Portsmouth was, that the latter had a long c irridor, but the favourite scheme for a hospital now was, that there should be seperate blocks for build ings. At Netley there was one great defect. It was ne cessary for hospitals to have not only air, but light and sun. The corridor at Netley, however, looked to the si:uth east, arid the hospital windows, which were really the most important, received air from the north-east. An improvement, ho eever, had been made subsequently which partially remedied that evil. There was further a question as to the site, the air of Southampton water being stated to be of a relaxing character, but to patients arrriving from the East he did not know that the relax iog nature of the climate was any great objection. The great of in his mind was the building of so large an hospital at a long distance from the place whence the invalids would be likely to be brought. It was inexpe dient both with regard to the invalids having to be shaking about in long journeys to the hospital, and the limited practice afforded to the students, who would see nothing but as ,s (If chronic disease. Lord PALMERSTON said he had never head any comelaint about the healthy character of the site of the hospital, but with regard to the character of the building many different opiniana no doubt prevailed relative to the construction of hospital.. The system of I I )ck buildings necessarily created narrow courts between the buildings, and as for baring large wards with a great number of beds in each, that system bad been almost universally condemned. The subject had received the greatest attention from the Government, and they would do their utmost to see that the hospital should be an in stitution for curing, and not propagating disease. Mr. TITE said that all the systems of artificial venti lation, as witnessed by Guy's Hospital, and by the House of Commons itself, had been brought round to the Ample and natural plan of opening a window when air was wanted. In the great hospital at Milan this plan alone was pursued, and there were in that building 3.009 beds, and no better managed hospital existed. With regard to the site of Netley hospital he was quite con tent to repose upon the well-known acuteness of the monks for selecting salubrious spots for their favourite retreats. (A laugh.) After a few words from Sir D. NORREYS in reply, Sir F. SMITH recapitulated the amounts of the vari ous tenders, showing a difference of about 90,0001. be , 'weep the highest tender and the tender accepted. The return was then ordered to be made. ECCLESIASTICAL ESTATES. Sir G. GREY brought in a bill to further amrnd the act relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and continue the act concerning the management of episco pal and canitular estates in England. Mr. NEATE said he intended to oppose to the ut most that or any other measure having for its object to interfere with the administration of the property of the Church. lie should take no further steps at that stage of the bill, but gave notica that he should oppose the bill at a future period. Leave was then given, and the bill was read a first time. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. Sir G. GREY brought in a bill to establish and pro mote the formation of reformatory schools in England. Those institutions had been highly approved b, the ma gistratas and other itfluential authorities in various parts of the country, and he was anxious to show that the Go vernment so far from Opposing would encourage the for mation of similar schools. Mr. ALCOCK hoped the house would not hastily commit themselves to the principle of that bill. Mr. GARNETT hoped there wcull not be any provi sion for the maintenance of those establishments out of the rates. Sir G. GREY said he did not propose to charge any thing to the rates after the first formation of the schools. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. THE MARRIAGE LAW. Upon the motion of Mr. GARNETT, a return was ordered of the number of marriages that had taken place under the 6tla and 7th Wm. IV., c. 85, s, 21. INSPECTORS OF TAXES. Mr. BLACK moved a resolution for equalising the salaries of inspectors of taxes in England, Ireland, and Scotland, which in England were 5051., Ireland 5001 , and Scotland only 3431. Similar discrepancies existed with regard to the surveyors of taxes. The SPEAKER intimated that the motion was not in ' a form in which he could lay it before the house, and it was accordingly withdrawn. IRISH MILITIA ACT. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL for IRELAND brought in a bill to amend the Irish Militia Act. COUNTY CESS IRELAND. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Lord NAAS considered some explanation due for the erraordinary course proposed in authorising the cess to be levied upon the authority of a single magistrate. Mr. FITZGERALD said it was owing to the form of the existing Police Preservation Act, as applied to the recent disturbances in the county of Donegal. COURTS OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. After a few words from Mr. WHITESIDE and Mr. BLAND, the bill was read a second time. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACT AMEND MENT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading of this bill. Mr. BLAND said the bill involved the question of limited liability, and he moved that the order for the third reading be discharged with a view to the bill being recommitted for amendments. Mr. WHITESIDE, after complaining of the conduct of the Government last night, said that the bill was a piece of patchwork legislation, that had been attempted several times already by the shareholders in the Tippe rary Bank, in order to get rid of certain inconvenient persons called creditors. He did not believe the Attorney- General knew what he was doing in introducing that measure ; but if he did, and justified and carried it, he (Mr. Whiteside) felt confident that it would be rectified in another house, where justice was in a general way administered with something like fairness. He should vote against the third reading, beeause he believed it would form a precedent that at some future period the House of Commons would be heartily ashamed of. Mr. MALINS disclaimed the imputation that any bill but one had been attempted to be introduced, and but for the opposition of the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen, the bill would have passed. The result had been that the creditors of the Royal British Bank had lost the payment of very large sums which they would have received from various shareholders who wished to compromise but could not obtain guarantees against future proceedings. The hon. gentleman then cited I several instances furnished by the solicitor to the official manager of the bank, in support of his statement. In one case, a general in th e army, who was liable fcr 5,000/., had offered 20,0001. to be set free ; but being unable to ohta'n the required indemnity, he had been compelled to fly the country. The same thing bad occurred in many other equally hard cases. After a few words from Mr. BAGWELL against, and Mr. WILD in favour of the bill, Mr. SPOONER asked whether the present bill would affect the appeal then standing before the House of Lor.ls 1 The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said tbat if the pre sent appeal succeeded, the shareholders would be liable to the last shilling of their fortunes. It was an appeal against the decision of the Lord Chancellor upon the old Iri6h act of Parliament, and would not be affected by that biil except in a particular case not at all likely to arise. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The house then adjourned at five minutes past one, PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 9th of May, 1857, and gives the following as the average weekly cir• culation of those banks during the past month, viz. : Private banks R 3,831,402 Joint-stock banks 3,172,715 Average weekly cir cu1ati0n........... £7,001,117 On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the 11th of Apr,' lass, it shows— An increase_in the circulation of the private banks of .. £71,594 An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 18,262 Increase on the month £89,856 And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of the preceding year—viz., liay 10, 1856, it shows— A. decrease in the circulation of the private banks of An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 290,500 21,852 Decreaso on the year On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : The private banks are below their fixed issues £681,690 The Joint-stock banks are below their fixed issues 130,642 Total below the fixed issue R 812,332 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —The variable temperature of the English climate exer cises a percicious and deleterious inflaence on the skin, the muscles, and the glands, and thus it is we find ery sipelas, blotches, boils and quinsey, so prevalent at par ticular seasons of the year, often engendered and always aggravated by this bane to health. Providentially, in bob loway's Ointment we hi..ve the antidote before, eradicat ing disease, and invigorating the,outward organs, whilst the Pills conjointly pr.( vent the recurrence of internal complaints or outward inflammation-- Sold by all me dicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Hol loway's. Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New Yurk ; by A. Stampa, Con stantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna : and E. Muir, Malta. IMPERIA From the London Gazette of Last NIP WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 6. ire The Qu3en h as b 3 tog graciously pleaße'l g.t.Colr for the a pp o i n t ment of Captiin and - Lieutenau E I war.] Stlriton, of the Royal Engineers, to bi 'Too nary Member o f th e Military Division of the Third ~10, or Compa n i on o f th e Most Honourable 0. der of the 9 COLONIAL-OFFICE, JUNE 5. d e.4P" The Quee n h as b een p l eased to re-const it u te al d St point Thomas William Clinton Murdoch, Esq' Frederick Rogers. Bart., to bo Her Majesty's Col oo and Emigration Commissioner; CROWN-OFFICE,, JUNE 5: so MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE rl IgS PARLIA.MENT. Borough of Leeds.—Geor;;a Skirr,mv Beeeroft,°fotbid Abbey House, Kirkstall, Leeds, Esq in the rOO Robert Hall, E sq ., deceased. •' 9 ' d BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, ‘ 4 ;„ittady The Right Honourable the Lords of the C' En— a eill° Privy Council for Trade and Plantations ha" r " - ,,cog through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affa ul s t Obri r of a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul-General ating,o tiania, transmitting copy of a royal rescript , follows, the rate of exc h ange at which foreign ai've,p3l' arc to be received at the Norwegian Custom-hon so '' t io ment of duties on for e i gn goo d s entered for elnsumr n ! Norwri° kil Sp. .601. 0 Swedish silver specie dollar equal to 1 61) Danish R. B. dollar . 0 01 21 Spanish dollar 7/ 0 60 Prussian doll ar Russian silver ru b1 e... ....,., 3, 0 4 0 . Half ditto ditto " 0 0 Rnglish crown... IP 1 60 PP Half ditto English shilling 0 IP Two half Dut c h gu ild ers .... P/ 0 41 Ono ditto • 0 0.1 Five franc pie ce 0 40 Two franc piece Ono and a half franc piece., " 0 20 Franc piece " 45. %IP COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEITri , ,, — „4,, t o County of War w i c k —Si r Ch arles Mor d aun t, be eputyty Li ,utenaut. CDounof Derby—Francis Noel Mundy to be Lieutenant. • Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire ga l s Edward John Jervis, Gent., to be Ensign, vic e appointed to 2,1 West India Regiment. di sg ' The Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—William Gent., to b e C orne t , v i ne Hamilton, p ro moted. w iii o [The following appointment is substituted for that . 1 appeared in the Gazette of 13th February 169 ., t litir Prince of Wales' Royal Regiment. of Renfre.w,slaujort John May Somerville, Gent., to be Ensign, vie.. promoteli, BANKRUPTS. Charles Cullen Mercer, builder, Margate, to s° ,-, rre a l d June 18, at one, and July 16, at eleven at the C oop l; Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi _dal assignee, hasingball- Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas, Coleman street. William Haslam, horn dealer and horn cutter, Pb tin iir Yorkshire, June 20 and July 18, at ten, at the voiPI hall. Sheffield. Brewin, official assigne e , Sheffield; Sheffield. lee r • Samuel Wroth Anthony, commi ss i on merchant' D 1 Pr pool, June 30 a n d J u l y 20 , a t e l even, a t th e Liverpeu'r e ar trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpoo l ; o l i berton, Liverpool. William Lyon, butcher, Guildford, June 19, 211 i 1 J 0 5 ; 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, ew c ; signed, Alderm an b ury ; Lawrance, Plows, and ' Ber Jewry-ch a mb ers . 14 5( Joseph B roo k, s t u ff merc h ant and manufac turar,well rence-lane, City, June 18, at tw ), and July 24, e t .„ e igoe' at the Court o f B an k ruptcy. Cannan, official r se .lol o Aldermanbury ; Li n kl a t er and H ac kwood, P i Bncklersbury. Thomas Greenwood and- Samuel King, builders, — s l4t be street, Devonport, June 22, and Aug. 3, at " e 'Ve ir Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignet g iA street, Exeter ; Ed mon d s and Sons, Plymouth; ' Exeter. ,-)/ Joshua Shuckford, builder, Lambeth, June "' i r ore e "„/ 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 13 ,, ° 7'0 0 0 " assignee, Coleman - street - buildings ; Lawrance, KA' Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Colquho un an d C ompany, bleachers, , Robert Reid, baker, Glasgow. Walter Jamieson, wood merchant Paisley. Greenock. PARTNERSHIPS and Ni ven, d rysa l ters, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 4, P . 3 G. Story, and T. W oo d , C rotched-friars, hop, Beoiov°' general merchants—E. Oldh am and J. Holden, Ace"- fr; cotton spinners —E. and W. Laycock, KeighlaYh• ocb°:: shire, timber merchants—H., R., and W. Kg , gse ter, commission agen t s —J . M oors and R. Lugge r ' bath, Cheshire, d rapers —J . B road and R. Hall, er3en' chemists—J. an d G . B ennett, Temple Cloudy,. ,„",-,,,• s any}' shire, fell mongera an d l eat h er dressers—W., Jones, Wrexham, slaters and fireware mercha nt re Aeons and J. Woodland, Leadenh a ll- s t ree t, bootte le ,d; I. Lowthian, W. P ar k er, and W. J. Fairlie, Carqopli.° ton spinners ;as f ar as regards W. Parker —j• D . P c. and J. Gardner, Oldham, cotton spinners—G. 13-• 000,e1bi° kards and T. S. V ea l e, A rmley and Wortley, yor r surgeons and apoth ecar i es —R . A. Poole, E . and W. T. Poole, Carnarvon, solicitors—G• l o nt• ‘ i rick and J. Brown, Leeds, wi ne an d sp i r it Marc 0 cl 4 E., G. E., and R I B. Ross Brighton, h°sieroi g glovers ; as f a r as regar d s E. ' Ross—T. and ~ Leeds, wine and spirit merchants —T. H. Hall an d s 9,1 Milner, Bradford, Yorkshire,grocers—J. Irvin sai e ilm'a ton. Whitehaven, joiners and builders —J. e re so d and J. Broadley, Louth, incolnshire, leather cotters dealers dealers in grindery—T. Adams, J. Page, W. Frio , Massey, L. Mason, B. Page, T. A. Cullen, 10 Cullers, J. Thompso n , an d F. M un d y, N o tti ng bo'' . .,4o: manufacturers ; as far as regards B. Page—J . now awl G. Male Anntly, provision merchants—W. am and J. Diggens, Great Titchfield-street, MarP-00' leather cutt ers —J. R . B r id son and J. W oo dhouse , ,0 0, Boston, Lancashire, dyers and finishers—J. H. Gool i oir J. Shrosbe r y, an d W B ennet, Limehouse-ca usewgcf;irer drapers—A. Cairns, E. B. Jaques, and J. Rohl/Is° o ' P o e, pool, founders, coppersmiths, and plumb ers ; as for, r i e toh gards J. R o bi nson —E . P ower and H. R. James, P/300 ship and insurance brokers—W. L Harle, J. A. n tor aed A. Gask e ll, N ewcas tl e - upon- T yne, and Soutb3l% buildings, Chancery-lane, so li c it ors; as f ar as regal . " Gaskell. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. ..,hosV T. Johnson, Broad-street-buildings City, ..m e— o t t" so dividend of ss. 2d. in th e poun d , any Broad-street-buildings, office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. . 4 0 1 G. Ridge and T. Jackson, Sheffield, stationer B- - 7 6, dividend of ls. sid. in the pound, and first and ° p i er dividend on new proofs of 81. lid. in the pound, la day, at the office of Mr. Brewin, Sheffield. JO/ et J. W. Langridge, Birmingham, stay maker and sof in baby linen —dividend of ls. 8 d. in the Po.,_ 4° Thursday, at the o ffi ce o f M r. Christie, Birmingham' Country hlarketF. LIVERPOOL —JUNE 9, pil e To-day there was a good attendance of the t: g 0 1 ; showed som e di spos i t i on to buy, but the busines s flat, and of a re t a il c h at actor at a decline of ld t° a 0 0 , 701b3 under last T ues d ay ' s rat e s. Oats sold slowl,7tb° rates of Frid a y, an d oa t meal in good demand, an, dearer, Flour rather more inquiry, at Tuesday s s tele Barley, beans and peas a limited sale, at la te teO t Indian corn o p ene d i n rat h er active request, at the lie 11 . Tuesday last, b u t t owar d s the close it was obtaiet, , AD 6 about Friday' s ra t es, say — mixed 38s 9d; yelloW white 39s 6d to 40s 6d per qr. , Jrna 9. d or We have had a tolerable show of wheat in tO- 00 den s and ket ; th ere i s more t one i n the trade, with a fair cle — rtr and the turn in p r i ces i n f avour of the sellers frovao day's rates. Barley unaltered. The sale for before', hardly so ac ti ve as recently. Al! other articles as f e ,„ 3.1 Average prices of g ra i n —Wh eat, 60s od; ballet'' 6d' Od ; oats, 26 s 6d ; b eans, 445 6d ; peas, Os rye, —s. NE WCASTLE—JuNE 9. Ol eo, To-day we h a d a moderate supply of wheat fro* f 9 ' u ptif and Saturday' s prices b a r e ly o bt a i ne d . S ou th GO $l, and foreign a slow sale, but not lower. O a ts fir l33 ' barley dull. Flour languid at former rates. HULL— JUNZ 9, 0 0 1 Wheat, English red, 57s to 60s ; white 62s to 08s;. oe. 28s to 30i ; barley, 403 to 463 • Indian corn, 3 89 2% 1111 0e cakes, Hull, 915 s to N 15s ; ditto forei gn , Si t o 9c; cakes, 61 to 6155. COURSE OF EXCEL tmsterdam 11 18 Ditto, three months .. 19 Rotterdam ............ 12 Antwerp 00000 • •• •• •• • • 25 52;6 Brussels .• •.• • •• •• •• •• 25 526 Elamburgh ............ 13 Byi Altona • • Pari5.............. • • .... 25 39 Ditto, three months .. 25 7214 Marseilles •• 25 75 Bourdeaux Frankfort-on-Maine .• .. 119% Berlin ................ .• Vienna ..........•..... 10 4 rrieste.. • • .. • • 10 3G Petersburg ............ 36% •qadrid ..... • • 4 8 7 , 8 Cidiz • • •• 49 % B tr , elona •••—• • • fANGE.-YESTERDAT• IGlbraltar .......• •• •' • 29 10 Leghorn . •• 2 6 SO ((Genoa 000000 • • • • •• •• • • Milan ..............•• Venice ........•• 'Naples • O •• 130 Palermo .... 0 ; 04 'Messina .• • • • , 2 s,' ; Lisbon .. „,.• '62% Oporto .• •••••••••••••• Rio Janeiro ..... . • • •••• Buenos Ayres.. • • •• •• :1 New York,6o days' sight • 01 4 Philadelphia FC TIMES OF BULLION, 'Foreign Gold in Bars £ 3 ' 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 5 1! Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 New Dollars .... 00 " 6 Silver in bars ...••• BIRT lIIS. OF A SON. co . On the 7th inst. t at Anglesey, H an t s , th e wife o f Richard Purvis, R.N. On the Bth inst., at Southborough, Kingston-ou-Tb arg ;he wife of Sir Frederick Currie, Bart. OF A DAUGHTER. ~,, On the 9111 inst., the wife of H enr y St evens , o f -4,, Poi chester-uar, H t., at New th e-cross, the wife of H. Constable Roberts, Esq. MARRIED. • MO On the 9th inst., a t St . M ary l ebone Church, Tinl iaor Holmes, Esq., M.A., F.H.C.S., of 39, C urzon - s treet,r o k, fair, to Saran, the only d aug ht er o f T h omas Broo ks Esq., of 11, Bentinck-t errace, R egent ' s-park, and urr" inn. On the sth inst., at B r i s t o l , Wil l i am partridge , el 17th Lancers, to Frances Ann, eldest daughter of 0 •., 1 th Gloag, Esq., of tho Milit ary T ra i n, and late o f the -1- HUMS. DIED, veref' On the Bth inst., Captain John Brodie, of 11, • t place, Clapham-road, and 13, George-yard, L bard-stroe OECI aged 71. hit e On the 7th inst., at Clapton, Henry Layton Lorna , of the Stock Exchange, aged 76. fo r On the 7th i ns t ., at Reading, Thomas Keen, D ol '4 moldy of Backside, and tho Waudsworth-road, aged On the 7th inst., at 36, Gloceste r -t e rrace, Col:lowr °, road east, Mr. John Fraser, aged 77. Es°q.u, t o h f e lt 7 a t i h ds ir t i c s n t. e , , at Pan, Basses Pyrenees, John &reran banker, aged 39. le On the 7th inst., at Dunkerque, France, Lieut.-C°l°l' Pringle, of his late Majesty's German Legion, a ged 8 4 ., A . On the 6th i ns t., a t 39 , G oswe ll- roa d, M r . John Yoh green, aged 57. On the sth inst., atWraxall, Somersetshire, the Rev Vaughan, rector, aged 83. Piintod and Published by MURDO YO N l ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sure Oilicee 14 , ° 112, Strand, in the Pre'inet of the Savoy, in at, couinq of Middieecx, Wednesday, June 10, 1557. raa eri Morn' Stalls Poly n had at Dari tat] On %m in , Door atte nu Coins & I , lr e , ! I :ege vr rn • ut attei Agora. te 4 DvAN , btu Thi Th, An Rey bit l'ol ht Th e T r , Ana l "I the r Pro to q ............ BR Nnmt Annu Ale.nt s) states se( — , cum s (Pao, . IPre I 1 I ao 40 I 2 v 0 3 CO2 insandtant r( 80 4 s as s everal L Yu Patte at th e t t he da, or an tVer In nlia be t°lll Pat bee ( for tit, ilon ht Mllat e , th e , pnrl od t I th i Th e e las Ui Of this Por n chant I ton t t , to the Ptd in t( al% . ne °Meet the , akin, tons Its SYsti • 0 11 C attd it banei Pirew bade a R, tess; "Per H o The Li atcLi Atfnct EYE vongn re nt kr. G PI kaior ON I/ ew, Hi t,Tt