The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-23 00:00:00

mg, et fuss wen igsg " aistime he SL Relesa,whki wad
etkes pfilesse. cast% wallowed up the
wimple peeeseds of the ewrlge.mhigns ad= !shy had steesallai
Sir &aphis Loshisgton sad the ealietitor of the tramp, end
bad band that there was ao diflicuity la bruise writ a
seal&
Mr. HUME soli PM is New South Wales the abuse of
these spurts had bow so great, that they bad passed as °ca-
user, add laid dews regulatioss to wows these abases, sad
be wanted to kaow whether goverment hail givea assetios
to the °relines**, that it might be weed We • law. It was
a mattir of importance for the government at hose not to
aoltistv weirs the 0010siall ought to do it. Rs had Is*
assioa preowned a Witless 'lean the grimmest at red
less&
AFFAIRS OP SICILY.
Mr. BARRIS said that tomorrow its would pat a ques-
tion to the *obi* lord at the head of foreign drain, with
raped to the statement made by him in this house, relative
to the atrocities said to have been committed by the Neve&
tea troops, whether he would produce the autheeitg_ es
which be made this statement, and wc.sther ha was Mill of
the same opinion which he held when he nada this &Me-
anest ?
Lord PALMERSTON.—The documents upon which this
elseseasst was made will certainly lOrm part of the papers
presested to tl• is house ; and I am still of the opinion I
esgessed, an opiaian foun led on the report of the responsible
Mr. BANKES asked how soon the papers would be laid
IPS Ilia table ?
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Loa PALMERSTON.—That will di rend on the progress
MI the negotiations.
Er. BANK PS gave notice, for Toad ey kit, foe &teatime
en the subject.
RATING IN IRELAND.
Lord CASTLEREAGH wished 'or information on a
subject about which considerable interest was felt In the
meth of Irelswl. He meant the imposition of a rite in aid
arm the entire country. He should be glad to hear fro n the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether it was the intention of
government to propose such • rate ?
Sir W. SOIIERVILLE said that, as the noble lord had
net given tiny nstice of his question, he was not prepared to '
give an answer at that moment. Perhaps the noble lord
mould repeat it to-morrow (this day).
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. DISRAELI n Cad that the Parliamentary Oaths
Bill was the lint business for Friday, the next heing
the Irish Relief Bill. As there would probably bs considers.
ble discussion en the second bill, he hopes that it would not
be Demuth t on at a late hoar is the evening.
Lord J. RUSSELL promised that no Irish bill whit&
wee likely is create any dismission should be brought on alter
helf.past 10 to.morrow (this evening).
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Mr. J. O'CONNBLL asked whether the resolution to
which the house bad agreed, did not anth:,rise the granting
of some relief to the distressed unions ia the West of Ireland.
If not, perhips the house would eotstnt to allow the Irish
relief bill to be taken first en Friday.
Sir 0. GREY said that the government had felt justified
is acting under the resolution. Advarces had already been
made for the relief of temporary distress. (Hear, hear.)

LAW OF MARRIAGE.
Mr. 8. WORTLEY rose to move for leave to bring ia a
" bill to amend and eller the act of o & 6 Will. IV., e. 54, se
be as relates to marriage within certain degrees of affinity."
He said K. was aware that the subject was one of extreme
difficulty, bat having been made aware by keg investiga los
sad attentioa of the extant of the gri,vances to 'Aida the'.
present date of the law subjected large c'esses of the people,
befall that he was not at liberty to divine thetask of bungle gt
the question under the consideration of the house. The sub-
ject had already received the fullest diecumion from parties
the most qualified to give an °jellaba. In 1841 it was dis-
missed in the House of Lords, and in 1842 the present Lord
Ellesmere introduced it to the House of Commons. This led
to the appointment of a royal commission on his (Mr. Wort-
ley's) motion, and the report of that commission was then on
the table of the hoes,. During the former discussion he
stated that there were two classes T f marriages affected by
the prevent state of the law, those solemnized abroad to avoid
the legal prohibi'ion, and those solemnized in England in
dirregard el that prohibition. All doubt ow the subject of
the marriages celebrated in England had been removed, by
a recent decision of the Qum n's Bench, which decided
that all marriages within certain degrees of affinity were
null sod void. There remained still • clued marriages some-
what numerous, often affecting persace is high statics,
std the dement of pros arty—he meant those whisk had her
celebrated *bend by ?croons domiciled there, or who wished
to mews from the stringent and oppressive state of the law is
this eouatry. This elms of marrieges still remained in doubt
sad eoestituted a state of things which called more theeever
for inquiry. Since the motion of Lord Ellesmere they had
had six years' additional experience of the law, sad OD fir
from its having been efficient for its purpose, so far from its
having conciliated the acquiescence of the general body of
the people, so far from i's having tended to the public mora-
lity, the result had been that it was most extensively evaded,
in manyeases utterly disregarded, abed had acted as a temptatiaa
aad a lean to the lower classes, leading to the most exten-
sive primly, immorality, and concubinsge. In his judgment
it wee eisisloted completely to destroy the morels of the
wedeln duns. He lad at first bees given to understand
then t& Meeks was to be opposed, and a divisios taken on
the Imam of leave to being is the bill ; since then he had
heal that the intention wee abandoned, and this would
Mier it mammary that he should trouble the hoses at
meek Mg* ea the premise oixwion. It would still be
sessoary that he should give • short history of these
seinimiees, and the substance of the report of the
_......reeeeimien. That commission had been ap•
in esinseqoseseef the numerous petitions presented to
Creme of Commis, some from port ies iaterwted, others
be. bedividnele hawks ao Interest in the gentles, and
oksm ales rem a eesiissehM body of the dm glebe este-
MOM ihned• It had bees totted that the. wee eat
May Makes am the parties most interested, bet it amid
be sseilesMd that this was a most delicate geodes, MI the
oemplakes, if at t loud, were certainly deep. The eimaie.
NM was appointed to inquire into the laws rega=t7ar-
Aiwa wkhk, certain dimes of affinity is and
memetagem of • similar character eekbrated ew,
that animiniee had recommended no scheme le the bowie,
as mein, eel, sad fee this simple resat—that kir powers
did net andieries them to do so, their scope sad ablest being
me* inquiry bete the state and operatic Me law.
eimmiminows therefore bad not felt themehmjestilei
in mehing any reenamendation, but he thought that es eel
amid seed their reptrt without kills( that every
minim of that comedian was in thesis of as
oilseeds be the law. Is prepping a mesa ere with that
Meath% be theight it MAW to mane himself to Meal
ramie% mid eat to touch epee gesetais which might be
Mk re isemisa in that hem. He should, themeore,
mike the prepeakions he woe about to make to two ernes
sessimi to be d meet is before the emaskdoe.
He swat the mirage with the sister of a deceased wife or
her Mae ; wad the ammo which he Resat to propose
meld be merely pemeheive, there was nothing in it of •
=rilchamber. He did not believe that the
e • premed would have aay effect in
beepeadng the amber of these marriages. Up to
UM they were practically permitted. Legally so
dee% and emeleally, they were prohibited, but
mope la the ease of the dement of pommy, or of malicious
intellection, them was no danger of :heir being invalidated
and esemangly for man your before the appoiaMeat of
the imes them maniages had bona isnail is m-
aes make of lie. Desks all this time se esmgigiate had
be. Mud, ear • ease is the very highest mho if Bth at
eemeeeseeetested public attention oa the valgeet. What
mil the Orr ? Instead of any emilemetio• el the
mitlige, en Immediate application was mile le prlimein
kir legal seastise, the marriage we. Bata el. bat all
Intent mieviages of • similar kind was I=retbY the
seem, then introduced, and called Lord 'a Ant
it woe for the purpose of 'cliog • resnaly that Lord
Lyailhumes bill was and they led k ea the
=at that noble and learned summed be the
Ile Duke of Buitex's bill, that he nets inteadidil
it to t a marriage with a demised wife's MM. a
's object was to establish the legality of sea
=Memel which bad Ms emended at to that Wee, sad to
peek, Mat as sppeutta seek marriages on atm key should
net be invalidated if they had existed for two Tbis
lees the demi of laid Imaum's bill as in need, but it
eras premed by Lard Driegbani that such marriages con-
sulted after that time amid be deemed illegal, nod that
rise being taken by attainments of the benekei
vrith
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mph en Hews Impend, themeads of
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In aseasipmes of this stale of abbe, en inquiry was lami-
nae' ley same of • _iris, bean which parties were
lIIMMINNI TM lied made is their bedew to smertala
the fits. AM Mogi Ads mode obtaining evidence had
bees .instal le, he amid not ma how any blame meld
selede M ear man who, holding the opinion t the emeriti.
ties imgesik by the law was net Medea either ea the kw
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