The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

'RES'S, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2S, 1851.

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it strike the learned prelate after delivering himself you did-not say to, Mr. Cox! But you meant
of this 'profound argument, that JOHN the BAPTIST to suggest to the Ibo starring farmers present that
was a Jew? that he was executes almost immedi- you thought so, and the ?lain inference theneefrom
ately after CIIRIsT had commenced hie mission, be- would be just this : Don't employ him, biassed or nut
fore any formal Christian laws were promulgated— biaescel,Ar he is a radical and an oat-and-out fret
if, indeed, it can be said with truth that any such trader. Happily, however, the gentleman in que.-
ever
were promulgated. If the Bishop could have tion, although ho does not happen to prefer the
cited any example of the kind in which one of the fumes of a pot-house to his own fire-side, or the
apostles had given utterance to a similar business of his employers, and was consequently not
be-
denunciation at a period when they had likely to meet Mr. (.ox
come thoroughly instructed as to the nature r contradict the statement, does har2en to Timms the
of their Master's Iniselon, the argument might have power of expressing plain truths in plain words;
been worth considering, although far from conclu- and he has done so in a letter, which is so fair and at
sive. Far there can be no doubt that others of the the same time so severe, that we transcribe it for the
apostles besides PETER retained a reverence for the benefit of our readers :
civil enactments of the Mosaic law, which the words To the Editor of the Essex Ikrald.
and actions of St. PAIL utterly discountenanced. Sir,—ln your last Tuesday's paper. the Rev. John Cos,
of Fainted, is stated to have said at the protection meet-
The latter, in his rebukes to the Corinthians, on the
ing at Chelmsford, on the 14th inst., that "Mr. Mechi had
subject of a ease of undoubted incest, never falls back got three sateen, one of them a radical, namely, Mr.
upon the authority of the Mosaic legislation. Beadel, an out and out free trader, though he didln,
not say
Leaving the bishop to make the best of his bad that would bias him in the valuation." Your general
logic, and worse theology, let us consider for a accuracy will justify me in assuming that Mr. Cox is cor-
moment the case of those who arc excluded by rectly retported. I :therefore beg to state that on
ebeyd the
Mechi, the
othersne I hsavesthactlecrtofie:suionntallnit
A,
the operation of the law, as it now stands, from
the accordance of a privilege in which their affections never attend anygYolitical meetings, nor obtrude my opi-
and worldly interests are so largely concerned. nions, whatever they may be, upon the public, it cannot
Under the present law, the offspring of a marriage be- concern Mr. Cox to know what they are ; but I think
tween a man and the sister of his deceased wife is ills- everyone, eTeciallr a clergyman, before he gives publicity
gitim.ate. Now it was shown by the Earl of Sr. ttl'osntsatecanlYurasteV(iat airtfenpurt itruntel'eled
or) itonduplrflusdiince ;luta-
MANS in the course of his speech, moving the second in the opinion of others, ought to take every means to bye
reading of the bill to make these marriages legal, personally satisfied as to the truth of his averment.. I feel
that the number of this class of unions was increase it due to myself thus publicly to contradict what the rev.
ing at a very great rate. "There were," said his gentleman has taken upon himself publicly to assert ;
noat.p.etrnamt oterranjir to
as uncalled
nor-
lordship, "120,000 petitioners knocking at their doors
on this subject." It has been proved also that the asnthey°arens afinifounee'er. 1 am, andalways have been as
prevention of marriages of this kind is in many attached member of the church of England, and never,
canes productive of gross immorality amongst either by word or deed, have I shown any disaffection to her
interests; but I confess that, when I Pee her " watchmen"
the poorer classes. Four clergymen, who have had
•t theare tyhpareferrfinttnthmie
kiimaga tuurinnomotinitiaets:l.itdicualit strife
sl,
those oppertunities of observation which arc enjoyed
only by thirst, who have the spiritual sulx:rvistun of I enjoins, am discharge
enoot wisthout grave apprehensions foe; the
large districts, and who throw themselves heart and safety of an establishment of which they arc ordained
soul into their work, have given conclusive evidence ministers. Yours, &c.,
as to the ill effects of the present law. Broomfield Lodge, Feb. 21. JAME/ BLOM..
The Rev. Tnouss DALE, Vicar of St. Pancras, This puts the matter in its right light. You ap-
ses: "So fur as my parochial experience extends, the plied epithets to me which were calculated, in the
prohibition of marriage with a deceased wife's sister opinion of those who heard you, to damage my pro-
operates far more to the promotion than the pre en- fessional character, no matter whether those eithets
non of crime. Among the lower classes, cohabitation were justly applied or not. That is one charge.
without marriage, is almost invariably. the result." And you did not first take the trouble to ascertain
The Rev. 11. GURNEY, of St. Marys. Bryanstone- the truth of your statement : that is the other. The
square, remarks upon the inequality of the pressure first is a charge of deliberate malice, cunningly con-
of the law on the rich and poor. The rich can get mated under a show of candour; the second is a
nurses and governesses for their children, the poor charge of careless, if not wilful, misrepresentation.
man can neither afford salaries for these nor spare Go home, Jolts: OM, and rummage up your Bible,
them house room ; and looks naturally to the and see whether you can't find an application to
sister-in-law to take charge of his orphan children. these words, " Ife thathideth hatred with lying lips,
"If I were a demagogue," says the rev. gentle- and he that slandereth his neighbour, is a fed."
man, " wanting to rouse the passions of the work- We are sorry to see that the chair appears to have
ingela-ses against the injustice of the rich man's been filled by another gentleman of the same pro-
legislation, 1 would not wish for a better topic. religion no the writer of the letter we have printed.
The law may look equal, but the inequality from There is a serious of to the interference of
total difference of circumstances is very great. If land-agents in a question which is plainly a land-
the matter were broached in an assembly of work- lord's and parent s question. However honourable
Mg men, of perfectly sober habits, and well regu- and well meaning a man may be, his interest is
kited minds, wishing as anxiously as Lords and Coin- clearly that of the landlord, not of the tenant, and
mons to do right before Goo and man, I have no the stimulus which his professional knowledge
notion that one hand in fifty would be held up for enables him to give to the fears of the tenant is
the law as it is. applied, not to help the tenant, but to induce him by
" I am decidedly of opinion," says the Rev. Most- his clamour to bolster up his landlord's rent.
TAGUE VILLIERS, " that the repeal of the present
law, while it may partially and very partially effect
the habits of society among the upper classes, will
remove a harrier to marriage which now exists, but
which I do not believe Goo ever set up. It will pre-
vent much immorality among the poor."
The 11ev. Mr. CIIAMPNEYS writes in a similar
manner. Against these reasons the adversaries have
positively nothing to urge. The question of ex-
pediency they leave to itself. The question of',
morality, as far as that is to be considered
morality which has its grounds in the conscience
alone, they treat with contempt. In place of
argument they content themselves with a reference
to the canon law—a collection of decrees of councils
and rescripte of Popes, which councils and Popes are
capable of altering to-morrow. Driven front this,
they take refuge in the Mosaic law. In this law
they find but one passage appearing to bear upon
the case—in the etglitcentli chapter of Leviticus.
Now. granting for the moment that this verse is
rightly interpreted, it must yet be remembered that
there is a remarkuble exception made in 'kittens-
mime to the prohibition in Leviticus, a case being
laid down in which a man is commanded to marry
the widow of a brother. But there is every probabi-
lity that this is nut an exception. Some of the most
horned eonnitentators of modern times have ruled
that the expression in the verse in Leviticus does not
apply to marriage, but to illicit intercom-se. If this
be correct, there is an end of the discussion, or, as
the commiseionere say in their report on the subject,

GERMANY.

BERLIN,

Baron 'Mantel:aft:l returned from Dresden late last night.
The pap em assert that some kind of understanding was come
to with l'ri nee Svhw mac& sem previous to the last conference.
It it asserted that l'rince tschwarzenberg has consented to
the admission of Prussia to a share in the presidency, but
insists upon the admission of I saris into the executive, the
incrtcc, of the votes of that kingdom in the plenum,
suit the admission of all the Austrian provinus into the
confederation. Manteuffel continues to protest against all
and every adeatitage being given to Bavaria, and, the
papers also add, against the admission of the Italian pro-
, Times into the confederation. The fact that this coneesaion
woe made to Schwatzenherg by Manteuffel renders the
hitter statement very doubtful ; and I incline to the belief that '
the share in the presidency granted by Schwaricnberg alludes
merely to the presidency in the plenum which I mentioned
yesterday. There is no doubt, however, that the opposition
of the minor states has produced the adjournment, and that
the K ings of Wirtemberg and Hanover have both protested
against the Austrian policy ; the former more particularly
against the higher position proposed to be given to Bavaria.
The ministerial papers represent the adjournment as a
victory of Prnseian diplomacy. If it be, it is the
first that Prussia has ever gained, and is much too
lute in the campaign to be of any material service to the
political interests of the country, and we must wait to see
whether the presumed victory be nut in reality the last
defeat.

Prince Schwarrenherg left Dresden for Vienna yesterday
morning, but von der Worthen remains in the Saxon metro-
polis.
The Nate Pramsiuhe ha 4 a long article this evening
against the admi.eiou of the Austri.ot provinces into the
confederation. _ _ _

radii quash...
The An•hbishop'e temperate speech did all that
was possible for the advocates of the retention
of the law in its present state. The force, how-
ever, of his Grace s argument depends upon the
assumption that the civil enactments of the Mosaic
law are binding upon us. To this we demur. As,
however, we do not presume to discuss theologieul
points with an Archbishop, we refer his Grace to a
great theologian—Latittat—in whose hands we leave
our ease:—. If we are under an obligation." says
the reformer, "to obey one of the enactments of
MosEs, we are under nn equal obligation to
obey the rest, circumcision amongst the num-
ber. But we are no longer under the law
of Mos E-4, but subject to the laws of our
country in such matters. This law, then. which did
not exist before Coeur, and which lost its validity
after his death, is not us a positive rule binding on
the king (Riney; VIII.), and he is not bound to re-
pudiate his wife. Let us come to the point at once,
and say that Moses, after having certainly lived fur
thy• Jewish people, is now dead, and his laws are no
longer binding on us. Nothing. then, that is taken
from the legislation of Musts is to be allowed to be
valid by us. unless at the same time it is accordant
with mer tarn customs and institutions. If we act
contrary to this principle. we bring confusion into
the politics of all the kingdoms of the world."

The debate on Simson's motion declaring the expendi-
ture of all monies by the government since the lst of Jan.
lust to be illegal, the non-ent of the Chambers not having
been given, terminated to-day, by the adoption of a dif-
ferent resolution. The Minister of Finance declared that
the proceedings of the government were perfectly legal,
they having been adopted at a period when the Chambers
wear not sitting. ausl the expenditure of the monks in
question, together with the raising of the usual taxes was an
imperative necessity. SiIIINOII, in his slat ell ,ss Welt wa, a bitter
attack on the government. hail asserted that the proceedings
of the government were illegal and contrary to paragraph 99
of the constitution. Tire constitutional party, represented
by Beekersith, Beuler,Vinek, took this view of the question,
and supported Sinison's motion in speeches which would
he highly damaging to any ministry governing by a differ-
ent chamber; but oil their eloquence, their legal acuiten,
and careful collation of evidence in favour of their case
was unavailing, the views of the government pre-
vailed. Sinision cited with great ct speeches
made in 1519 and 1%30 by several members of the
(Notre and right, and, above all, one made by
the present Minister of Finance, who, on the IGth of
November, ISSO, laid down the law in reference to an
analogous case in an exactly contrary manner. It was
moved towards the close of the debate that the Chamber
should proceed to the simple order of tic: day, as the tech-
nical term is named. This motion was, however,
rejected by a majority of GS. Several other motived
orders of the day were proposed, but they all fell to the
ground, with the exception of one moved by Deputy Falk,
to the effect that the explanation of the Minister of Pittance
had proved to the Clamber that the conduct of the govern-
ment in no way limited the rights conferred on the legisla-
ture by par 9..) of the constitution, and that, therefore, the
'notion of Deputy Simsou need not be pmeraded
with. This was carried by l 4) votes againt It;
votes. so that a majority of three have coneeded
to the government the right of doing what it pleases
with the iilUllll:`,4 of the country during • period
when the Chamlwrs are adjourned by the same power, in
order that they shall not interfere with the policy of the
country.

CERTAINLY Mr. (1. F. \OtNG is a very wonderful
person. The astonishing perseverance with which
he continues to pour forth harangues of one hour,
I two hours. two hours and a half, or, in fact, any pos-
sible or fabulous dimensions, is such as half to con-
vince us that he is not really a highly respectable
and opulent merchant, with a counting-house in
Cornbill and a villa at Walthamstow, but some ex-
ceedingly curious piece of mevhamism, which the
gentleman who get. up protectionist gh e parties puts
into a green baize case and carries under the seat of
the railway carriage to provincial appointments.
Ile he, however, what he may, man or musical
snutf-box, we must do hint or it. as the case may be,
the justice to acknowledge that his speeches, thsough
now and then a little violent, arc never coarse, brutal,
or bloody-minded, like those of another orator whose
name these epithets will probably suggest, and that
he never indulges in personal allusions likely to be
pnjudicial or annoying to the objects at whom they
arc aimed.

The new press law is so tremendous an engine of despot-
ism in the hands of the bureaucratic authorities that even
the organ of the rcactionan- party, the Noes Prewasisehe,
takes the thld against it. This journal describes the new
law as an attempt to make the whole press dance ns the
government ebonies, and the introduction of the French
system, against which its own party so frequently complains.
A sum of 1,400.000 thalers has been recommended to the '
Chamber by one of its committees to be voted for the iris-
prover:lc nt of the navigation of the River Oder, the whole
account to he spread OTPT a period of five yearst
A new organisation of the police is to be introduced into the
metropolis. Berlin is tube divided into thirty-seven reriere,
or districts. seven of which are without the walls of the
CIPT. Each district is to be superintended by a lieutenant
of police. Beside's these officals, Berlin also possesses a
morality " and a market police. At the head of the whole
is an officer with the rank and title of a colonel, who is
under the immediate orders of the president of police.

Such, however, is not the case with all these gen-
try, and we regret to find that the clergy arc not
exempt from the charge of backbiting their neigh-
bours. although we trust that there are not many
clergymen who think a conspiracy for starving the
pour the best sphere fur their exertions. Sometimes,
however, these parsons catch a Tartar, and vi e re-
joice to see that one of the most cantankrous of the
race, the notorious JOHN Cox. has had his knuckles
soundly rapped for indulging in language of this
deseription. Ion"; COX Li the brother-in-law of
another notorious character, who, however, takes
rather a different line—we mean the Bishop of
LONDON. And at the Essex Protection Dinner. at
('helmsford—for farmers, although. as we all know.
they are completely starved, sit down to the number
of 150 "to an excellent dinner served up by Mr. BD.-
TON at the Whito Hart Inn. in a style of taste and
plenty that does great credit to his management"—
at this protection dinner, where emery top-booted
guest wen stuffing his carcase with bread and
beef at free-trade prices. and roaring betwixt
each mouthful that he was irretrievably famished,
the Rev. Jous Cox, Rector of Fairsted, and brother-'
in-law of the Bishop of Lotenox, took upon himself
to throw out insinuations against the professional
character of a highly respectable land agent and
valuer in the county. In speaking of a valuation
which has lately been made of the stock and crops of
, Mr. Meetit's model farm, our reverend defamer said.
He cMr. Nleeiti) had got three valuers, one of them
a radical, an out-and-out free trader, thmso he did
t say that mould bias Aim is the raluetion." Of

FRANCE.

PARIS, T111:11..1 )AV MORNING,

The statement of the Conslitutionnel that the Pre-
sident of the Republic w•as not pn.sent at M. Dupin's
ball is unfounded. Ile retied at eleven.

Twenty-one of the President's horses were sold
yesterday at the stables of the Itue-Montaigne.
'They fetched rather more than two thousand pounds
stern no'.

M. (Artier sets out to-ciay upon an excursion to
the Rhine, from which he announces that he will
return on the 6th of March. He is accompanied by
his wife and daughter. His journey is said to be
unconnected with polities, and purely for the re-es-
tablishment of his health.
The place of Procurcur-General, lately occupied
by M. Royer, has been offered by that minister to
two persons, MM. Rouland and Nicias Gaillard, but
declined by both.
M. Schcelcher's motion for the abolition of the
punishment of death has been rejected by the com-
mittee of initiative.

The committee on the Municipal Bill held its first
sitting yesterday.

Immediately. before going to press we have re-
ceive(' our Paris parcel of last evening, from which
we make the following extracts :

THCRIIDAT EVENING,

People here are absorbed by the English minis-
terial crisis, and the local news presents but little
interest.

1 he sitting of the Assembly, like that of Tuesday,
has been insignificant to the last degree. The report
of M. Betting de Lancastel, on the Laborde proposi-
tion relative to the Paris and Avignon ltailway,
was read in committee. It recommends the proposi-
tion to be taken into consideration. _

The funds rose to-day sensibly. The Fives closed
at 96.55, with an improvement of 20 centimes on

ITALY.

SOME, Frn. IS.

A monthly tax of 50 baioechi is unposed upon
horses and mules, The Austrian troops of occupa-
tion in the Roman States are to receive reinforce-
ments. Spoleto and Fuligno are to have Austrian
garrisons.
LOMBARDY.

The Milan Gazette publishes a notification from
Prince Sehwnrzenberg, dated the 20th, announcing
that the payment of the forced loan is to be divided
into twelve monthly instalments, so that front March
next to the end of October each instalment shall

amount to five millions, and from October onwards
the six remaining instalments are to comprise the
sum required to till up the 60 millions, deducting
what may have been paid voluntarily up to that
time. 'The provinces that made proposals of volun-
tary payment before the expiration of January last
are allowed time to organise voluntary subscriptions
until the end of the present month. The other pro-
vinces; shall be immediately-subjected to the exaction
of the forced loan in the above-mentioned proportion.
Nevertheless, they shall be allowed to enjoy the ad-
vantages accruing from voluntary subscription until
the end of this month, but with the restriction that
three-fifths of the sums paid shall be in hard cash,
and the remainder in treasury notes.