Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-17 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PALIAME'

HOUSE GV COMMONS.—WEDNEspii

The Tramways (h-eland) Bill was read a second time,

MARRIAGE LAW AMENDNErifT BILL. e•
Lord Bury moved the second reading of the Marrigg
Law'Amendment Bill, the object of which is the legal,ilei
tion of marriage with a deceased wife'• sister in Engin;
and Wales. The bill is precisely identical with t°
introduced last year.
Mr. J. B. Hope mod, as an amendment, that this
be•read a second time.that day six months. lie alleb-ce
the•seandal and discord which the hilt would introduss
into families, denying that it would be orany service,
,ed
was often argued, to the•lower orders. He comment
t.is
on the inconsistency of permitting a min to marry t'er
wife's sister, and refusing to allow a woman to marry
husband's brother.;

Mr. E. Stewart seconded the amendments
Mr. A. Ball supported the bill, asserting that the, rc.lti;
gious-societies were in its-favour, and that- the ma:l°r'
of the.metropolitan clergy.had petitioned for it. -
Mr: Buxton also supported the bill. of
Mr; H. Drummond said that it was characteristic, $
the progress of the age, that they had in one wee Tiff
bill to sanctify sacrilege; and" in the next' -4.0 sancta
inceat

bsolutely re'

'Ackroyd supported the measure as
quired by the social condition of the people.
General Thompson said that the House was as Rag
able to expound a text as the Bench of Bishops, and•
tended that such marriages .were not forbidden, but P—
tively enjoined by the scriptures, t of
Sir G. C. Lewis expressed his regret that the ac ej,
1835',..forbidding these marriages, had ever been Passpot
and declared that the law could not remain in its Pros'
state: , at
Mn.. Secretary Walpole opposed the bill as inconsis'eo
and dangerous, as permitting one class of marriage 015
refusing others not so objectionable, andi applying 0,,n,35
to ore part of the kingdom; for the sake Gf a.few pets',-
"
they were about to fix a fearful evil on the whole co
munity. NEW MEMBER. •

At this stage of the debate,
Baron Mayer de Rothschild, the new member
Hythe, introduced by Lord' J. Russell and Mr. A. Srall'o,
advanced to the table, and there stated' that he had eno° 0
seiencious objections to the,oath as tendered him; 511"
this he retired.
Mr. A. Smith then moved, iu accardance with the
precedent of last session, that the usual lbrm be dispelts-
p
with in this instance. 141

Mr. Newdegate complained that he was taken

surprise, no notice having been
_given.,
After an observation from. Sir G. Grey,
Mr. Coningham said that the. present scene Was 0
aegument against the imposition of- any oath whatev
upon members of that House: He hoped that all eat
would hereafter be aboli'shed as impious and Pagan. to
Lord J. Russell said that it was for the SPeak,:fier
decide whether the resolution of last session was B"'`.
force.
The Speaker said that resolutions passed in any sesane,
expired with it; the-present session was the propel' tot
The resolution was then agreed to, as was a second,.
the words "on the true faith of a Christian" be °nu"'
in this instance.

After a protest from Mr. Newdegate, is
Baron M. De ItQthschild was then sworn, and tack
seat on the front opposition bench.

MARRIAGE . .
Lord John Russell resumed theTALL debate on the ti 'a°
bill. He was satisfied that there was no religious
tion to the bill. He thought, however, that it w° he
tend to weaken, the relation between families,. stiller
admitted that the middling, and still more the I°;€,s,
classes, had a strong feeling in favonr of such inarr°'re
which was impossible to check. He thought, there
that it was more prudent to legalise those marriage'. 0
should, therefore, support the bill, urging, at the '3 to
time, that equal permission should .be given to Woaleil
marry their husband's brother.
Mr. Walter said that what was given by this bill 05
not equal to what was taken away. +her
Lord Bury replied, saying, that as regarded
degrees of relationship, they ought not to be mixed
wn
with the consideration of this bill, which stood on its
merits.

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The House then divided, when the second reading 'c3s
carried by 133 to 77.

House adjourned at 3.30 p.m

THE RT. e
The Duchess of Cambridge,CO thUe Princess Mary, ralei tat
Duke of Cambridge, visited the Queen on TuesdaY,
Buckingham Palace.

Majo—r-General Peel had an audience of the QUeen by
The Prince Consort rode on horseback, attended
Captain the Hon. D. de Ros.
The Princesses Alice and Helena rode in the ridirig.
house..

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied 11,,„ce
Princesses Alice and Helena' honoured the perform'ce
of the English opera, Covent Garden, with their Preroly
in the evening. The royal suite consisted of
inn),
Churchill, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Earl of Verlo'"
Col. F. R. Seymour, and Captain the Hon. D. de 13°,01
Her Majesty will hold levees at St. James's Palacisra
the following days, at two o'clock :—Wednesday,4lle
inst. ; Wednesday, the 2nd of March next.

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The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles
-P: -c, tit,
Fisher, of Ventnor and Sandown, in the Isle of l'„1"3 illeh
to be a commissioner to administer oaths in the °
Court of Chancery in England. had
A deputdtion on the subject of the Mersey Docks, oil
an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. lienleYjau•
Tuesday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The rrun-ile•
tation consisted of Sir Phillip Egerton, M.P., Mr. ),elicl
mache, M.P., Earl Grosvenor, M.P., Mr. Townsji"oo.
Mainwaring, M.P., the Earl of Shelburne, and the vi r,
F. Ponsonby (Great Western Railway Company)) ife-rs,
Salisbury, M.P., Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Stokon, Mr. .I'.°,,r.
and Mr. Petizers, (Birkenhead Railway CompanY); sr.
Laird (Birkenhead Improvement Commissioner),. oof
Alderman Eaton and Mr. T. Q. Roberts (CorporatOod,
Chester), and Mr. C. Mainwaring, Mr. C. Towns
and Mr. Penny (landowners). 91% 13.
The following deputations, introduced by ikir.;. , g for
Horsf all, M.P., and Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., menlue.,:sclaY,
Liverpool, had an interview with Mr. Henley, on Dl' Bill,
on the subject of the Mersey Docks and Ilarboursino
namely: —Messrs. Quentin Fleming and James 13. oat;
Timber Association), Messrs. John Bibby and B. and
Steam-ship Association), Messrs. Josiah Boollessre.
rancis A. Clint (Shipowners' Association), and ' coPl"
Charles Saunders and George Melly (Chamber of
merce).
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HONOURS TO LORD AND LADY NAPIER.--We los-,
York Herald) understand that a committee has Ilderillt7,°
been constituted in this city for the purpose of tea deloY
to Lord and Lady Napier a grand ball at thewille3
gill
of Music. It is proposed that the affair shall take
IF the
during the month of March, and immediately after the
close of the session of Congress, when the eilte -be in
diplomatic, political, and fashionable world
New York. The new British Minister Lord 14'14
probably arrive about the same time that the ball._ gee
be given to his predecessor. It is stated that the
will be the most magnificent affair of the kind thatieilia the
ever been projected in the United States, both
_oral
quality of the guests And the splp/4401,g 0- tio gu
arrangements,