The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-24 00:00:00

•THE- StIN, -LONDON, rEIDAY EVENING, JUNE- 24, . MI.

MISCELLANEOUS—Continued.
Crystal Palace, 3l 2
East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 5}
Fore-str• et Warehouse, lira.,
Gen. Credit and Finan.:e of London, Um., 6!
Gi ne. al Steam Navigation, 27
Home and C lonial A ssurance, 1im.,:5)
Hudson's Bay, i 8!),
Imperil and Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 71,
International Financial 'ociety, lira., 9.
International Land Credit. Jim.,
Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 7$
Laud Securities, 1 m., 4i
London Financial Association, lim., 2t
Ditto, new, 141
London -iienural Omnibus Company, 2i /
M dras Irr gation and canal,
Ditto, (ail', In
National Di,connt Company, lira., 14/
New Zealand Trust and Loan, 21
Oriental Inland Steam, 3} 3
Peninsula and Oriental Stcam, 791 80 79 / 9
Ditto, new, 47*
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lira..

Ditto (£i),
Thames and ,11,...r5ey Marine (Insurance), 11m.,,61
Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 5

IXPERIAL PARLIAMENT

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HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening,
FACILITIES FOR DIVINE SERVICE IN COL-
LEGIATE SCHOOLS BILL.

The Bishop of OXFORD moved the second reading of
this bill. The whole of the clergy who had expressed an
opinion upon it seemed highly to approve of its provisions,
and thought it wou'd aid in the education of the people.
The Earl of SHAFTESB URY entirely disapproved of
the provisions of the bill, and moved that it be read that
day three months.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said the bill only
legalised existing practices.

Lord PORTMAN thought if the bill did act upon any
other than chartered schools there could be no objection
to it.

The LORD CHANCELLOR thought there was some
danger in the bill, and therefore he should be compelled to
vote against the second reading if it was pressed to divi-

sion.
The B;shop of LONDON advised the postponement of
the bill.
The Bishop of OXFORD expressed surprise at he
opposition rained to the inessure, which he attributed to
unworthy suspicions and prejudices. As it was, the
schools of the Church of Englind were placed at a disad
vantage compared with those of every other denomination.
Ultimately, the amendment was withdrawn, and the
second reading of the bill was agreed to.
The Beerhouses (Ireland) Bill was also read a second
time.
The Banking Copartnership Bill and the Vacating of
Seats (House of Commons) Bill passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMDIONS.---Last Evening.
WEIGHING OF GRAIN (PORT OF LONDON)

BILL.

On the order for the second reading of this bill,

Mr AY IRON moved that, inasmuch as the bill seeks
to enlarge and alter the powers of the corporation of the
City 'of Loam to levy a rate or duty, and to alter
existing rates end duties, on grain and seeds
imported into the port of London for the use
and benefit of the Corporation, this house was of opinion
that the bill ought not to be proceeded with until the stand-
ing orders relating to private bills be duly complied with.
L'olonel W. PATTEN asked the Speaker to decide
whether the bill ought to proceed as a public or private one.
The SPEAKER said there were many precedents fa.
treating it as a public bill, but he thought it ought to be
referred to a select committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed
wirh the right hon gentleman, and said the Government
were determined to treat the bill on its merits only.
Mr Alderman ROSE defended the corporation from the
charges of Mr Ayrton.
After some debate, Mr A'rnvos withdrew his amend-
ment and the bill was read a second time with a view to its
being referred to a select committee.
CONVENTS IN IRELAND.

THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE,

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY.

YELVERTON V. YELVE hTON (OTHERWISE LONGWORTH
Lords present :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
and Lords Chelmsford, Kingsdown, and Wensleydale.
The arguments in this case were resumed by
_ .

The Lord Advocate, who continued his address from
Tuesday last, and after some general remarks upon the
correspondence between the parties, said the whole
case resolved itself into three stages, the firet of
which were that both parties were substantially
betrothed. There could be no doubt that there was
a mutual understanding between them as to their sen-
timents being congenial. In the second stage there had
been an honourable courtship with the object of marriage,
but that towards the close of the period when the promise
was to be carried out, difficulties were suggested by Major
Yelverton entirely bearing upon money matters and his
proposing a secret marriage, which proposal was resisted by
the lady. The third stage was to overcome the scruples of
the lady to a secret rearria;e. There was a promise and
consent of marriage in Scotland, the consent and intercourse
taking place in Edinburgh, and the promise of marriage
being carried out by the ceremony in Ireland, From
these facts thei legal result _was, first, that there
was a promise and subsequent intercourse in Scotland,
and, secondly, not only a promise in Scotland and marriage
applicable to the period, as shown by the evidence and sub-
sequent acknowledgment, and ultimately carriett out by the
Irish marriage, which was a valid marriage. The two first
questions were sufficient to chew that there had been a com-
plete promise and marriage. This was not the place to
diseuss what had been the policy which led to the matri-
monial law of Scotland; it was sufficient to observe that it
did agree. The general matrimonial law of Europe was
drawn from the civil law, and afterwards sub-
stantially framed and modelled by the canon law,
and founded on the general maxim that consent made
marriage. How consent was to be proved was
a question upon which Christian nations had differed ;
some had departed more widely than others from the
general, civil, and canon law, and he did not think that
any country had differed more widely than England.
. • _ _

Lord Brougham said he did not thick that England
had departed more widely from the canon and civil law
than Fra-ce ; by the French law the consent of the
parents or guardians was necessary.
The Lord Advocate continued—There was no doubt the
Law of Marriage was defined under the Code Napoleon,
but in all cases the principle of the law was that there must
be a mutual promise, The learned Lard Advocate then
cited the dictum of Lord Stair, as reported in vat ions cases,
which constituted a promise and marriage in Scotland.
There was, in the opinicn of every Scotch lawyer, as to
whether after the de..th of one of the parties the locution
matrimonizim could set up the promise of marriage, but
there was no question that during the existence of the par-
ties the marriage was indissoluble, and that no subsequent
marriage—whether regular or irregular—would alter that
position. Here there was a clear promise of marriage at
Uioraltar, and subsequent promise at Edinburgh, and ac-
knowledged in writing. The acknowledgment was not
necessary if there wag a promise.

Lord Brougham—D,) you moan to say if there was
a promise b€fore two witnesses tiler° was no necessity for
an acknowledgirent in writing,

Tne Lord Advocate—Yes, here the first promise at
Galata was broken off but renewed in Scotland.

Lord liingsdown said he did not see that there was
anything in the Record tas to the interruption of the
promise.

The Lord Advocate—lt was alleged that the promise had
been broken off and then renewed. He then proceeded at
great length to go through the evidence and correspondence
to chow that all through the correspondence Major Yelver-
ton had expressed himself in the way that showed more
clearly that he had made the promise in Edinburgh, and
done all that ho had promised by the marriage in Ireland.
The learned Lord Advocate concluded his arguments by
stating that it was not competent in the Scotch courts for
the parties to be examined viva voce, but it was competent
for that house to do so, and, on the part of Mrs Yelverton,
she was ready to undergo the ordeal.
The Lord Chancellor said he was sure he expressed the
feelings of their lordships in saying they were much in-
debted to the Lord Advocate for his speech, and asked Mr
Rolt how long it would take him to reply ?

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—TiaIa Days

MARLBOROUGH-ST REET.

A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.—CRUELTY TO
A HORSE.--William Brown, carman. of John-street, Old
Kent-road, attended before Mr Knox, charged by the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
with torturing a horse, by working it in an unfit state.
The horse was seen by one of the offieus of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals attached
to a van, of which the defendant was the driver. It had a
large sore on its back, was old, lame, and in a condition
totally unfit for work.
Mr Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, who had
examined the horse at the request of Mr Knox, deposed
that the horse was old, had broken knees, end bore marks
of having been severely whipped. It was not fit for any
kind of work. The defendant admitted that he had only
given £3 5s for the horse.
The defendant said the horse till lately could go ten miles
an hour and draw a ton. It was a genuine horse, and only
wanted a little rest and care to improve it.

Mr Knox asked the defendant whether ho would have
the horse killed, and he declined to do so, upon which Mr
Knox fined him 10s, and lOs costs, or 14 days' imprison-
ment in default, at the same time telling the defendant that
the officers of the society would keep a sharp look out, and
if he was charged with working the horse again he would
be liable to a fine of L 5 each time.
CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLEItS—PERMITTING
DIMNSENNESS, &3.—Mr Millman, cf the Coach and
Horses, Silver-street, appeared before Mr Knox to answer
the complaint of the police of permitting druak and disor-
derly conduct in his house.

Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, deposed that on Sunday even-
ing the 12th inst. be was informed by Bonham, 148 0, that
some drunken men had been fighting in front of defendant's
house, and that the fight being over, they had gone into the
house. He entered, and one of the men said—" What the
-- do you want here," and another said—" Here's the
police coming in." There were about 25 persons in front
of the bar, all of them drinking, and several drunk. On
speaking to the defendant, ha treated the matter very
lightly.
The defendant said he told the sergeant be would get rid
of the men at once; but the sergeant saig that was not n ue,
and that the house was one much frequented by tailors.
In answer to the charge the defendant said be had kept
better order in the house than had ever been kept before
in it.

Mr Knox fined the defendant 20s. and coats, at the same
time telling him that the next time the fine would be 15,
and u►timately 150, which would be attended with losB of
the license.

The fine was paid.

THAMES.

SC.INDA.LOUS ROBBERY or A. CHILD.—Mary Robinson,
an elderly woman, was brought before Mr Partridge under
the following strange circumstances. _ _

Catherine Neale, the wife of Joeeph Neale, of No. 13,
William•street, St. George-in- the- East, said the prisoner
was a tailoress and had been at work for her. On Saturday
last she went with her husband into the country, and lett
her child Catherine in charge of the prisoner. On her re-
turn to London she found the child missing, and immedi-
ately proceeded to the station house of the K division in
King David-lane, and found her child there. Her gold ear
rings were missing. The child was wearing them on Sa-
turday when she left home with her husband. The ear
rings were worth ss.
Martha Haslett, of No, 3, Richard's-court, St. George•in-
the-East, saw the prisoner with the child in Bow Cemetery
on Saturday afternoon last. The child was crying, and the
prisoner was taking the earrings from its ears. The prisoner
put the earrings in her pocket, and went to Wood's pawn-
shop in Rateliff highway and pawned them.
The earrings were produced by the pawnbroker and
identified. The prisoner, who is a very dissipated woman,
got drunk with the money she raised on the earrings, and
was intoxicated yesterday when arrested and conveyed to
the station house. The child from whom the earrings were
stolen was seven years old. She was not examined on oath.
Mr Partridge committed the prisoner for trial.

MARKETS--This Day,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days

STOCKBRIDGE RACES—Tms DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAVII )
VISITORS' PLATE.

Olivia
Catch'em Alive
Hersey il!ly..

Six ran.
SWEEPSTAKES.

Damascus
EryJiia
.. 2
Colonist colt
Seven ran.
UXBRIDGE PLATE.

Confederate
Soapstone
Lady Clifden

Seven ran.
T.ROY STAKES.

Gardevisure
Koenig
Tennyson ... 3

Nino ran.
GENTLEMAN'S DERBY STAKES.

Joco
Welbeck
Tipple-
Four ran.

tip to the hour of going to press we had not received
from our correspondent the final return of the day's sport.