The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

BANE OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 6th day
01 Aug., 1862:

MEM DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ......../.31,755,310 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 17,135,310
Silver Bullion

£31,785,3101
BANKING
Proprietors' Capi-
D
tat £14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, COMMib-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

£31,785,310

:PARTMENT.
Government Seen-

titles (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity)
Other Securities £ 19,0789;200
Notes
Gold and Silver 821,628
Coin

counts) 6,157.358
Other Deposits 15,232,959
Seven Day and
other Bills

791,873

£40,085,715
w

Z 40,85,7 15
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.

Aug. 7,1862.

MARRIAGE OF ROMAN CATHOLIC
PRIESTS.

The Civil Tribunalof Perrigeux has just been en-
gaged three days in hearing the important question
discussed, as to whether the French laws allow a
person in holy orders in the Roman Cathok
Church to contract marriage. The case was
brought before the same tribunal in February last,
when M. Brou de Lauriere, who is in priest's
orders, but has retired from exercising the func-
tions of the ministry, applied to the tribunal for an
order to compel the mayors of Perrigeux and Cen-
drieux to proceed to the celebration of his marriage
with Madlle. Elizabeth de Fressanges. On that
occasion, it may be remembered, the court, consist-
ing of four judges, was equally divided, and a new
trial was ordered, and in order to prevent the re-
currence of a similar incident, five judges were or-
dered to sit on the bench. After the counsel for.
M. Brou de Lauriere had stated the case in the
same terms as on the first trial, the counsel
for the mayors declared that their clients did.
not oppose the application, and should defer
to the judgment of the tribunal. The
Procurcur Imperial then rose, and strongly
opposed the application. He declared that
to permit the marriage of priests would be most
injurious is a moral point of view, and quoted the
ouinion of Portalis, who says:—" There would no
longer be any safety for families if a priest could
choose a wife and abdicate his ministry for the pur-
pose of marrying. A priest has more facilities for
seduction than any other man ; there can be no
security against him if seduction is encouraged by
the hope of marriage. Fathers of families will be
exposed to continual apprehensions, and inexperi-
enced girls will be always at the mercy of unprin-
cipled and immoral priests. Religion would thus
offer snares to virtue and resources to vice." The
learned gentleman concluded by expressing his
conuiction that the tribunal would never authorise
a Catholic priest to renounce celibacy. The tribu-
nal, after due deliberation, pronounced the follow-
ing judgment :—" The tribunal, considering that,
according to Code Napoleon, marriage is a purely
civil contract, which mai be made by all citizens
whom it has not formally declared incapable, that it
would be vain toseek in our laws a prohibition against
the marriage of a Roman Catholicpriest, since he does
not by taking holy orders lose any of his rights as
a citizen ; that the organic law on public worship,
of Germinal, year X., is as silent as the code on this
es to supply his orris.
important point ; that when the legislator is silent,
it doe§ not belong to the jndg
sions, by deriving from
ra
reasons the siderations, doubtless wormthoyol and religions
of all
respect,
hav-
ing no root in the civil law, a prohibition which the
latter does not contain ;—for those
but
con-
siderations,
tri-
bunal, determining the point left undecided on Bth
February, 1862, by the opinions of the :judges being
divided, and certifying that the
equally mayors of
Perrigeux and Cendrieux have deferred to the deci-
sion of the bench, declares and ordains that the
I said civil functionaries shall proceed to the publish-
ing of the banns and celebration of the marriage of
Brou Lauriere with Elisabeth Fressanges; and
further ordains that mention of the
present judg-
ment shall be made in the ma • rriage registers of
the said communes of Perrigeux and Cendrieux, and
condemns Brou Lauriere to pay all
the costs. Cialtgnani.

WIMBLEDON AND CROYDON RAlLWAY.—Yester-
day the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of
this company was held at the offices of the London, Brigh-
ton, and South Coast Railway Company, London•bridge
station—Mr. Jack in the chair. The seal of the company
having been affixed to the register of the shareholders, the
chairman said that as the directors had no report to present
with reference to the working of the line, which was entirely
in the hands of the lessees, the London and Brighton Cow:
party, his du y was a very
simple one, and merely amounted
to moving the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 40.yeif
share, being equivalent to 4 per cent, per annum, free 0.""'
IT.
deductions. Mr. Read, jun., seconded the motion, wL
was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings terreinated.,
The
SIR R. MAYNE AND THE OmNIBTISEs•
official
instructions General Omnibus Company have reeetheiv ed
instructions from the Police Commissioner to remove
advertising boards, and some correspondBi°° has taken
place. The commissioner's reply to the any's request
eohe np
will forego all
to continue the boards is to the effect that
proceedings on the same being removed,g
the
Act, but that he
they are opposed
"
to the late Mr. Fitzroy's Public arr
will not object to any boardfventilation, or to
' in such a manner as not to obstruct' rg placedC abovels the weatherboard
interfere with the passage of passengers.
PRODUCE OF JAVA.-- 1 the
roof
of Java is
theex-
following produce :-841,218
ex-
pected to yield this year
14: °iciga of sugar, 668,700 pounds of
piculs of coffee, 1,693,936_ _ piculs
100,000 pounds and 35,000
piculs of tobacco, it
indigo, 1,600,000 p0u1.600
pounds of cinnamon, 41,000
.1 And 5,000 pounds of pepper, all Am-
pounds of cochitie•-t
meeting of the Chester and Holy-
head weight-
s called for the 21st inst., and will
special to determine as to the " creation and issue
wpreierence stock, not exceeding £2,468,000, bearing
bhee airmd
ahßdeeaihl awtal half-yearly
nyi
rate of interest of 5 per cent, per annum, in sub-
tion for the £3,455,000 existing stock, at various rates
sato
uniof nfoerai
of interest."

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Aug. 6.—The market
continues very firm, and, importers not pressing sales,
buyers are obliged to take what they want at the full asking
prices. No British plantation cffering except the Barbadoes.
Rum—Demerara and Lee wards are taken freely on arrival
at previous rates, and stocks of these descriptions are eon-
sequently very light in importers'hands.
LIVERPOOLmand for cotton to-day hai been moderate only,
and the
COTTON MARKET, Aug. 6.—The de*
sales do not exceed 5,000 :bales-4,000 on speculation and
.
for export. Prices of American and Brazil are higher
Surate are dull at previous Tates.