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COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL.

Order for Committee read; Motion made and Question
proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to
the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this
House will, upo❑ this day three months, resolve itself into
the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
The House divided:—

lIIINORITY—AYES, 60.
Alcock, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert 3luntz, G. F.
Bagshaw, John Grenfell, C. P. O'Brien , Johx
Baillie, H. J. Guest, Sir J. Pearson, Charles
Baines, M. T. Ilardcastle, J. A. Pechell, Captain
Bass, M. T. Ilayter, W. G. Pilkington, James
Benbow, John Ileadlam, Thomas Rice, E.ilt.
Bright, John Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel
Brotherton, J. Heyworth, Lawrence Scully, Francis
Brown, W. Howard, C. W. G. Sidney, Alderman
Burroughes, 11. Ilumpliery, Ald. Smith, J. B.
Chaplin, W. J. Jervis, Sir John Stanstleld, W. R.
Clay, Sir W. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel
Cobden, Richard King, I'. J. Thornely, T.
Crawford, W. S. Lacy, H. C. Tollemache, F. J.
Duncan, Viscount Langston, J. 11. Villiers, Charles
Duncan, George Lewis, 0. C. Willcox, Brodie
Duncombe, T. Lushington, Charles Williams, John
Forster, M. Marsh 11, J. G. Wrightson, W. B.
Fox, W. J. Mastennan, J. TELLERS.
Frewen, C. 11. Matheson, Colonel Aglionby, 11. A.
Glyn, G. C. Morris, David Hume, Joseph

MAJORITY—NOES, 71.
Arkwright, G. Dundas, G. Morgan, 0.
Bailey, Joseph Farnham, E. Mostysi, E. M. L.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fellowes, E. Napier, Joseph
Barrington, Viscount Foley, J. 11. Oswald, Alexander
Bennet, P. forbes, W. Palmer, Robert
13eresford, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundell
Berkeley, C. L. G. Goddard, A. L. Plowden, W. li.
Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Richards. Richard
Boldero, Henry Graham, Sir James Robartes, T. J.
Bouverie, E. P. Greene, Thomas Smyth, John G.
Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Spooner, Richard
Brand, Thomas Haggitt, F. It. Strickland, Sir G.
Buck, L. W. Hallyburton, Lord Stuart, Lord J.
Buller, Sir V. Heald, James Stuart, John
Burrell, Sir C. Hood, Sir A. Villiers, Viscount
Cavendish, (l. 11. Hope, Alexander Villiers, F. W.
Cobb°ld, Joint C. Hughes, W. B. Waddington, H. S.
Cocks, T. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C,
Coke, Edward K. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Willyams, H.
Compton, 11. C. Lewisham, Vise. Wyld, James
Denison, Edmund Lindsay, Colonel Wynn, C. W.
Dodd, G. Littleton, E. It.
Duckworth, Sir J. Lowther, Colonel
Duucombe, A. Mackenzie, W. I.
Duncult, John Morgan, it. K.

TELLERS.
Christopher, R.
Galway, Viscount

SCOTCH MARRIAGE

AND RE

GISTRATION BILLS.

TO THE RIGHT HON. 1.,,RD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P.

Dear Lord John,—When in London lately, I and other
Scotch Peers had an interview with Lord Lansdowne, in
oeder to draw his attention to certain Bills affecting se-
riously the interests of Scotland, which we are anxious
should be withdrawn. He asked me to state our views
in writing to enable Lim to submit them to his col-
leagues, which I accordingly did pretty fully, and I have
no doubt the letter was transmitted to you. I have since
observed that the Lunacy and Pupils' Bills have bee❑
abandoned, but you have expressed the determination of
the Government to proceed with the Marriage and Re-
gistration Bills, and requested the indulgence of the
House for so doing, in consideration of the small ,propor-
tion of its time which is usually occupied in Scotch busi-
❑ess, as if these Bills were a boon you were about to
confer on Scotland, and were not forced on the people in
spite of the decided expression of their disapprobation.
It appears to me that you have been greatly deceived
as to the general feeling on this question, and Lord
Lansdowne was labouring under the same erroneous
impression when he wrote to me saying that the Scotch
Members were satisfied with the provisions of these
Bills. No doubt, great exertions have been made to gain
their support by concessions and modifications, which in
some instances have proved successful, bat I am con-
vinced, that were these Members to consult the wishes
of their constituents they would give these measures
their unqualified opposition, and in the event of an
election, their votes on this occasion will not be forgotten.

The improper manner in which these Bills were hur-
ried through the House of Lords gives rise to a suspi-
cion that their popularity in Scotland was doubted. In-
troduced the first day of the session, during the absence
of a number of Scotch Peers, Lord Campbell refused to
postpone them even for the short period which was re-
quested in order to give the Scotch Peers (who alone
could be supposed to feel much interest in the matter, or
appreciate its importance) time to assemble or consult on
the subject, and notwithstanding the unfairness of this
proceeding, the passing of these Bills by the House of
Lords is now alleged as a reason for pressing them on in
the Commons.

When before the House of Lords last session, the
Committee, of which I was a member, was not aware
that the object of registration could be attained at one-
tenth of the expense consequent on the proposed compli-
cated machinery, which cannot be carried out at a less
cost than 20,0001. per annum. I showed Lord Lans-
downe that for 2,0001. or 3,0001., an equally efficient
system of registration might be organized, and one free
from the manifest injustice and inexpediency of taxing
the whole of the rate-payers in a parish for the registra-
tion of the births and deaths of the wealthy. or of in-
ennaolttiemseoent
ethreoalsoinwgertheclansusmesb,etrhooufgsthatcuctretsaionflyp
litnswaontldldp
the views of those who are already counting on the
places they are to obtain under the Act, and who will be
the only gainers by the measure. The cost entailed upon
the country by the Boards which have already been
created are sufficiently notorious, and there is great in-
consistency in a Goverment professedly acting on prin-
ciples of strict economy adding both to public and private
burdens without urgent necessity, by appointing new
offices at a time when retrenchments are deemed so ad-
visable that numbers of clerks in the public departments
are discharged. I may further add that these Bills
were brought forward without previous consultation with
the Lord Advocate, who told me before the meeting of
Parliament, that considering the state of the public
Exchequer, he did not intend to re-introduce them. I
would, therefore, urge you most strongly to delay the
present measure till you ascertain more correctly the real
sentiments of the people of Scotland—for, depend upon
it, the day is not far distant when this system of taxing
the community for the support of Boards and Commis-
sions, by which places are provided for supporters of
Governments, whether Liberal or Conservative, will no
longer be submitted to.—Yours faithfully,
KINNAIRD.
Rossie Priory, June 30, 1849.

On Monday the Rev. Joseph Brown, of Bethnal-
green, took his poor parishioners their annual excursion,__is
by special train, to spend the day in the countarya.utTsibx.
year they visited Havering Bower, in numberora b
Z ford station
teen hundred, parents and children.
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Archdeacono f Il om ford,
inquired of Mr. Brown if
morning, directed Rev. R.
the attention
of them,r o
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awga walked
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Bower,
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nlk receivedme-
erected in the church-
ownifilutocdh,hetino children
theth e attentionmc umrftsorio memory noafottfhheeav
monumentploor girl who had been distin-
yar
uished for her piety and good conduct. She was killed
t,ecidantally. Mr. Faulkner had written an interesting
memoir of the little girl, several copies of which were
given for the use of the children. It was gratifying to
observe how much both old and young enjoyed the day.
Occasionally, different groups of the children began
spontaneously to sing a hymn, and before their departure
a few hymns were sung by the whole, assembled in one
spot on that beautiful elevation, and again in the
grounds of Mr. Tolmain, who hospitably entertained the
friends of Mr. Brown, who had come to witness the
animating scene. While assembled in the field adjoining
the lawn of Mr. Tulmain, the children were addressed
by several gentlemen, particularly by the Rev. Mr. Cot-
ton, who, having been out as chaplain to the Bishop of
New Zealand, gave an account of the progress in the
education of the children of the natives of that island.

-- - - - - . -- , • ._
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY.
June 25.—Captain Smyth, R.N., President, in
the Chair.—Sir Wm. Kay, Bart., and Edward
Gordon, Es.q., M.A., were elected Fellows of the
Society. Read:—The copy of a letter addressed
by the President to Mr. Bancroft, the Ameri-
can Minister, expressive of the thanks of
the Royal Geographical Society for the kind
sympathy evinced by the Government of
the United States in the fate of Sir John Franklin
and his companions. Papers read :-1. "A proposal
for the Construction of Maps upon the walls of the
Corridors and Committee Rooms of the New Houses
of Parliament," by Mr. Saxe Bannister, with remarks
upon the subject by Mr. G. Belles Greenough,
V.P.R G.S. 2. "On Abila and the district of Abilene,
near Mount Lebanon," by Mr. J. Hogg, F.R.S.,
Hon. Sec. 3. " Notes on the Physical Geography of
Pr,lestine," by Col. von Wildenbruch. 1. Mr. Ban-
nister proposes the construction of maps on a large
scale as useful decorations to the New Palace at
Westminster, such as that constructed by our great
navigator, Sebastian Cabot, long suspended in the
' Gallery at the Royal Palace of Whitehall ; as the
celebrated views of the Spanish Armada in tapestr. y
in the old House of Lords ; as the vast maps in tne
temples, the porticos, the colleges of ancient Rome ;
and, above all, as in the Gallery of Geography of
the Vatican. One series of maps would present to
the eye pictures of the whole globe;—the forests
of the Canadas in contrast to the houses and the
harvests so rapidly thinning them—the fisheries of
iceclad Greenland—the fur reg:ons of Hudson Bay,
and the tales of lost, as well as the track of successful,
explorers of the frozen north—the West Indian Isles,
brilliant in natural beauties, and strug7ling to pro-
duce results worthy of the sublime cause of Negro
emancipation—the free, peaceful, and Christian set-
tlements of Western Africa, in contrast with its man-
hunts and its slave marts—the sheep-walk and the
mission-house, so rapidly driving back barbarism far
into South Africa—the mines and stock-stations
already pushed deep into the Australias—the infinitely
varied works of nature and of man in New Zealand,
in Ceylon, in India, in the Asiatic Archipelago, in the
islands of the Southern Ocean, and in China. To
these scenes of British enterprise would be added
correct delineations of the rest of the globe, moun-
tai:is, valleys, and plains ; rivers, lakes, and seas;
cities and ports, with each tribe and people distinctly
characterised, and with the traces of great events,
now visible in monuments or in ruins, correctly dis-
played to the eye. These maps, drawn according to
the best resources of modern science, should be on
the largest possible scale, and uniform in magnitude.
Great size is indispensable for grandeur of effect and
in order to admit of duly proportioned details, while
uniformity of magnitude will furnish exact ideas of
the comparative importance of countries. All sepa-
rate maps should be large enough to admit of distinct
objects, geographical, geological, meteorological,
natural and artificial. In addition to such maps of the

land, there should be carefully prepared a collection of
marine maps—not merely charts, but more complete
even than those already suggested by Humboldt—for
the shallows, the depths, the currents and trades of
the ocean. These marine maps should have ships,
rocks, storms, and wrecks, shores and lighthouses,
correctly delineated, and would form one vast series
of the highest importance to commercial and colonial
enterprize, to science, to medical and religious mis-
sions. Another series would be important to the
history of geographical discovery, and would form a
collection dating from the earliest days, from those of
Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Peutinger Tables, to
the Anglo-Saxon and Chinese Maps, down to the
Hereford Map, and including such as furnished
Columbus and the Cabots, Vesputius and Magellan,
with the strongest motives for heroic enterprise. A
third series would include the representation of the
elements of intelligence found in the rude geogra-
phical designs of the Esquimaux, the Indian, and the
native of Australia, to guide the colonist to rich pas•
tures, to relieve the explorer in his perplexity, and
sometimes to warn the civilized man that even the
savage understands his territorial rights. Mr.
Greenough would, in case of any recommendation
being made by the council to Government upon the
subject, prefer, to the series of maps suggested by Mr.
Bannister, a series of cartographic compositions. An
ordinary map is at best only a representative of
nature, while cartographic compositions would repre-
sent mind, and would bear the same relation to a
Government survey that a historical or poetical com-
position does to a portrait. The physical map of
I3erghaus may be taken as a rude type of this deside-
ratum, which might be more diversified in character
and subject, much enlarged in scale, and wrought up
to a degree of excellence, which an alliance of art,
science, and literature can alone produce. Of all con-
trivances for geographical expression, the georama of
Mr. Guerin is the most fascinating and instructive;
and it would be desirable to have two georamas, the
one for inanimate nature, the other for man in his
several relations, and for the changes which the sur-
face of the globe has undergone under his operations.
An empire over which the sun never sets requires of
its rulers, and in a minor degree of its people, a fa-
miliar acquaintance with the entire globe. A
writer of no mean authority has informed us that the
affairs of our forty-three colonies are administered
at home by a staff so small, that on an average two
clerks are all that can be -pared for each; and surely
it cannot be unreasonable to desire that the labours
of these singularly overtasked officials should be
eased, by placing at their disposal the readiest means
of acquiring standard information ; nor does it
appear less expedient that Members of Parliament
should have distinct ideas, at least upon those respec-
tive colonies whose interests and capabilities are often
mainly dependent on geographical position and
local considerations, and in respect to which they
may be at any time called upon on short notice to
assent to, or dissent from, complicated legislative
enactments. In the Bibliotheque National at Paris,
there is, or was, a colossal globe, but how incon•
venient for reference, how meagre in information is a
globe, however large, compared with a georama I In-
dependently, however, of this contrivance, the object
of which is to exhibit the earth as a whole, provision
should be made for a detailed study of the constituent
parts of the British empire, by exhibiting them
severally under various phases. This might
be done by a series of maps or cartoons, hydrogra-
phical, hypographical, geological, agricultural, statis-
tical, administrative, industrial, &c. &c., all uniform
in scale and projection. here at least there is no
want of raw material. Almost every state has of late
years taken care to have every part of its area correctly
and minutely surveyed. The maps derived from
these surveys are, however, constructed upon
no uniform principle. Each of them, notwithstanding
their excellence in other respects, has this defect—
that it is only a national work, an insulated docu-
ment, a part formed irrespective of a whole ; hence
the various surveys of European states are mere
fragments : like the coins of these countries, their
currency scarcely extends beyond the frontier. The
Prussian reckons his longitude from Berlin, the
Austrian from Vienna, the Frenchman from Paris,_
the Englishman from Greenwich, the Russian from
from
his Cadiz,
measurements
ePortu-
guese St. Pe
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feet, another in toises, another in metres.
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It would,
then, be to the honour as well as to the advantage
of England, if at her bidding geography were rendered
more simple, more attractive, more easy, more con•
sistent—if the unwieldy mass of valuable material
were brought into symmetry; and this may in a great
measure be effected by the construction of mono-
graphic compositions or cartoons, based upon philo-
sophical principles, and tending to illustrate the
various departments into which general science
is divided. It is obvious that the remarks made upon
the British dominions, and on the Continent of
Europe, could not be applied to all other parts of the
earth's surface without much modification. In what
manner the latter should be dealt with is a subject
for inquiry hereafter, the present object of these
remarks being rather to enunciate a principle than to
lay down a system.

DARING ROBBERY IN CAMBEEWELL-GBOVE.---011
the night of the 30th of June a most daring robbery wee
porpetrated by some burglars upon the private residence
of Mr. Henry Barrett, Springfield•terrace. The thieves
r esfirl
ev silver
three spoons,
cutting the shutter most adroitly with a circular saw,
gained admittance through the back kitchen window, by
and forced
and then removing the fastenings; proceeding to the
dining.room they abstracted from the sideboard a silver
open • gold
watches
nardyaanduatonotiktythoef
and a silver watch, together with several •
cruet
as stand
eat
articles of jewel-
lery—valued altogether at about 701. Not satisfied with
this, they broke open a case containing a valuable nti-
eroscope, also a cabinet with selected
micros-
copic interest, but finding them specimens of
value, they left them g to be of no metallic
house they made unmolested. Before leaving the
themselves somewhat free with the
wine. All was accomplished
Eel so. quietly that not the least
disturbance occurred the morning notice was
given at the principal policer yi
stations, but
nothing has as
yet transpired to lead to the discovery
of the offenders.
From the dexterous manner in which the whole affair
was conducted no doubt arises but that they were con-
nected with some experienced gang.
THE CITY ELECTION.—At the general election of
1847 Mr. Rothschild, M.P., polled 6,792 votes, and the
highest Conservative candidate, Mr. John Masterman.
6,722. The highest unsuccessful Tory candidate on the
list, Mr. Bevan, only polled 5,268 votes; and the lowest
unsuccessful Tory candidate, Mr. Freshfield, onliny 4,704.
matained
Mr. Rothschild, on the present occasion,o4
his position, whilst the Conservatives have'evidently lost
ground greatly.
THE FATAL ExpLosTON ON THE SOI3TH.DEVON
RAILWAY.—PLYMOUTII, JULY 3.—The inquiry into the
death of Evans, the stoker, and the cause of the late
accident on the South-Devon Railway, was concluded
on Monday. When all the evidence had been heard.
the Coroner summed up very minutely, and the jury,
after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the
deceased's death was caused the bursting of the
boiler of the Goliath engine, but how or in what VII
this was caused they had no evidence to show.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF CO V AWNS, July 4.

MARRIAGE WITH THE SlsTEit OF A DE-

CE -.ED WIFE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.
Mr. S CUAR r I'LEY said had tr.med this
clause in order to meet the c msciences of all parties.
He was, however, anxious to obtain the opinion of the
House upon this subject. As regarded the canons of
the Church, it was certain that the 99th canon prohi-
bited such marriages as were contrary to the word
of God; but before any man could be proceeded against
it would be necessary to prove that the marriage, for
whi.eh he was prosecuted, was contrary to the law of God.
Tae Hon. Gentlemen then read some passages from the
V, forks of one of the highest dignitaries of the Church,
attaching but slight importance to these canons, and
stating that many of them had been rendered nugatory
by subsequent Acts of Parliament.
Mr. MUNTZ thought that every man ought to in-
terpret the Word of God for himself, and not lean en-
tirely on the canons of the Church. He for his part
could not see anything in the Word of God forbidding
these marriages; he had seen great benefits arising from
such marriages, and he hoped that his Hon. Friend
Would persevere with his Bill.
Colonel T)-lONIPSON said that some of those organs
of pubis opinion which were supposed to be connected
with the, opponents of this Bill had lately begun to find
out that not only were marriages with a wife's sister
permitted by the Levitical law, but that they were abso-
lutely ordered and enjo;nei; and that a man might have
his face slapped with his slippers—no doubt a cruel iu-
dignity—(A laugh)—if he ,neglimted to execute the
Mosaic law by marrying his brother's widow. They
had heard of a mistake which was committed during
the existence of the Star Chamber, when one
of the commandments was printed without the
word " not." " Thou shalt commit adultery" was
the reading of the commandment in those days, and
many were said to have been those who followed the
reading of that copy.—(Laughter.) The same was the
case now; there was always a " not" put in, or a
" not" left out. Now those who read for themselves
would find that there was a Mosaic commandment
that in certain cases a man should marry his brother's
widow, and what God commanded to some he left free
to all. They might have had quoted to them the
memorable instance in which the Author of Christianity
was pressed with a question on this very point, as to
whit was to become in a future state of the widow who
he. 3 married seven brothers in succession. And did He
say that was a thing contrary to the law? No; He
said coolly and without reprehension that there were
circumstances in the future state which were not con-
nected with man's associations and ties in this world.
He (Colonel Thompson) was glad to express bis opinion
of -the :great necessity for passing the present Bill; for
he believed that the exisitiog law was a source of great
distress, and he feared of immorality, to a large number
of persons in this country. He must say, however, that
he thought it was unnecessary to extend the permission
to marry a wife's niece; for he had not heard of any-
body who wanted to marry his wife's niece, though many
persons wished to marry their wives' sisters.
Mr. MANGLES thought that the Hon. Gentleman
the Member for Maidstone (Mr. Hope) was, by his
amendment, striving to put an additional burden on the
consciences of clergyman of the Church of England. He
could not see the value of canons which were contradic-
tory to Acts of Parliament.
Mr. GLADSTONE thought that the Bill went to
establish perfect anarchy, by leaving to every clergy-
man's conscience the interpretation of the law under
which he acted. But he thought that it was a little too
late in the day to impugn the validity of the canons,
when clergymen were constantly being subjected to
severe punishment, temporal and spiritual, under them.
There was no article of our faith which could be esta-
blished on higher grounds than the prohibition of these
marriages by the canon. With regard to the amend-
ment he was prepared to go farther than the Honourable
Gentleman who had propoi.cd it. He was persuaded
that this Bill would greatly lower the general tone of
society. He should support the amendment.
Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the clause in
the Bill was certainly preferable to the amendment;
bur he did not consider that even if the amend-
ment were introduced into the Bill that it would
render it valueless. He thought that the amendment
should not be considered entire, but in detail. He ob
jecte.l to the words "not authorised" in the amendment,
as-it would render those marriages void for celebrating
which clergymen were punished, which would be pro-
ductive of great evils.
'Mr. STUART WORTLEY was confirmed in his ori-
ginal judgment by the discussion which hid taken place.
He wished to explain one point to the House. The 99th
canon, ab eit which so much had be,-n said, was sub-
scribed to by no clergymen of the Church of England
err his ordination; and out of the 141 canons there were
three selected, to which each clergyman was obliged to
subscribe.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. GLAD-
S oNE and Mr. GOULBURN,

Mr. DENISON stated that he understood it was
not the intention of his Hen. Friend to press his amend-
ment. He wished to state that among the many pea-
tibias which he had presented to the House in favour of
this Bill there was not one but was numerously signed
by clergymen.
'The gallery was then cleared, but the amendment was
negatived without a division.
The discussion was then renewed, and several clauses
were then agreed to.
On the clause for extending the operation of the Bill
to Scotland,
Mr. FOX MALTLE said that he could state,
upon the very highest legal authority in Scotland,
that these marriages were not only voidable but alas
lutely void. The only reason that had been assigned for
extending this taw to Scotland vas, that it was ad-
visable to render the practice in the two countries of
England and Ireland uniform.—(Hear.) Now he could,
for his own part, perceive no reason for rendering that
practice uniform. By the Act of Union the Confession of
Feith was signed by all the leading ministers of Scotland
as the basis of the ecclesiastical government of that
country, and this law if extended to Scotland would be,
in the first place, a complete infraction between the two
countries. They had on one occasi,n interfered with
the feelings of the people of that country, and the con-
sequence had been that a body of upwards of 400 minis-
ters—whether they be right or whether they be
wrong, he did not intend to give an opinion—upwards
of 400 ministers had determined to secede from
the Established Church of that country ; and
he did not hesitate to say, that if this Bill
were to be passed in its present shape it
would lead to the annihilation of the Established Church
altogether. The Confession of Faith of 1567 had con-
tinued the 'groundwork of the ecclesiastical government
of that country until 1835. But now they proposed to
introduce a measure which was perfecly abhorrent to
the feelings of the people, and were in the first place dis-
placing the law of the land by creating a new principle
which could not be engrafted on the customs, c r find any
place in the feelings, of the people, and, secondly, which
must destroy all the principles of cohesion which bad
hi,therto existed, and existed usefully to the present time.
The only instance that he had ever heard of
the marriage of a man with the sister
of a deceased wife had occurred in a place with which
he was well acquainted, and such had been the conse-
quence of the feeling excited that all the parties con-
cerned had been compelled to leave the neighbourhood.
The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that the fol-
lowing clause be added to the Bill:—" And be it enacted,
that this Act shall not extend to Scotland, nor shall any
thing therein contained alter, or be construed to alter,
the law relating to rnarrisge in that country.
:The LORD ADVOCATE said that however desirous
he was for preventing anything like dissension iu Scot-
land, he was compelled to observe that his Right Hon.
and Learned Friend was not quite right in his allusion
to the immutability of the Confession of Faith a 1567, for
Wiled been altered and amended in 1690, and there had
been an addition subsequent to that; after very 113,1•
tare csnsideration, and nut without the coincidence of
opinion in many high legal functionaries, that the incon-
venience likely to arise from the Bill would be far wore
than counterbalanced by the advantages which it was
likely to confer. 'What was the c why, if this
clause were to be added to the Biil, it would radically
create a difficulty which might never be got over.—
(Hear, hear.) If a woman, who had been the sister of a
deceased wife, were to marry her late sister's hus-
band, she would be a wife in one country and a
mistress in the other. If she survived t
she would he widow in one country, entitled to dower, 1
and with all her widow's rights; and in the other no
widow at all, and entitled to no rights —(Hear, hear.)
The children which might be the issue of their marriage
would in the one country be of heritable blood, while in
the other there would be no heritable rights in them
whatever.—(Hear, hear.) This was a mischief which
ought, in his opinion, to he rectified, and this Bill, so far
from being contrary either to the laws of God or the in-
terests of the country, was quite in keeping with both,
and he should therefore oppose the amendment.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE said that this Bill would be
altogether against the feelings of the people of Scotland,
and he was surprised that the Lord-Advocate should be
in favour of it.
" Mr. DRUIIMOND said that the Reformers of 1560
had indeed been R -formers, for they strove to bake away
atom the church all that was bad, and leave all that was
good; scethat unity and good feeling might remain in
the members of the church; but the Reformers of the
present-day seemed to have for their only object to sow
diisension in every parish. He would only remind them
that their law could' .er supersede that of God or
Make that not ineestuTs
declared to be so. However,
h the Divine revelation
thee; but reserve himself for thee wth`"
readinnogt.hing fur-
Mr.v OSWALD, after quoting several rd
eral portions of theat the larger and smaller Catechism,asserted
imposi-
tion of this Bill would have the effect ofth compelling the
clergy of the Established Church to violate the oaths
Which they took at their ord;nation.
Mr. WORTLEY then explained his object in
ex-
tending this Bill to Scotland, and stated that so far from
the object of the Bill being contrary to the feelings of
the people of Scot and, he had received numerous appli
cations from all the large towns in Scotland, and it was

notorious that many of"these marriages had' been cele-
brated in Scotland, and many of the clergy had been
placed in most painful rositions from the want of it.
Mr. ROLTNDELL PALMER would oppo:,e the Bill
to the utmost of his power. He thought that the Church
of Scotland had as much right to complain i,t' thii Bill
as they would have of the infraction of any of the
articles of the TJnion. The effect of this Bill was to say
/hat the ministrttr-of the Church of Sc ,Ilan I should not
.be prosecuted eveiiif they broke its laws.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. J.
WORTLEY,
Mr. HUME was decidedly in favour of the Bill,
but he. was decidedly
Bill in Scotland. °PPosed to the exteLeion of the
_ .

Mr J. O'CONNELL moved an ame:dmat, that the

Bill should not be extended to Ireland. They did not
want that Bill.
Mr FOX MAULE had no objection to do that for
Ireland which he had d,,ne fez. Scotlar.d. He htd not
heard one single word from any gentlem ,n on the o po-
site side of the House to alter his orie,inal judgment.
Alter some explanation from Mr. Stuart Wortley,
Mr- Gladstone, and Mr J. O'Connell,
The gallery was then cleared for a division, and there
appeared—
For the clause as amended 66
Against it ... •.. ... 119
Mej eity ••• ... —53
Mr. GOULBURN objected to a portion of the
preamble of the Bill; he expected that in the next ses-
sion some Member would come down and propose the
extension of sufferance to a still nearer degree of affinity.
Mr. R. PALMER thought the portion referred to
affirmed that which was untrue both as a matter of fact
and a matter of law, and he therefore objected to it.
Mr. S. WORTLEY said, as the words objected to
were unnecessary he would concur in their omission.
The words were accordingly struck out, and the
preamble as amended having been agreed to, the Chair-
man was directed to report the Bill to the House.
The House having resumed, the Chairman reported
accordingly, and the report was ordered to be received
on Friday.
COPYHOLD ENFRA.NCHISENIENF BILL.

On the question fur going into Committee on this Bill,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER objected to their going into
Committee at that late hour (half-past four), a; (he
measure would require much discussion and much
alteration before it could pass. For his own pin he al-
together objected to the measure. It made it compul-
sory for the lord of the manor to enfranchise the
tenantry, without inflicting any such c _impulsion on the
tenant. He should therefore move that it be committed
this day six months.
Lord GALWAY was opposed to all one• sided measures,
and had much pleasure in seconding the amendment.
Mr. AGLIONBY thought the course the Hon. Mem-
ber fur Lincolnshire had just adopted was somewhat
extraordinary. He had commenced by asking for delay,
and concluded with calling upon the House at once to
express an opinion upon the principle of the Bill.—(A
laugh.) He had satisfied himself that the principle
was equitable and just, and he begged to assure the'
Honourable Gentleman that it was his determination,
if he could, to pass it this session, but of course it would
be his duty to bow to the decision of the House, and all
he could do if the House threw it out then was to renew
it next session, which he certainly should do. A large
number of petitions had been presented in favour of the
measure, and it was quite clear that the existing system
was exceedingly unjust in its operation. He must objectto
the question of principle being raised at this stage; it
was most unusual, and he hoped the House would not
tolerate such a mode of proceeding. It wasunfairto
say that the Bill
con-
fer equal power ownatsheonloer-sdidoefd thbeeemauasneor i
as t did not
the tenant,
teeing that the existing law placed the tenant ina far
higher position than the lord of the manor.—(Hear.)
Mr. GOULBOURN said he was of opinion this Bill
was founded on very unjust principles. Copyhold
tenure was a very ancient thing, and there was much
the same relation subsisting between the lord of the
manor and the copyhulder as subsisted between a land-
owner and his tenant. It was a great and serious case
of injustice to endeavour to deprive the lord of the
manor of his interest in copyhold tenure, which this
Bill did, because the copyholder thought it inconvenient
to pay a small annual fine.
Sir G. STRICKLAND would be very much sur-
prised if this Bill progressed one step further.—(Cheers.)
He thought this was a Bill having in view no other
object than confiscation. Where was the great
national object to be attained in compelling the
lord of the manor to give up his copyhold
rights ? This Bill neither abolished the copy-
nold tenure nor the copyhold courts, but perpetuated
them, and yet the lord of the manor was to be com-
pelled to keep up those courts, after he had been de•
prived of his interest in the copyhold tenure.
Mr. HUME thought the Bill ought to go into Com-
mittee, and if then the feeling of the House should he
averse to its principle, his Hon. Friend the Member for
Cockermouth might then, but not till then, with great
propriety withdraw it.
After a few words from Mr. FELLO WES,
Mr. H. WILLYAMS said this Bill was not intended
to confiscate the property of the lords of manors, but to
relieve the tenants from certain obnoxious and unjust
payments to which they were compelled to submit.
But though the principle was good, the Bill was imper-
f.ct and partial, because it gave an advantage to one
party which it did not give to another —(Hear, hear,)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared—

For the motion _
For the amendment .. 71
Majority tor the amendment —ll
MINES AND COLIERIES BILL.

Mr. THOMAS DUNCOM BE rose to move the second
reading of this Bill. There was great injustice in
the present treatment of colliers. In many dis-
tricts the coal was brought up to the surtace to
be measured, and the men were not paid until
six weeks after. Upwards of five thousand lives had
been lost within the last few years in the working of
mines and collieries. Such a state of affairs called for
the interference of the Legislature.
Mr. HUME rose to second the motion. It was a
subject which pressed for immediate redress. The
colliers had petitioned year after year for the redress of
their grievances. He hoped the House, on con4iderimg
the important nature of this Bill, and as the Govem-
[tient had delayed to interfere, would accede at least to
the principle of the Bill.
Sir GEORGE GREY expressed his satisfaction at
seeing the lion. Member for Finsbury in his place again.
—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the present measure,
though he thuught that the number of accidents was
much overrated, yet he was greatly in favour
of taking everything into consideration which
should tend to diminish the number of them.
The compulsory plan adopted on the continent would
certainly not be feasible in this country. To the prin.
cip!e of a compulsory inspection he could have nu
oojection.—(Hear, hear.) He had prepared a
Bill himself on this subject, which he intended to
introduce this session. lie did not wish that the
responsibility should be shifted from the shoulders of
the proprietors of collieries to Government. He objected
to the Bill of his Hon. Friend on the ground that it ren-
dered a great staff of officers and complicated machinery
necessary, which he thought he should be
able to obviate by his own measure. He
also regretted that clauses relating to the payment
of wages had been introduced into the Bill. He hoped
also, from the foundation of the Museum of Economic
Geology, to raise a school of miners similar to taose on
the continent, which he was convinced would be of
great value to the mining districts. The whole subject
was one of great importance, but he thought that gradual
measures would be of more advantage than a Bill of the
present nature.
Mr. LACY moved that this Bill be read a second
time that day fortnight. He thought hasty legislation
now would be to induce great mischief. He deprecated
any interference with the matter of the miners wages,
as was proposed by this Bill. This Bill talked of three
inspectors which were to be compelled to go
into every coal mine in England and Wales four times
a year, a thing which was almost impossible, con-
sidering the number of mines in the country.
Mr. MACGREGOR, most cordially seconded the
amendment of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Lacy). He be-
lieved, in his conscience, this would be a most imprac-
ticable Bill, and he hoped it would be withdrawn.
Lord LINCOLN also hoped the Hon. Member for
Finsbury would withdraw his Bill. He'(Lord Lincoln),
as the representative of one of the most im-
portant mining districts in Scotland, had be-
.

come acquainted with the feelings of the miners
in Scotland with respect to this Bill, and they were ge-
nerally of opinion that the Bill was, in the first place,
impracticable, and, in the second, would be very mis-
chievous in its operation.

Mr. AGLIOSIBY thought there was the greatest
necessity for adopting some means for preserving the
lives of persons employed in mines. He thought it
the Bill were mad a second time now, it might be
s,nt down into the country to elicit the public
opinion respecting it, and that object beteg
attained, it mint then be brought under the
consideration of the House. He would Vote for the
second reading on that understanding.
After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT and Sir GEORGIA
PREY,
Mr. T. 1.1131.1C011111t said voluntary Inspection in
thl4 matter would be perfectly nugatory. All the objec-
ttons to the Bell had come from the muter class; and
unless the House would consent to the compulsory
Inspection, he must divide the House.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division
took place, the Bill having been withdrawn by Mr. T.
Duncombe.
The House then, at Six o'clock, adjourned.

PRICES OF SHARES

N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FiciDAT EVENING.
LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 3.

ZOINT..STOCIL BANKS.

American cottons, within the !ail month, is fully Id. per
lb.; many consumers say- In the same time, the
advance in wa'er twist is s areely appreciable—certainly
it not id.; while in mule yarns it is only ab.ut
These yarns were previously, for the most part, unre-
munerative, and to a great extent attended with loss;
what, then, is the position of the spinner now?
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had another very
fair market, quite aqua! to that of the preceding Monday.
There has been a better demand for heavy goods
than we have had for some weeks past. The wool
market has been flat, the dealers asking a shade higher
price, but the manufacturers refusing to give it. The
circumstance of the London wool sale being on this
week has had some effect in keeping the manufacturers
out of the market, as there are various opinions enter-
tained whether prices are to be higher or lower.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Very considerable busi-
ness has been doing in the Cloth hall, and the ware-
houses have been pretty well engaged during the week.
The orders from America continue to come pretty freely
to hand.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The amount or business dune
in the Piece Hall to-day has been pretty much the same
as for the last week or two. The chiet inquiry is for
fancy goods, and prices are firm, though not advancing.
Yates are more in demand, principally for export, at
improving quotations. A fair quantity of wool is
changing hands. and holders are firm at old rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There has been a much batter
market to-day than for some weeks past. The mer-
chants are buying more than usual, and a good autumn
trade is expected.

BADEN.

The Kolner Zeitung has letters from Carlsruhe of
the 29th ult., stating that a sharp conflict took place
between the Prussians and the insurgents on the
approach of the former to the fortress of ltastadt. The
battle was fought in the vicinity of Ettlingen and in
and near the villages of Vokersbach and Muggen-
sturm. Its result was the defeat of the insurgents
and their retreat under the walls of Rastadt. One
of their chiefs, Professor Kinkel, from Bonn, was
slightly wounded and captured. The loss of the
Prussians is stated to have been severe, though it was
not pos,ible to quote it in numbers. A letter in the
Oberpostamts Zeitung states that the Prussians
attacked the outworks of Rastadt on the 29th inst.,
and that they demolibhed some of the detached forti-
fications.

The head-quarters of the Prince of Prussia were
at Ettlingen, and those of General Peucker at Baden-
Baden. Nothing is known of the fate of the insur-
gent Provisional Government.
_ _ .

Letters from Carisruhe of the 29th ult. state that
cannonading in the direction of Rastadt had been
heard for some hours, and was continuing when the
post left. The Prussian forces were, it was assumed,
attacking the insurgents, who had thrown themselves
into the fortress of Rastadt. At Volkersbach, not far
from Carlsruhe, there was a trifling engagement on
the 28th ult., which ended in the defeat of the insur-
gents. General Miller, of \Vurtemburg, had occupied
Offenburg.