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London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 71.
Dundas, G.
Farnham, E.

Morgan, 0.
Mostyn, E. M. L.

Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fellowes, E. Napier, Joseph
Barrington, Viscount Foley, J. H. Oswald, Alexander
Bennet, P. Yorbes, W. Palmer, Robert
Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundel).
Berkeley, C. L. G. Goddard, A. L. Plowden, W. H.
Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Richards. Richard
Boldero, Henry Graham, Sir James Robartes, T. J.
Bouverie, E. I'. Greene, Thomas Smyth, John G.
Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Spooner, Richard
Brand, Thomas Haggitt, F. R. Strickland, Sir G.
Stuck, L. W. Hallyburton, Lord Stuart, Lord J.
Buller, Sir Y. Heald, James Stuart, John
Burrell, Sir C. Hood, Sir A. Villiers, Viscount
Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Alexander Villiers, F. W.
Cobbuld, John C. Hughes, W. B. Waddington, 11. S.
Cocks, T. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C.
Coke, Edward K. Jolliffe, Sir W. IL Will inns, IL
Compton, H. C. Lewisham, Vise. Wyld, James
Denison, Edmund Lindsay, Colonel Wynn, C. W.

Dodd, G.
Duckworth, Sir J.

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Littleton, E. R.
Lowther, Colonel

Duncombe, A.
Duncuft, John

Mackenzie, W. F.
Morgan, 11. K.

TELLERS.
Christopher, H.
Galway, Viscount

SCOTCII

MARRIAGE AND RE,

GISTRATION BILLS.

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P.

1/.:ar Lord John,—When in London lately, I and other
Scotch Peers had an interview with Lord Lansdowne, in
order to draw his attention to certain Bills affectingg se-
riously the interests of Scotland, which we arc anxious
should be withdrawn. He asked me to state our views
in writing to enable him to submit them to his col-
leagues, which I accordingly did pretty fully, and 1 bavo
no doubt the letter was transmitted to you. I have since
(Asserted that the Lunacy and Pupils' Bills have been
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•
Lion of its time which is usually occupied in Scotch busi-
ness, 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 toe 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 i❑ 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 diem on in
the Commons. .

When beton) 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 expanse consequent on the proposed compli-
cated machinery, which cannot be carried out at a less
cost than 20,0001. per annum. I showed Lord Lana-
doveue 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-payer:; in a parish for the registra-
tion of the births and deaths of the wealthy, or of in-
creasing the number of statutes of pains and penalties on
the lower classes, though certainly it would not meet
the views of those who are already counting on the
places they aro 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
pre-cut measure till you ascertain more correctly the real
sentiments of the people of Scotland—!or, 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,
by special train, to spend the day in the country. This
year they visited Havering Bower, in number about six-
teen hundred, parents and children. At Romford station
they were met by Archdeacon Grant, rector or Romford,
and Mr. Maehester, chief magistrate. The Archdeacon
inquired of Mr. Brown if he could be of any service to
them, and very kindly walked at the head of the nume-
rous party to Havering Bower, where they received
much attention from the vicar, the Rev. R. R. Faulkner,
who, in the course of the morning, directed the attention
of the children to a monument erected in the church-
yard to the memory of a poor girl who had been distin-
guished for her piety and good conduct. She was killed
accidentally. 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 dayn.
Occasionally, different groups of the children beg
spontaneously to sing a hymn, and before their
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a few hymns were sung by the whole, assemb.d.in One
spot on that beautiful elevation.. and aganyn the
who hospitably entertained the
grounds of Mr. Tolmain,
friends of Mr. Brown, who had come to witness the
animating scene. While assembled. in the field adjoining
the lawn of Mr. Tolmain,. the children were addressed
by several gentlemen, particularly by the Rev. Mr. Cot-
t 43, 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.