The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-29 00:00:00

SAME OF RAILWAY.

Amiens and Boulogne. .
Belfast and Ballymena
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire'
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y.'
Bristol and Exeter • ..... .........
Caledonian.— .......
Chester and H01yhead.........
Dublin and Drogheda.. •
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........
East Ang1ian........................
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ••• • • ...
Edinburgh and Perth • • • • • • • • . • ..
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancashire • • • • .
Eastern Union
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • •
Glasgow and Greenock. • •• • • •• • ....
Great Northern and E. L. ... .
Great Southern and Western • •
Great Western, &c
Lancashire and Yorkshire •.........
Lancaster and Carlisle • ..... ........
Leeds and Thirsk ..
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• • ..
Londonderry and .. . ...
London and North Western,
London and 81ackwa11..............
Londcn and Brighton
London and South Western . ........
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Midland Great Western (Irish) ......
North British .... • ... ............
Paris and Rouen. • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • ...
Rouen and Ilavre .. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Scottish Central • • ..... • •
Scottish. Midland ••••••• • • • . . • •
Shrewsbury and Chester ..
Shropshire Union ........ ..
South Eastern and Branches ........
South Devon.... •• .. . • .
Taff Vale • . . • • • • • • • • • • •
Waterford and Limerick...
Whitehaven Junction ...............
York and Newcastle . ..............
York and North Midland . •.........

634
1,152
472

420
4,326
5,969
1,431
715
615

725
2,834
2,184
16,604

1,738
2,637

bGS
2,707
4,103
21,776
10,942
2,8 3

127
46,650

.538
8,311
9,427
4,797
22,468
1,209

803
3,24 S
5,585
2,125
1,089

321
1,470

453
9,158
1,229
1,574
879

724
3,049
1,F67
:5,748
1,564
1,210
2,327

3 711
22,799
11,134
1,811

199
1,604
6,702

45,74'

873
8,680
10,214
2,-83
23,677
1,157

857
2,396
5,348

2bo
1,506

8,139
1,128
1,532

163
14,155
7.956

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEA LIED

WIFE'S SISTER.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The promulgation of the Report of the Co tamis-
sioners appointed during the last session of P orna-
ment on this subject will, the more it is perused,, tend
to justify the sanguine expectations of the petit Lioners
and their friends, as far as regards the ultimate result
of their immense labour, expense, and exertion s .
In fact, it is a matter of the greatest surpri te and
wonder that any man of sense can seriously assert
that the sister of a man's deceased wife is not gene-
rally the fittest guardian for his children ; and if the
parties like each other, why should they not m ,arry ?
Who so fit as the "fittest guardian" to bec one a
second mother ? Oh I but say part of the Bi ;shops,
and many of the clergy of the Church of En gland, '
" such marriage is contrary to the law of God.On
the other hand, it is asserted by another part of the
Right Reverend Bench, and by upwards of 501 other
clergymen of the same Church, that such a ma 11 iage
is not contrary to the law of God.

The Com Missioners say that they have been pl
irti-
cularly desirous to ascertain the opinion of the ch ;rgy
of the Established Church of England; but; the
number is so great that they have found it imp n icti-
cable to collect the opinions of all the individuals
composing that body.
The Commissioners, however, express them si ;lves
thus :—" We are satisfied that a 'great diversi t 2,7 of
opinion prevails among the clergy of the Chut.c h of
England upon both questions. We think that, very
many of them do not consider such marriages -to be
prohibited by the law of God; but that the m: jority
of them object to them either upon this or upon. ,other
grounds."

" The various bodies of Dissenters in Engla nil do
not appear to entertain the opinion that ,these
marriages are interdicted by Holy Writ; or that they
are in themselves reprehensible.
" The opinion prevalent among the Jews is, that
Scripture does not prohibit such unions ; and 60 far
are the Jews from regarding these connexions. -with
disfavour, that, when there are children, the visual
time prescribed for remaining in widowhood is aL bre-
viated in such cases. The law and practice pre-vakling
among the Jews as to this matter are stated with
great clearness and ability in the evidence of their
Chief Rabbi in this country."

In a very able pamphlet published in 184 G, by
George A. Crowder, Esq , on this subject, acc rre-
spondence with the members of the Right Reverend
Bench is unavoidably laid before the public. A perusal
of this correspondence will amply repay the i eader.
Mr. Crowder, in summing up the result of this
correspondence, observes—" That in the face of the
direct, positive, and unequivocal declarations ref the
Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of Liamdaff
and Meath, and of upwards of 500 clergymen of the
Church of England, there must be added the mega-
tive but equally unequivocal testimony to the same
purpose afforded by the silence of the Archbishops
of Canterbury and Armagh, and the Bishc ps of
London, Lincoln, and Rochester, on the scriptural
part of the question, %bile all of them (except the
Bishop of Lincoln) give opinions against the measure
on other grounds, it is impossible any longer to
doubt that marriage with the sister of a deceased
wife is not prohibited by the law of God."
The Bishop of London certainly expressed an ad-
verse opinion in his speech in the House of Lords,
though in that speech he carefully abstained from
declaring his opinion that such marriages are for-
bidden by Scripture, albeit, and most truly marvel-
lous it is, that as a Bishop, it was the only opinion
asked of him or required from him. Talk, indeed, cf
the Dissenters bringing at every opportunity the
dignitaries of the Church into contempt, it is their
own acts on too many occasions, their own neglect of
or direct evasion, las in this instance, of positive
duties ; whilst the age we live in is getting Ara too
enlightened to be thus trifled with any longer.

FATAL OCCURRENCX AT CARNAuvoN.—The
in-
quiry into the cause of death of the late Ellis Jones was
resumed on Monday morning, and again adjourned after
an investigation of some hours. At the third meeting
of the Court the wounded policeman, Robert Evans, was
capable of giving evidence. His testimony was to the
same effect as that of his senior police officer, M'Naught,
namely, that there had been neither quarrel nor struggle.
nor wrestling between him and the deceased; but that
he himself fell into the water from accidentally receiving
a blow from the stone which deceased threw; that being
rendered insensible by the blow, he knew nothing of the
fate of the deceased except by hearsay; but remembers
that M'Naught was standing five yards from himself
when he received the blow. Understood that deceased
had died in endeavouring to save him, in the manner de-
posed to by M'Naught. Two medical gentlemen de-
posed that the wound on the brow of deceased must have
been in all probability inflicted by a blow against the
edge of a buttress to the pier, or ono of the steps lead-
ing to the water, as he was in the act of plunging in to
save the junior policeman. They were decidedly of
opinion that no blow with a stick, stone, or fist could
have inflicted the a ound, which, though not of itself
sufficient to cause death, had doubtless precluded the
unfortunate man from being able to swim to shore. Se.
veral witnesses deposed that M'Naught had used every
effort to save the deceased ; and there being nothing
whatever to warrant the idea of ill feeling between them,
the jury, after two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict
of " Accidental death."

THE ARMY.—COMMISSARIAT.—Since the promo-
clon of 1846, two commtssnrits-mtneral, seven deputy-
commissaries-general, and fourteen assistant-conniB-
- have died, and all these vacancies remain
unfilled, with the exeetyion of one deputy. conirnisary-
goneral, who, in 1847, was promoted to the rank of
COMMiScary-general.—British Army Dispatch.