The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1859.

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ME OUTRAGE AT DJEDDAH.

We learn 17 private intelligence from Djeddah
by the last mail, that the criminal portion of the
inquiry into the outrage of the 15th of June has
resulted in the decapitation of two of the.crirninals,
the deportation of nine others to Constantinople,
and the imprisonment at Djeddah of one who
was too sick to go to Stamboul. It has been
incontestibly proved before the commission
that the principal parties in the outbreak were
the Turkish functionaries of the town ; to
wit, the Governor, deported ; his first assist.
ant, ditto•, the comptroller of markets and director
of police, beheaded ; Chief of Hadharim merchants,
officer commanding the troops in the town, de-
ported ; chief judge, ditto ; head of guild of mer-
chants, ditto; and five others of the chief inhabi-
tants, ditto. There is no mistake about the guilt
of these people, or its indicating what the Turks
would do if they could. The Pachas of the Hejaz
and Yemen and Red Sea ports have been accustomed
to disregard treaties and establish a sort of local
absolutism, which it is time to put an end to ; and
what, says the writer, we must do, is to keep three
or four small cruisers in the Red Sea. Three-fourths
of the commerce of the sea is British. In the year
1857, the exports from Djeddah were' about
£BOO,OOO, and the imports £400,000 ; exports,
coffee, gum, ivory, &c. ; imports, Manchester cloths
and twists.

The settlement of the claims for indemnities for
losses and damages caused by the outbreak has been
tedious and laborious, as all had 'to be done in
writing, and no assistance was obtainable for love
or money. The Government, instead of insisting
upon proper powers being conferred upon each of
the three commissioners, who in all conscience were
settlingenough for such matters as were involved
there, had left each commissioner to his own in-
structions, and directed that the British commis-
sioner should send the proceedings in a written
form for the ultimate approval of hs Government.
The consequence is, that all papers must be made
out in duplicate, and all evidenc9 put in on affidavit,
of which the matter has to be got at through the
medium of Arabic and Greek. The instructions of
all the commissioners have been found to differ
—a fact of which the Turkish functionary
has taken advantage to delay the ' settle-
ment of claims as far as he could. The largest
claim, that of the firm of Myrialuki, A d'Antonio,
and Co., has been proved to an amount ex-
ceeding £70,000. It has been shown that the
people of Djeddah, on the night of the 15th June,
plundered about £60,000 of property in cash and
goods from the premises of this house, and that the
business of the house will be interrupted by the
catastrophe. The settlement of the claims was ex-
pected to occupy fifteen or twenty days (from the
22d ult.) ; the business being nearly finished, with
the exception of the indemnity to be levied from
the town. About this there will probably be diffi-
culty, inasmuch as the French commissioner went
away more than a month ago, after terminating the
criminal portion of the inquiry.—Dally News.

SPORTIEG INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'-MONDAY.

The room was fully attended, but the early part of the
afternoon was entirely occupied with settling the ac-
counts of the past week. Gladiolus was firm for the
Northamptonshire Stakes, and Newcastle has advanced to
the position of second favourite ; the latter was also backed
at a long shot to some money for the Derby. 9to 1 was
offered on the field for the Chester Cup, and 20 to 1 was
taken freely about Royal Sovereign.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 agst Gladiolus (taken)
10 to 1 agst Newcastle (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Shafto (offered)
100 to 8 agst Mutineer (taken)
15 to 1 agst Rio (taken)
20 to 1 agst Yellow Roae (taken)
25 to 1 agst Baldfaced Stag
28 to 1 agst Stapleton (taken)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
sto 1 agst King-at-Arms (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Drogheda (taken)
20 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Jordan (taken)

DERBY.
100 to 6 agst Gamester (taken )
30 to 1 agst Cavendish (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken)
50 to 1 agst Schuloff (taken) -
80 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Newcastle (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Far West (taken)
DOUBIA EVENT BETS.
60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two
Thousand and Gamester the Derby (t)
60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two
Thousand and Volcano the Derby (t)
66 to 1 agst The Promised Land without the Two
Thousand and Musjid the Derby (t)

New Brighton is struck out of all his engagements.
Tease is struck out of his Birmingham and Shrewsbury
engagements.
Jealous), is struck out of her engagements at Coventry,
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury.

'MIR") EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING).
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from Sheffield
in favour of legalizing the marriage with a deceased wife's
sister, ; and also a petition from 'Westminster in favour of
Parliamentary Reform.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions
from Barnsley, Leeds, Liverpool, and other places, praying
that Protestant dissenters might be allowed to administer
trusts of grammar schools.
Earl GRANVILLE presented a petition in favour of
legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
Lord COLVILL, of Culross, presented a petition from
Taunton against such a proposition.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented similar petitions
from Ipswich, signed by the mayor, the ex-mayor, alder-
men, town councillors, bankers, and other influential per-
sons.
Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Leeds and
other places against the Marriage Law Amendment Bill.
Lord IVINFORD presented a petition against the bill.
THIRD READING.

The Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway
bill was read a third time and passed.
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Lord WODEHOUSE, after presenting a great number
of petitions in favour of legalising the marriage with a. de-
ceased wife's sister, proposed, the second reading of this
bill, He said their lordships were, no doubt, aware that
the object of the bill was to legalise marriage with
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religious and social, and when themovement was first com-
menced, opposition was justified on theological grounds;
but that had in a great measure been abandoned. The
well-known chapter in Leviticus, which was origi-
nally considered to be a conclusive argument against
the bill, was now looked upon as conveying an
approval of the principles of the bill. The chief Rabbi of
the Jews, Dr. Adler, had construed the chapter in Leviticus
favourable to this bill, but notwithstanding this circum-
stance it might be said they ought to be governed more by
the opinion of the heads of our own Church than by that of
the Jewish. The Bishop of London, who, he regretted, he did
not see in his place,was in favourof the bill. The Archbishop
of Dublin had expressed himself that the marriage in ques-
tion was in opposition to the Word of God, and tho
Bishop of Manchester had distinctly and . explicitly
expressed a similar opinion. It was quite true that
many members of the episcopal bench had expressed a oon-
trary opinion, but he could not believe they could now look
upon the marriage with a deceased wife's sister as incestuous
if they had formerly thought it was not inconsistent with
the Word of God. Last year only seven of the right_ rev.
prelates had voted against the bill, so he thought the objec-
tion from the episcopal bench could not now be very strong.
The noble lord then quoted the opinions of several eminent
clergymen of the English Church, all of which were strongly
in favour of the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. In
nearly all other countries these marriages, as their
lordships knew, were permitted. In Roman Catholic
countries they were permitted by dispensations. He had
no doubt In the course of the discussion many points would
arise to which he should have an opportunity of reply, but
he thought the divided opinion that prevailed amongst
parties ought to induce their lordships to think whether
the time had now arrived when they coull
safely read this bill a second time. (Hear.) It
wos an admitted fact that an immense number
of those marriages now took place, and that in many cases,
though the law prevented a marriage, it fort ed parties to
live together illegally. He would not detain their lordships
with hearing arguments that had so frequently been urged ;
but he trusted that the bill would on this occasion share
a better fate than its predecessors. He concluded by moving
that the bill be now read a second time.
Viscount DUNGANN ON moved that the bill be
read a second time this day six months. It was his
%cliberate opinion that marriage with a deceased wife's
sister were decidedly opposed t ) Scripture. The noble lord
denied that there was a feeling pi evalent amongst the
middle and lower classes in favour of those marriages; in-
deed, he was of opinion that precis ly the op; osite was
the fact. The effect of this me Isere, if
agreed to, would be to render de-viate many
of the homes of England. He believed that in the
higher and educated classes not one woman in fifty was in
favour of the provisions of the bill. He did not think that
because the House of Commons had frequently approved
the proposals of the bill that that was any reason for agree-
ing to this measure.

[LEST SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tars EVENING).
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
MUNICIPAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS.

Colonel FORESTER brought up the reply of the Crown
to the address on the subject of the municipal laws and cus-
toms, to the effect that her Majesty had ordered an in-
quiry to be instituted in accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the commissioners.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Great Northern Railway; Sunderland and South Shields
Water; Vale of Llangollen Railway; and Wirral Water.
• The following bills wore considered, and ordered for third
reading :—Tavistock Markets, Streets, and Improvement ;
Warrington and Stockport Railway ; and Whitchaven
Harbour and Town.
The Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill and the
Victoria (London) Docks Bill were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.
PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented praying for the rejection
of the Government Reform Bill, as an insult to common
sense, and at variance with the "wants and wishes"
of the communitiy ; against the disfranchising clauses
of the bill; in favour of the adoption of a compre-
hensive measure of reform ; from various bodies of
Dissenters in favour of being admitted to the same
footing as members of the Church of England, in
reference to endowed charities ; and in favour of Lord J.
Russell's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill.

DESPATCHES TO LORD CANNING.
Mr. SALISBURY asked the Secretary of State for India
if the desriatch No. 5, 1858, dated Dec. 9, had been submit-
ted to the Indian Council for consideration before its
transmission to Lord Canning, and had met with the sanc-
tion and approval of that body, or otherwise.
Lord STANLEY said he stated yesterday that the de•
spatch in question was in the Secret Department, and was
sent on the authority of the Secretary of State alone. No
opinion was offered on the despatch in the council.
Sir GEORGE LEWIS asked the Secretary of State for
India if his despatch to the Governor-General of India,
dated the 9th day of December, 1858 (which has lately
been presented to the house), was sent under the twenty -
seventh section of the Act for the better Government of
India (21 and 22 Vict. c. 106), by which the power of the
Secret Committee is continued ?

Lord STANLEY said the despatch alluded to was sent
out from the secret department.

INLAND BOOK POST.

Mr. KINAIRD asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether any alteration had been made in the charges or
other arrangements of the Inland Book Post ; and when
the alteration would take place by which an additional
penny would be charged for the transit through Egypt of
newspapers sent via Southampton or India or Australia.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that there had not been any
alteration such as that alluded to. Withregard to the second
part of the question, the change to which it referred would
be carried out.