The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-15 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

After a few words from Lord FEnmoY,
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that in consequence of
a memorial placed in his hands by his noble
friend the member for Marylebone, he addressed
Mr. Mansfield, magistrate at Marylebono, who
reported that his decision rested on the statement of Mr.
Babbage, supported by the evidence of two policemen and
some householders. The case was one for the decision
of the magistrate, in his opinion, as to the credibility of the
witnesses examined, and as he lad an opportunity of seeing
how they gave their evidence, he (Sir G. C. Lewis) did not
feel disposed to interfere.
Lord FERMOY inquired if the right hon. gentleman
had any objection to lay the report on the table of the
house ?

Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the reports made by judges
and magistrates to the Home-office were considered confi-
dential; but he had stated generally the effect of the report.

INDIGO PLANTERS IN INDIA.
In reply to Mr. VANSITTART,
Sir C. WOOD said it was true that a deputation had
waited upon the Governor-General, and two special com-
missioners were sent to the:districts in question. The papers
would be laid on the table.

CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE STATE -OF OUDH.
In reply to Mr. TORRENS,
Sir C. WOOD said that he had not yet received an
answer to a communication to the Governor-General, and
therefore could not give the hon. member the information
he required.
MARRIAGE LAW (IRELAND).
. .

Sir H. CAIRNS, in moving for a select committee to
inquire into the law of marriage in Ireland, said that his
motion was not brought forward in consequence of
the recent celebrated trial in 'lreland, for last
year there were numerous petitions from Ireland
praying for an amendment of the marriage law in that coun -
try, and except for certain circumstances he would have
brought the subject forward before. It had been objected
to any act in regard to Ireland on the subject that legis-
lation should include the three component parts of the
kingdom. He thought, however, that such objection was
more plausible than just, for when they considered the
marriage and the common law of ScOtland, and the tenacity
with which the inhabitants of that country adhered to that
law, he thought it would be impracticable to introduce a
more comprehensive measure in regard to the marriage law of
the kingdom generally. At present there was undue delay,
want of proper authentication, and other defects in the
existing marriage law in Ireland which required to be reme-
died. In 1844 the law of England was introduced into Ire-
land in reference tomarriage,the effect of which was that mar-
riages in some cases were solemnised without any religious
services. Having adverted to the operation of the mixed
marriage, certain hardships under which Protestant dis-
sentera laboured in Ireland, he said the Roman Catholics
also had ground for comiilamt, for although in some cases
they have greater license in regard to contracting
marriages than other religious bodies, at the same
time they laboured under some disabilities. It
was therefore most desirable that the present law should
remain
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publicity.

- Mr. "WHlTESlDE,seconded the motion. He said that
the object of the common law was to give the greatest pub-
licity to marriages ; and in allusion to this publicity, ha be-
lieved it was Chaucer who said, in respect to a marriage
solemnised at the church according to the old custom—
" She was the discreetest of women alive,
Husbands at the church door she had-five,"
(Laughter.) He believed that their departure from
common law was not always attended with ad-
vantage. The Roman Catholics in Ireland, though
constituting a large majority of the inhabitants
of that country, were in a worse position in
respect to the marriage laws than the Jews, who
were infinitesimally smaller, or the Quakers, who
were rapidly diminishing. He thought that in this
respect the Roman Catholics should have the same privi-
leges conferred on them as were enjoyed by the Church of
Scotland ; but at the same time, if they had any reason-
able dereauds, he --considered they should be heard with
deference.

Mr. SCULLY, who had the following amendment on the
paper :—" That an humble address be presented to her
Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to
issue a Royal Commission,:to inquire into the marriage laws
of England, of Ireland, and of Scotland, respectively," said
that he did not intend his amendment in a hostile but a
friendly spirit towards the motion of the honourable
and learned gentleman (Sir H. Cairns). He thought
it would be impossible to legislate on the subject this
session, and ho thought, under the circumstances,
it would not be advisable to go into the whole question.
If the marriage law of Ireland could be legislated
on immediately, he would offer no objection ; but consi-
dering the number of Irish committees sitting at
the present time, any addition to the number of
these committees would lead to no practicable results. If
the Secretary for Ireland gave him an assurance that he
would agree to an attempt to legislate on the subject this
session ho would afford him any assistance and withdraw
his amendment.
Mr. CARDWELL said it was not his intention to op-
pose the motion of his hon, and learned friend the member
for Belfast, and he was glad to find that it was not the in-
tention of his hon. friend the member for Cork to press his
amendment.
The motion was agreed to.
PLACES OF WORSHIP (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. M. MALINS obtained leave to bring in a bill to
enable religious congregations in Ireland to obtain sites for
places of worship.
WOOLWICH DOCRYARD.
Mr. ANGERSTEIN moved for a copy of the reports of
the officers of Woolwich Dockyard, and of the principal
officers of the Admiralty, on the errors, referred to in the
18th chain vi the thirCl OM v the niVrt vi tt9 &yea

And whereas we, being at peace with the Government of
the United States, have declared our royal determination to
maintain a strict and impartial neutrality in the contest
between the sail contending parties.
We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the n.d,ice
of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclama-
tion.

And we do hereby strictly charge and command all our
loving subjects to observe a strict neutrality in and during
the aforesaid hostilities, and to abstain from violating or
contravening either the laws and statutes Of the realm in
this behalf, or the law of nations in relation thereto,.as they_
will answer to the contrary at their peril.
And whereas in and by a certain statute made and passed
in the 60th year 'of his Majesty King George the Third,
intituled "An Act to prevent the Enlistingor Engagement
of his Majesty's Subjects to servo in a Foreign Service,
and the Fitting out or Equipping, in his Majesty's Domi-
nions, Vessels for Warlike Purposes, without his Majesty's
Licence," it is, amongst, other things, declared and enacted
as follows :

" That if any natural-born subject of his Majesty, his
heirs and successors, without leave or license of his Ma-
jesty, his heirs or successors, for that purpose had and oh..
tabled, under the sign manual of his Majesty, his heirs or
successors, or signified by order in council, or by proclaim-
tion of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, shall take or
accept, or shall agree to take or accept, any military
commission, or shall otherwise enter in the military
service as a commissioned or non-comuissioned officer,
or shall enlist or enter himself to enlist, or shall
agree to enlist or enter himself to serve as a soldier, or- to be
employed or shall serve in any warlike o- military opera-
tion, in the service of or for or under or in lid of any foreign
prince, state, potentate, colony, province or part of any
province or_ people, or of any person cr persons exer-
cising or assuming to exercise the powers of Govern-
ment in or ever any foreign country, colony, province,
or part of any province or people, either as an officer or
soldier, or in any other military capacity or if any natural
born subject of his Majesty shall, witiont such leave
or licence as aforesaid, accept or agree to take or
accept any commission, warrant, or afpointment
,as an
officer, or shall enlist or enter himself, or than agree to en-
list or enter hiniself, to serve 85 Et sailor of marine, or to be
employed, or engaged or shall serve in End on board any
ship or vessel of war, or in and on board stay ship or vessel
used or fitted out, or equipped, or intendel to be- used for
any warlike purpose, in the service of or fcr or under eer in
aid of any foreign Power, prince, State, Nutlet°, colony,
province, or part of any province, or pople, or of any
person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the
Powers of Government in or over any Foreign country,
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go, or shall go to any foreign state, country, colony, pro-
vince, or part of any province or to any }lace beyond the
seas, with an intent or in order to enlistor enter himself
to serve, or with intent to serve in any warlike or
military operation whatever, whether by lands or
by • sea, in the service of or for or under or in
aid of any foreign •prince, state, potentate, colony, pro-
vince, or pact of any province or people, orin the service of
or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising
'or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or
over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any
province or people, either as an officer or asoldicr, or in any
other military capacity, or as an officer or tailor, or marine,
in any such ship or vessel as aforesaidr, although no
enlisting money or pay or reward shall have been
or shall be in any or either of tho cases aforesaid
actually raid to or received by him, or by any
person to or for his use or benefit ; or if any person
whatever, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, or in any part of his Majesty's dominions
elsewhere, or in any country, colony, settlement, island, or
place belonging to or subject to his Majesty, shall hire,
retain, engage, or procure, or shall attempt or endeavour
to hire, retain, engage, or procure, any person or persons
whatever to enlist, or to enter or engage to enlist, or
to serve or to be. .employed in any such service or em-
ployment as aforesaid, as an officer, soldier, sailor, or
marine, either in • land or sea service, for or under or in
aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, i
province, or part of, any province, or people, or for or under
or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming
to exorcise any powers of Government as aforesaid, or to go
or to agree to go or embark from any part of his Majesty's
dominions, for . the prerposo or with intent to be so
enlisted, entered, engaged, or employed as aforesaid,
whether any enlisting money, pay', or reward shall
have been or shall be actually given or received, or not;
in any or either of such cases, every person so offending
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
being convicted thereof, upon any information or indict-
ment, shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or
either of them, at the discretion of the Court before which
such offender shall be convicted."
And it is in and by the said Act further enacted,—
" That if any person, within any • part of the United
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or persons exercising or assuming to exercise any
powers of Government in or over any foreign state, colony,
province, or part of any province or people, as a transport
or store ship, or with intent to cruize or commit hostilities
against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the sub-
jects or citizens of any prince, state or potentate, or against
the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers
of Government in any colony, province, or part of any pro-
vince or country, or against the inhabitants of any foreign
colony, province, or part of any province er country,
with whom his Majesty shall not then .be at war, or shall,
within the United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's domi-
nions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or
place belonging or subject to his Majesty, issue or deliver
any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that
such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid, every such
person so offending shall be deemed guiltyof a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information
or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment,
or either of them, at the discretion of the court in which
such offender shall be convicted ; and every such ship or
vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together
with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores,
which may belong to or be on board of any such ship or ves-
sel, shall be forfeited ; and it shall be lawful for any officer
of his Majesty's customs or excise, or any officer of his
Majesty's navy, who is by law empowered to make seizures,
for any forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of
customs or 3 excise, or the laws of trade and
navigation, to seize such ships and vessels aforesaid, and in
such places and in such manner in which the officers of his
Majesty's Customs or Excise and the officers of his Ma-
jesty's navy are empowered respectively to make seizures
under the laws of Customs and Excise, or under the laws of
trade and navigation; and that every such ship and vessel,
with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the
materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may be-
long to or be on board of such ship or vessel, may be
prosecuted and condemned in the like manner, and in such
courts as ships or vessels may be prosecuted and condemned
for any breach of the laws made for the protection of the
revenues of the Customs and excise, or of the laws of trade
and navigation."

And it is in and by the said Act further enacted,—
" That if any person in any part of the United Icing-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any part of
his Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, without
the leave and licence of his Majesty for that purpose first
had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the num
ber of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on
board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment
for war, increase or augment, or procure to be increased or
augmented, or shall be knowingly concerned in increas-
ingsor wara or
augmenting
the warlike force of any ship or yes-
el of cruizer, or other armed vessel, which at the
time of her arrival in any part of the United Kingdom, or
any of his Majesty's dominions, was a ship of war, Cruizer,
or armed vessel in the service of any foreign prince, state,
or potentate, or of any person or persons exercising or as-
suming to exercise any powers:of Government in or over any
piggy, preyjoe, Or Pmt PrcrY4lo or peoplBl49psin

Now, in order that none of our subjects may unwarily
render themselves liable to the penalties imposed by the
said statute, we do hereby strictly command that no person
or persons whatsoever do commit any act, matter, or thing
whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statute,
upon pain of the several penalties by the said statute im-
posed, and of our high displeasure.
And we do hereby further warn all our loving subjects,.
and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if
any of them shall presume, in contempt of this our royal
proclamation, and of our high displeasure, to do any acts
in. derOgation of their duty, as subjects of a neutral Sove-
reign, in the said contest, or in violation or contravention
of theiaw of nations in that behalf; as for example and
more especially by entering into the military service of
either of the said contending parties as commissioned or
non-commissioned officers or soldiers : or by serving as
officers, sailors, or marines, on board any ship or vessel of
war or transport, of or in the service of either of tho said
contending parties; or by serving as
.officers, sailors,
or marines, on 'board any privateer bearing letters
of marque of or from either of the said con-
tending parties ; or by engaging to go or going to
any place beyond the seas, with intent to enlist or engage
in any such service, or by procuring or attempting to pro-
cure, within her Majesty's dominions at home or abroad,
others to do so ; or by fitting out, arming, or equipping any
ship or vessel to be employed as a ship of war or priva-
teer or transport, by either of the said contending parties ;
or by breaking or endeavouring to break any blockade
lawfully and actually established by or on behalf of
either of the said contending parties ; or by carrying
officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or mate-
rials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be
contraband of war according to the law or modern usages
of nations, for the use or service of either of the said con- -
tending parties, all persons so offending will incur and be
liable to thoseveral penalties and penal consequences by the
said statute, or by the law of nations, in that behalf im-
posed or denounced. •
And we do hereby declare that all our subjects, and
persons entitled to our protection, who may misconduct
themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril and of
their own wrong, and that they will .in nowise obtain any
protection from us against any liabilities or penal conse-
quences, but will, on the contrary, incur our high dis-
pleasure by such misconduct.
Given at Oar Court at the White Lodge, Richmond
Park, this thirteenth day of May, in the year of Oar
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and
is the twenty-fourth year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

YHE CENSUS RETURNS.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES.

The Census returns front the rural districts on
the eastern side of the country have now been very
generally made up. It would be an endless task to
recapitulate the figures of each parish, but it will
not occupy much space to append the returns for
some of the districts:—
District, Parishes. Population.

- 1851.. 1861.
Wisbeach
Barking • ..
Romford lO .., 24,607. .. 26,858
Oakbam
Spilsby
Beccles l3 .. 7,475 .. 7,422
Wangforcl
St. Faith's
Swaffham ....
Halsted
Hedingham
Barton l5 .. 12,334 .. 12,541
Bourn
Peterborough 4l .. 29,121 .. 33,008
Sleaford
Holbeach - .. 19,151 .. 18,403
Uppingham
Long Sutton - 7,997
Mildenhall
Willingham l4 .. 9,683 .. 9,632
Linton .. 22 .. 14,161 .. 13,489
Samford
Wickhambrook
Blything 49 .. 27,365 .. 26,860
Docking - l4 .. 5,546 .. 5,408
Litcham
Chesterton - lO .. 8,153 .. 8,293
Orset l9 .. 10,507 .. 11,209.
Braintree l5 .. 17,561 .. 17,169
Tattorshall

Denton ..
Grantham
Fornham .. 19 .. 6,086 , 5,757
Barnack
Aslackby lO .. 4,781 4,730
These returns are selected at random from the
counties of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex,
Suffolk, and Norfolk. They illustrate, somewhat
in detail, the stagnation of the agricultural popula-
tion.

MALTON AND MALTON UNION.
1861. 1851.
Populatiott in New Mallon 3,787 4,019 Deer. 232
I) Old Malton
It Norton

Total population in the borough.. 8,072 7,705 Incr. 367
The 65 parishes of tho union ....23,382 23,129 incr. 353

Totals 31,554 30,434 Incr. 720
The increase of the agricultural parishes is larger
than the above return exhibits, the population of
the Census of 1851 having been greatly augmented
by the navvies engaged on the construction of the
various railways which diverge here.