The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOU, SATURDAY EVENING, MARC U-1 16, 1861.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Watson
Sheriff, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the Island of
Antigua.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. ,--...,-__.... ~.....__-,...___,
1861. 1860. 1861. 1860.
Ballymena and Port Rush - - - -
Belfast and N. Counties 100 100 1,585 1,546
Belfast and County Down 39 39 569 629
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June - - - -
Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,652 1,557
Bristol and Exeter 125 125 5,875 5,845
Caledonian
Cockermouth& Workington 81 81 298 226
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 362 382
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 201 195
Cork and Youghal 26 - - -
Cornwall 535 531 1,075 960
Deeside l7 17 242 244
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,237 1,248
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,535 1,578
Dub. & Wicklow (in. King-st ) 404 404 1,538 1,385
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath 174 174 616 583
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,100 1,072
East Anglian 674 674 1,129 944
E.Counties,Nrlk.,&E.Union 499 499 23,630 07
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,233 ~.25
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western 1831 18.31 7,413 6,495
Great Northern 283 283 24,597 23,136
Great North of Scotland
qt.Southn. & Westn.(hind ) 329 2491 7,019 6,917
Great Western 5835 5781 35,656 34,813
enverness & Aberdeen June. 55 55 770 685
Irish South-Eastern 255 251 264 174
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3951 34,091 33,530
Leominster and Kington
Limerick and Ennis... 24 241 165 164
Limerick and Foynes 265 2 138 153
Llanelly 4 465 499 416
Londen & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,400 1,342
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 224 2234 12,576 11,339
London, Chatham, & Dover 56 194 844 251
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 876 991
lidan.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh 173 174 11,010 10,760
Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrinchami 9 1.027 900
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 38,924 37,252
Midland Gt.Westn. of hind. 177 177 4,440 4,430
Monkland 66 56 ..., -
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,115 2,450
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,699 3,271
North British (incl. Selkirk
and Galashiels)
North Devon 35 35 432 373
N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn> 764 764 36,573 34,505
North London 9 9 2,510 2,390
North Staffordshire 246 233 7,857 7,657
Oswestry and Newton 2O - 366 -
Rhymney l9l 19/ 715 511
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 30 30 1,891 1,749
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,835 3,785
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 291 - -
Shrewsbury and Chester ... 48 48 - -
Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 51 51 1,834 1,642
Shropshire Union 291 291 925 890
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OB 306. 16,759 16,050
South Wales l7l/ 1711 6,980 6,506
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 3,597 3,370
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 5l 54 4,593 5,000
Ulster
Ulverstone and Lancaster
Vale of Clwyd. - 131 M.
Vale of Neath 35 36 1,507 1,57 f
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 330 271
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 271 271 731 589
• W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 39 39 4,307 4,05 f
1 West Midland .
W'haven,Clee.tor,&Egrinnt 7 7 481 381
1 Whitehann Junction l2 12 701 63;
• WhitehrAven & Furness Jun 35 35 616 591
F(11/1:IGN AND COLONIAL
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,032 811
Austrian B2B 873 32,752 24,08+
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 294 23',
Buffalo and Lake Huron
1 Demerara (fortnight) - - - -
• Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 1,560 1,36
. Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 2,799 2,51
Eastern of France 1032 1006 49,621 43,88
Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 11,158 11,44
i Great Indian Peninsula 2974 2731 4,063 3,79
t Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,033 2,03
Great Western of Canada 345 315 8,226 6,86
Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,377 3,04
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 13,285 9,53
▪ Northern of Canada - -
Northern of France 620 602 45,446 43,98
' Norwegian Trunk 44 44 952 66
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.. 879 840 83,638 63,91
Paris and Orleans 922 922 50,675 41,70
Paris and Strasburg - .__ -
Royal Danish 69 69 . 570 44
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,311 1,08
South Austrian
Southern of France . 777 773 19,078 14,97
e Welland.. ~ 25 - - -
r- West Flanders .. 75 75 834 86
W. and N.W. of France....l 742 730 33,480 32,03

511
1,749
3,053
3,785

1,642

24,060

237
1,145

1,364
2,511
43,884
11,443
3,790
2,036
6,865
3,041
9,531

43,980
666
63,919
41,760

448
1,082
34.272
14,979

808
32,037

MAY V. E. T. SMITH.—We are glad to find that
the plaintiff has withdrawn his rule, and paid the costs,
more so on account of tho friendship existing between the
parties for many years, and we hear it is likely now that
Mrs. May (Miss Jenny Baue4 will appear in "The Amber
Witch,"—.bra.

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

SHREWSBURY RACES-FRIDAY.

The Attingham Stakes of 20 sous, added to a Handicap of
3 sovs each; for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners

extra. One mile.
Mr. W. Barnett's Zingari, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Roper) 1
Capt. Christie's Queen Bee, 4 yrs, 7st slb (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. R. Sly's Yorkshire Miss; 5 yrs, 7st 61b .. (Harding) 3
Mr. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, 6st (E. Taylor) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Zingari, sto 2 agst Queen Bee, 4to
1 agst Caliban.
Queen Bee jumped away with a commanding lead, which
she held to the turn into the straight, where she was
headed by the favourite, who won by a length and a half ;
half a length between second and third.
An objection was raised against Zingari for a cross,
which was overruled.

The Herbert Handicap of 3 SON'S each, with 20 added.

Three-quarters eta mile. 6 subs.

Mr. Bruce's Lord of the Manor, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
(Grimshaw) 1
Capt. Christie'e Queen Bee, 4yrat, 6st 111 b (Entwistle) 2
Mr. Byrn's Philomela, 4 yrs, tst 31b (E. Taylor) 3
Betting-6 to lon Lord of tie Manor, who made all the
running, and won by a head ; Philomela beaten off.
The Hawkstone Cup (Handicap) value 100 sous, by sub-
scription of 10 Boys each. Cup course. Two miles.
Mr. 11. Ivey's Rosedale, 3 yrs, sst 81b .. (Parsons) 1
Lord Stamford's Newcastle, $ yrs, fist 71b (A. French) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Mavourneen, 5 yrs, 6st 1 llb (Kendrick) 3
Mr. G. Whittaker's Desmond, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Challoner) 4
Betting---6 to 4on Rosedale, 2 ‘to 1 apt Newcastle, 6
to 1 agst Desmond.
Mavourneen cut out the work, followed by Desmond,
Rosedale, and Newcastle to the top turn, where Mavour-
neen ran out, leaving Desmond with the lead, which he
held but a brief period, Cliff's mare- again going to the
fore. On reaching the hovel the qttartett closed up and
tan together to the distance, where the favourite, followed
by Newcastle, drew away and ran a close race home, Rose•
dale winning cleverly at last by two lengths ; lvlavourneen
a bad third ; Desmond last, beaten a long way.
A Handicap Plate of 30 sows, for three-yr-olds and up-

be found all the old favourites, viz.:-Messrs. E. Searle,

Salter, Wyld, Logan, Wentzell, Harvey, G. •West, !fze.
Last year these boats were kept well away from the com-
peting crews, and we trust that we may have to record the
same on this' occasion. J. W. Chitty, Exeter College,
Oxford, will act as umpire The following list uf the crews
will show the alterations that have taken plaec since they
were first set afloat :

OXFORD. i . st lb
1. W. Champneys, Brasenoso . 11 9
2. E. B. Merriman, Exen ' -.. 10 1
E. Medlicott, Wadham • 12 3
4. W. Robertson, Wadham H 6
ii. G. Morrison, Balliol
6. A. R. Poole, Trinity
7. H. G. Hopkins, Corpus
8. W. M. Hoare, Oxon ,.... 10 2
Cox. S. 0. B. Ribsdale, Wztdham
CAMBRIDGE.
1. J. H. Richards, Trinity
2. H. J. Chaytor, Jesus
3. W. H. Tarleton St. John's
4. J. S. Blake, Corpus l2 8
5. M. Coventry, Trinity Hall l2 13
6. H. H. Collings, Trinity
7. R. P. Fitzgerald, Trinity Hall ll 3
8. J. Hall, Magdalene lO 5
Cox. T. K. Gaskell, Trinity
We stated last week that both ctews had accepted the
invitation to dine on the evening of the race with the
Thames Subseription Club at Willis's Rooms, and we also
started a sort of objection to this arrangement as likely to
be unpalatable to the oarsmen of the past who have been in
the habit of attending the University dinner which has
been hitherto held ; but such objection has been obviated
by the liberality of the club, which enables any University
man to obtain a ticket for the dinner of the secretary on the
usual terms.

CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF

CANTERB URY.

THE UPPER HOUSE.
This house met yesterday at. Queen Anne's
Bounty Office, Dean's-yard,Westminster,profornia,
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Pre-
sident) and the Bishop of London being in
attendance.

THE LOWER HOUSE.
The members of the Lower House assembled in
the Jerusalem Chamber, adjoining Westminster
Abbey, at eleven o'clock, the Venerable Archdeacon
Bickersteth presiding as Prolocutor.

"ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."
A discussion, originating from remarks made by
Archdeacon Denison on a statement made by the
Prolocutor to the Upper House on the previous
days that the gravamen signed by the members of
the Lower House, and sent up to their lordships,
had been signed by the majority of the Lower
House, took place, the Prolocutor stating that he
was correct in the representation he had made, as
the members who had signed the gravamen did not

constitute the majority. -
ENDOWMENTS OF THE CLERGY.
Dr. M4CAuL brought forward a motion, of which
he had given notice, that his Grace the President
should be requested to direct the appointment of a
joint committee of both houses, to consider whether
any, and what, means might be devised to promote
the adequate endowment of the numerous incum-
bents for whom a competent maintenance was not
provided.
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Mr.
MASSINGI3ERD and carried.

MARRIAGE WITH. A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
The Rev. Canon WORDSWORTH brought for-
ward the following motion :—" That this house
deprecates the changes recently proposed in the
law of marriage as to the degrees of kindred and
affinity, especially that alteration which would
enable a man to merry his deceased wife's sister ;
and that this house dutifully requests their lord-
ships in the Upper House to exert their best
endeavours to avert such changes in this
respect as would bring the statute law of the land
into collision with the law of the Church, to which
the clergy are bound to conform, and this house
earnestly hopes that in case any proposal for such
alterations should be brought into the House of
Lords, their lordships, the bishops of the Church,
will think fit to give it their strenous opposition in
their place in Parliament." He contended that by
the canon law, the common law, and the statute law,
marriage with a deceased wife's sister was inces-
tuous ; and he asked, would not a grave and serious
responsibility rest on those who now sought to in-
fringe the law, and thus would bring down the laws
to their bad practices, instead of bringing bad prac-
tices up to our laws. It was contended by those
who advocated marriage with a deceased wife's
sister that the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of
Leviticus sanctioned it, for it is said that a man
should not take a wife to her sister to vex her be-
side the other in her lifetime. So it was said that
a man might take the wife's sister to be his wife
when she who had been his wife was dead. They
should not, however, take the Jewish interpretation
of the Holy Scriptures and desert the plain letters
of the Christian law. Nothing was more easy than
to take up a particular text and thus override the
Holy Writ. By the same chapter of Leviticus a
man was forbidden to marry the mother or the
daughter of his wife, or of her son, or of her daugh-
ter, because they were part of her flesh who had
been made flesh with him. Also, a man might not
marry the sister of his father, because she was of his
flissh. So, comparing things spiritual, he would
affirm that a man might not marry his wife's sister.
A woman could not marry her deceased husband's
brother. Then, let them look besides at the social
aspect of the question. Suppose a man had his
wife's sister residing in his house during his wife's
lifetime—suppose that the wife's sister had minis-
tered to and attended on the wife on her deathbed,
what would be her position afterwards if this pro-
posed change should become law? (Hear.) By this
act of charity, mercy, and relief, such would be
driven from our houses. (Hear.) Then, by the Di-
vorce Act, a divorced wife's sister would be the same
as a deceased wife's sister. Suppose then—because
they must look at this question from all points—
suppose the case of a wife who, from old age or
bodily afflictions, was not able to command the es-
teem of her husband, and suppose that the wife's
sister became the tempter, and that the man should
yield, the wife would be left to sue for a divorce,
and would be left to see her own sister lying by
her husband's side in the wife's own bed. (Hear,
hear.) Then suppose there were children ; would
they not feel that their mother had been dishonoured
and that their father was the cause of their disgrace.
If this could be, then would all charity be sapped,
and there would be no such thing as a happy home
in England. (Applause.) He believed that this
question would depend upon the votes which the
bishops would give, and he trusted this house would
earnestly appeal to them to give every opposition
to that measure which those who broke the law
thought would be an act of charity, but which, in
his opinion, would be an act of ci uelty.
The Rev. Mr, MASSINGBERD seconded the reso-
lution in a few words.
The Rev. Canon BANKES fully concurred in the
enormity of the social evil which would result from
marriageswith deceased wives' sisters, and on which
Dr. Wordsworth had thrown a new light, but it was
not clear to him that there was a divine prohibition
against such marriages. Ho would vote for the
resolution.
The Rev. Canon WOODGATE did not think that
the house, in dealing with this question, should go
upon wrong grounds. He had always thought
they should not take as a rule the chapter of Levi-
ticus. There were certain states of life which con-
science itself declared to be sin.
The Rev. Sir GEORGE PREVOST contended that,
as the doctrine of the Church of England declared
that as the law of the Jewish Church was moral,
we were bound by it.
Archdeacon RANDALL supported the resolution,
and cited the opinion expressed by Lord John Rus-
sell during the debates in Parliament on this ques-
tion, that if once we overstepped the limit by
' marrying a deceased wife's sister, we should not
know where to end. This was altogether a matter
of inference. How could a man be prevented from
marrying his own daughter? That was a matter
of inference, but it could not be shown in the
Bible that he could not do so.
The Rev. Mr. MILDMAIf remarked that if these
incestuous marriages were sanctioned by law, the
only deliverance for the clergy vslso conscientiously
objected to perform them would be that marriage
must be made a civil contract.
Dr. M'Caut, addressed the house, referring to a
pamphlet which he had written on this subject,
and admitting that the opinions which he had for-
merly held had undergone a change. It WAS most
painful to him to differ from many whom he esci
teemed and loved, bat he esteemed the law of 99
more. (Hear, hear.) If it couli.b° eased wife's
inference that marriage with a cle:s''e_as
he
wi
sister was contrary to the law of God, would
give up the question ; but the whole analogy. th
Mosaic law proved that a wife's relation was n°
relation. He did not find such marriages prohi-
bited by our Blessed Lord or the Apostles; and if
such warnings were not found to be forbidden by
the law of God, those who condemned them used
hard language towards those who believed that
they were not No forbidden, (limp bear.) If he