The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW WRIT.

A new writ was ordered to issue for Grantham in tho
room of Mr. \WILT. .

MARRIED NVOitE/;T'S PROPERTY.

Mr. LEFF: VRE moved for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law with respect to the property of married
women. According to the law as it at 1 reivnt
stood ou marriage the w hole of the property of the wii •
reverted ti the hushand, with the exeeption of real pro-
perty, which, however, ho could not• dispose of without
her consent. With r..spect to leasehold a. .d personal
property it was entirely at his disposal, ant in the
event of his turning out a spendthrift, the re
was nothing to prevent him squandering the whole
of it. Even wages that the wife might earn by the exor-
cise of professioeal ability wens at his disposal, and even
deposits a married woman might m die iu a savings ban .
were paid over on the dimaud of the husband.
_The
Court of Chancery had certain powers on the
subject, but circumstances had. occurred even there
which showed some alteration of the law was required,
and, as a proof of this, he would mention two cases which
had occurred not a very long time ago. A husband be-
, came bankrupt, and some time after this a sum of £l,OOO
became payable to his wife, but Lord St. Leouards only al-
lowed her to take £6CO3 the other £4OO he directed should
be paid to her husband's creditors; and, in the other case,
the wife had been deserted by her husband, and
it became known that ho was living with an-
other female, but all hope of his returning
to his wife had gone before the property, £6,000, d !scended
to the wife as next of kin. In this case the judge of the
Court of Chancery directed the husband to be paid one-
fourth of the amount, so that the deserted wife lost £2,000,
which was doubtless spent in the most reckless manner
by her husband. By the bill he asked leave to introduce
he proposed to change the common law. In all future
marriages the property belonging to a woman before she
became a wife ho proposed should remain her property
in all cases of existing marriage. The bill enacted that
all money earned as wages should be paid to the wife
and not to the husband, but a power would be
contained in the bill by which a married
woman could be sued just as a single woman. He did not
doubt but that his bill would encounter some opposition,
because it might be considered an invasion on the cere-
mony of marriage, but he hoped the subject would be calmly
discussed, and when that had been done he felt that the
justice of his proposal wits so great that he confidently ex-
pected the bill would receive the sanction of Parliament.
Mr. S. MILL seconded the motion, and leave was
afterwards given to bring in the bill.
VOTING SUPPLIES.

Mr. AYRTON called attention to the manner at
present adopted of putting the question to the house
while in committee of suwly, and concluded by
proposing that, instead of the present practice, when
it had been proposed to omit or reduce itenis in a vote, the
question should be afterwards put upon the original vote,
or upon the reduced vote as the case might be,
unless an amendment be moved for a reduction of the
whole vote. He contended that, by the course he pro--
posed, the same question would not, and could not, be dis-
cused twice over.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the matter to a
decision at that moment. With respect to the right of any
member wishing to reduce any vote that might be pro-
posed, it was most desirable that that privilege
should be within the power of every member, and as the
difficulty had only been started last evening, some further
time should be allowed for a full consideration of the
matter before any direct alteration was decided upon by

the house.
Mr. CHILDERS said from what had taken place in the
house last evening it was absolutely necessary that some
change in the practice of the house should take place.
The resolurion was postponed.
CAPITAL PUNISIIME:I!I,T_S WITHIN PRISONS

SPORTING INTE 4r4 LIGENCE.--C II Ts Day.

(lIIC 3 ILECIMIC TELEGRAPH.)
LEWES RACES-THIS DAY.

TOWN PLATE.

Festival
Miss Gladiateur 2
Carlotta
3
Eighteen ran.
CAS'.CLE STAKES.

Seringapatam
Dr. Wilson
Miss Sophie
WELTER CUP.

Purveyor
Povensy

Mexico
.... :3

Eleven ran.
TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE.

Soffinka

:onnio Katie
khcr

S's ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS.

Bouquetieru
WYork►nan
Adjutan*

Five ran.
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

Second Hand
Hopleaf
Marquis of Worcestm.

Nine ran.

THIRSK RACES—Tms DAY.
SO WEBBY PLATE.

Honesty
Malta
Attache

Ten rau.
HUNT CUT.

Scarrington
Helen
Jt mima

Five, ran.
111MBLETON PLATE.

Caprera
Czar

Vulca❑

T welve ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

Ashstead ... 1
Ladylike 2

Lapidist dani g
Eight ran.
MOWBRAY STAKES.

Jest colt
Glenavon... . ... 2

Lord Bothwell
Harvest Home

Won in a common canter.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tuts DAY.

TWO TIIOUSA.ND.

3to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered)
7to 1 agst Formosa (offered)
15 to 2 agst Pace (offered)
9to 1 agst Vale Royal (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Le Sarazzin (offered)
20 to 1 agst Banditto (taken)
20 to 1 agst See Saw (offered)
25 to 1 agst Moslem (offered)
25 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken)
30 to 1 agst Ironmaster (offered)
150 to 50 agst Le Sarazzin (1, 2, 3 taken)
CHESTER -CUP.
20 to 1 agst Caithness (taken)
5000 to 225 agst Contempt (taken)

GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
100 to 12 agst Fortunio (taken)
DERBY.
7to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered)
10 to 1 agst Speculum (offered)
40 to 1 agst Tom Bowline colt (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Uncas (taken)

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Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side,
IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
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RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868.

APRIL.

Eastbourno
LOWOB Spring
Thirek
Curragh April l3 I

Croydon Spring
Livurpoul Aunt
Newmark-at tat Spring 27
Cardiff

MA. Y.

Chester 5 1 Bath
Egliuton lluut 7 I Wye
\Vi.chester
York Spritr,
Doncaster Spring
Salisbury

JUNE
._. .
West Drayton 1 Newton
Croydon 2d Suoiruer ... 3 Hampton - lB
Manchester
Ascot Summer 9 Ilibury Club 23
Beverley Hull, and Stockbridge
East I
hiding lO Alexandra 'Park 3(l
Windsor Summer
n 16 '' ' • ' '

JULY. '
Chelmsford • . 2.1-Liverpool July M.
Worcester Summer ... 2 I Odiham le
Carlisle 7 Stamford
Newmarket July • 7 I Radcliffe .... • 2O
Hungerford
I
Pontefract
Reading
Down Royal Corp.

AUGUST.

Deauyill•
Leek

DuTor ...
Oxford

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton

Scarborough 24
Cauterbury
Great Yarmouth 2*
Derby Summer
Weymouth
. .

Plymouth
Windsor August l3
Eghatn
/lasting,
York August

Ipsivich 27
Lichfield
Tunbridge
Margate' 3l