The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-,

day -dream of so many generations of statesmen may
at length be realised.

Our observations upon the contemptible and dis-
graceful proceedings of the Borough Council of
Southampton, in reference to the reception of
Viscount GouGa and Major EDWARDES, appear to
have stung the subordinate servant of that munici-
pality into a state of excessive irritation. Another
column of this evening's impression contains a letter
from that person, in which we are told that a certain
resolution referred to in a paragraph inserted in last
night's Sun, and " commented upon in our leading
article, was not moved and carried at the Town
Council meeting, held at Southampton." Now, be

it observed, the paragraph referred to was
copied verbatim et literatim from the Daily News of
yesterday morning—the Daily News being noto-
riously the avowed organ of the Peace Movement.
And be it observed, moreover, that the comments
contained in our leading article of last evening had
no reference whatever to the said resolution in the

said paragraph. ~ Our observations in that article--
observations which we here beg most distinctly- and
most emphatically to reiterate—had reference to an
announcement made in the Times newspaper of Mon-

day. After alluding to the meeting convened on
Friday by the naval and military officers resident at
Southampton, the Times of Monday, February the

25th, 1850, proceeded as follows:
"On the following day the Mayor, Mr. Andraws,
called a meeting of the Borough Council for the same
purpose, and an address from the corporation to his
Lordship was proposed. The motion, however was op-
posed by Mr. J. Clarke, a town-councillor and member of
the Society of Friends, who objected to hero-worship,
and ultimately, on a division being come to, there were
nine for and nine against the projected address, where-
upon the Mayor giving the casting vote against it, the
motion was lost.'

That was the occurrence we alluded to in our
leading article of last evening—an occurrence which
we still consider to be disgraceful to the individuals
concerned in it, and in scorn of which we have no
words at our command sufficiently expressive. Sub
sequently to the appearance of this damning state-
ment in the Times of Monday, there was
printed in the Daily News of the follow-
ing day the subjoined assertion—an assertion
which we thence transferred in a paragraph
headed " Lord Gough and Major Edwardes at
Southampton," to the columns of our last evening's
impression :
" The following resolution was moved and carried at
the Town-council of Southampton last week, in anticipa-
tion of the arrival of Lord Gough, and which prevented
his Lordship being welcomed by the civic authorities of
that town when he landed on Sunday night :
" That as war has ever been opposed to the best inte-
rests of mankind in its fearful consequences against the
pecuniary, physical, and moral well-being of the people:
that as it is diametrically opposed to the precept and
spirit of the Christian religion : and as this council is
composed of men professing Christianity, it would be
grossly inconsistent for them to manifest any demonstra-
tion of approbation on the landing at this port of any
general officer or other warrior: and more especially of
one who has been so recently engaged in a most destruc-
tive war in India, almost a war of extermination, where,
in many cases, no quarter was given, and the most bar-
barous excesses committed,'"
This was the statement of the Daily News, the
organ of the Arbitration Movement, and this state-
ment Mr. CHARLES E. DEACON, the town-clerk of
the borough of Southampton, declares to be erroneous.
As one of the subordinate members of that council,
he is of course anxious to dissipate a notion calcu-
lated to reflect such lasting odium upon the munici-
pality. In endeavouring, however, to wash clear
the reputation of the Borough Council of
Southampton he has begrimed it still more. " The
resolution in question," he says, " was moved but not
seconded." Here then is an official authentication of
the principal portion of the statement made by the
Daily News, the organ of the Peace Society, and
copied into The Sun of last evening. The resolution
" was moved." True, the Daily News was precipi-
tate in adding that it was "carried," for, according
to Mr. CHARLES E. DEACON, it," was moved but not
seconded." At any rate it " was moved." That
at least we have on the authority of this same
town-clerk--who, nevertheless, in the sentence im-
mediltely preceding the one containing the acknow-
ledgment, begs to acquaint us that the resolution
referred to in the paragraph " was not. moved" and
carried at the meeting. Subsequently, as we have
observed, he confesses that " it was moved"—but not
seconded. That a resolution of such an absurd and
egregiously impertinent character should have been
moved at all in the Town-council of South-
ampton, or, at the very least, that it should
have been listened to without calling forth
an indignant protest from the provincial Dogbarries
present, is a circumstance which will not fail to
attach a lasting disgrace to the Mayor and the Town-
councillors of this most sagacious municipality. Mr.
CHARLES E. DEACON, the town-clerk of Southamp-
ton, contradicts through ourselves the statement put
forward by the Daily News of yesterday morning
but, in doing so, he presumes a little further to
gainsay the comments made in our leading
article of last evening—erroneously asserting
that in the article referred to we commented on the
resolution contained in the paragraph published in
the same impression. Our editorial observations
yesterday on the proceedings of the Borough Council
of Southampton had no reference whatever to that
resolution, with the very existence of which we were
unacquainted until after the leading article was com-
pleted. What we there reprobated as being dis-
graceful to the municipality was—we quote our own
words verbatim the circumstance " that the
members of the Town Council of Southampton re_
fused to vote a congratulatory address to Lord
GOUGH and his gallant companions on their arrival
on the shores of England, simply on the plea that
these same municipal wiseacres are opposed to Hero-
worship !" That " these same municipal wiseacres"
did so refuse to welcome Lord GOUGH is sufficiently
proven by the fact that the address presented to that
veteran soldier was not the formal act of the
Town-council (the Town-council having nothing
whatever to do with it), but the spontaneous ebulli-
tion of the feelings of the inhabitants generally,
headed by the naval and military officers resident at
Southampton. Before impertinent charges of inac-
curacy are levelled at any individual it is always
advisable to discover from whom the statement called
in question has originated. More especially still is
it advisable not to address point blank contradictions
to a journalist upon a misconstruction, or, we will
say, a misapprehension of the subject upon which he
has really "commented." Without any further
effort on its part, or on the part of its subordinates,
the Borough Council of Southampton has already
rendered itself in this matter, we can assure it, suffi-
ciently ridiculous and contemptible.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—It has at length been
settled that Mr. Balfe will continue in office as the musi-
cal director of this establishment.
DEATH OF SIR WM. ALLEN, P.R.S.A.—
Sir William died at his residence, Edinburgh, on Satur-
day forenoon, in his 68th year. He had for a consider-
able time been suffering from bronchitis.
NAVY ESTIMATES.—According to the navy esti-
mates for the year 1850-51, just published, the total sum
required to meet the expenses of the present year
amounts to 5,849,4231., being composed of 4,325,0861. for
the effective naval service, and 1,388,6371. for the non-
effective, and 135,700/. for the conveyance of troops fur
t
the army and ordnance departments. The sum voted
last
year was 6;273,4281., which includes 12,6881. voted
The
teh en supplementary
in
naval
estimatees
tforim estimates
Afrocrtitchei: pe d
yeari tionis.
424,005/. The account of moneys for old stores and
extra receipts paid last year into the Exchequer, instead
of being appropriated in aid of the naval grants, shows a
total of 201,6691. Bs. 11d.
ERRATUM —ln our leading article of Monday re-
specting the Sewage Manure scheme of Mr. Stothert,
the annual amount of the
sewage matter of the metro-
polis was erroneously printed 2,000,000 instead of
200,000,000, the actual quantity.
CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.—The seventh
half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders,clock of this
company was to have been held at three. n
yester-
day, for the purpose of electing three directors and an
auditor, but a sufficient number of shareholders to Turin
a quorum no,. • being present, the Chairman declared it
to be no meeting, and adjourned it until to-morrow, at
the same time and place. In answcr to an observation
from a shareholder, the secretary said that a Bill was
before the House of Lords to enable railway companies
to wind up their affairs; but unless some of its require-
ments, which were almost impracticable, were modified,
the Act wonld be entirely useless to all companies. The
meeting then separated.
Colonel Romilly, brother of the Solicitor-General,
in consequence of an invitation from the Liberal electors
of Canterbury, has gone down to stand as a candidate
for the representation of that city, in the room of Lord
Albert Denison, who has accepted the Chiltern Hun-
dreds. We believe Lord Albert Denison will be raised
to the Peerage by the title of Lord Londesborough, the
name of an estate which he has recently purchased.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The National publishes the following letter, which
M. LEDRU RoLLTY has addressed to the editor of the

Patrie :
" Sir,—l am not in the habit of contradicting all the
inventions that are propagated about me, but that which
is contained in your number of the 22d February car-
ries with it such an affirmative character, that I feel my-
self obliged to contradict it. I have never had a cnnte-
rence with Lord Parlmerstou—l need not add I have

never demanded one.
" Notwithstanding, then, the exactitude of your in-
formations, your account is thus an invention from be-

ginning to end.
" Yours, &c..
" London, Feb. 23, 1850."
The debate on the Public Instruction Bill still con-
tinues, and the members of the parti-pretre, incapable
of supporting this cause by argument, seek to put
down their opponents by noise and interruption.
In the course of the discussion on Monday,
M. JuLES LEROUX moved as an addition
to the 83d article, a proviso authorising
any citizen who should have previously made the
required declaration before the Municipality to open
a course of lectures on any subject relating to in-
struction, professional or otherwise, provided no per-
son were admitted to such lectures who was not more
than 15 years of age ; a proposition worthy at least
of consideration. The DE MONTALEMBERTS and the
Timm, and the DE FALLOUX, the biographers of
saints and defenders of inquisitions, the apolo-
gists of the imprisoners of GALILEO and pane-
gyrists of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, would
not, however, listen to it, and they actually
proposed and carried a proposition that M.
LEROUX should not be heard, and they rejected his
proposition by a majority of 467 to 146. It would
really appear as if these gentlemen desired to make
apparent to all the world the necessity for a new re-
volution, and to justify beforehand any excesses of
which the promoters of that revolution may be guilty.
According to the Presse, M. Doris has resigned
the office of President of the Assembly, in conse-
quence of ill health.
The pamphlet of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, entitled Le
24 Fevrier, has been seized by order of the Procureur
de la Republique. Several election placards have
also been seized.

" LEDRU-ROLLIN.

The list of candidates prepared by the reactionary
club of the Council of State does not give satisfaction.
The Union complains that it does not contain the
name of one Legitimatist, and refuses to accept it ; and
the Dix Decembre, a Bonapartist journal, but op-
posed to the Ministry, puts forward a list of its own,
consisting of General FIAT, M. BONJEAN, and M. A.
THAYER.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic has ordered the
liberation of another portion of the insurgents of
Lune, detained at Brest and at Cherbourg.
The Moniteur contains a circular addressed by the
Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of depart-
ments, recommending the establishment throughout
France of banks of loan on honour. These institu-
tions are exclusively intended for the relief of the
labourers and indigent classes, and no loan is to exceed
the sum of 200 f.
Letters from Brest of the 22d state that the expe-
dition for La Plata, consisting of the steam-corvette
the Caffarelli, the sloops• of-war the Egerie, the Aube,
and the Manithe sailed on that day.
At the sitting of the Assembly on Monday M. Casi-
mir Perier having ascended the tribune to deposit on
the table the report on the Bill relative to the credit
of 527,006 f. intended to pay the dividend due on the
Greek loan, M. Piscatory rose and insisted on the re-
port being publicly read.
The Assembly having acceded to the demand, M.
Casimir Perier said, that civilized Europe had already
protested against the untoward aggression directed
against Greece ; but the attitude assumed by France
in the affair imposed on the committee the imperious
duty of observing the strictest reserve. He trusted
that it would be equitably adjusted, and placed every
confidence in the justice of the great nation
which had guaranteed with France the
independence of the Greek kingdom. France,
ho wever, owed her feeble ally a mark of sympathy
and an efficacious support. The moment, however,
was not opportune to discuss the question. The:com-
mittee had heard the explanations of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who assured it in the most formal
terms, that the negotiations would be conducted in a
manner becoming the honour and dignity of France.
The Assembly afterwards declared urgency, and
fixed the discussion for Wednesday.
The President of the Republic drove out in an
open carriage on Sunday with two servants in green
livery behind. The throng prevented him from
moving otherwise than at a slow pace and finding it
difficult to return all the salutations he received he
remained bareheaded nearly all the time, and was
constantly engaged in bowing to the right and left.
He was hailed with a respect that very nearly ap-
proached enthusiasm, and frequent cries issued from
the crowds of well-dressed persons of " Vire le Pre-
sident, Vine Napoleon !"
As the President turned from the Champs Ely-
sees into the avenue leading to the Elysee, the crowd
was so dense, and the rush so great to see him, that
not only his carriage but the entire line of vehicles
of every kind was brought to a stand. Not a
single gendarme, sergeant de ville, or other func-
tionary was visible; and it was only by the exertions
of the two servants who beckoned to the people to
allow him to enter that at length a passage' was made,
and the Prince moved slowly along, accompanied to
his very door by the crowds, and hailed with
cries still more frequent and of more fervid affection
than even before, and to which he responded with
respect and gratitude.
PARIS BOURSE, Fan. 26.—Latest Prices—Five per
Cents., 9M. 75c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 65c. ; Bank
of France, 2,290 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEB. 26.

Boulogne and Amiens, 63f,—East Indian, 55,4 Ditto,
2214 Luxembourg, I—Namur and Liege, 7—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 3 Paris and Strasbourg, 5% Rouen and
Havre, 914.

MONEY %no COMMERCIAL NEWS.

f...:ITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were
taken on 9peculatton. The tone: of the market was
fist. —Railway Shares were very dull and at lower

prices.
The Indigo auctions have been brought to a conclusion.
Since the first day the sale, with but little exception,
has gone off very heavily, and the advance of 4d. to Bd.
per lb. then paid, has not been maintained, not•
withstanding the support given by importers, who,
as the sale progressed, 'Hearne more willing
sellers, at rates varying from 3d. to 6d. per lb. above
the October rates. This article, like many others, at-
tracted the attention of speculators at the commence-
ment of the year, and an advance of 6d. to Bd. per lb.
was generally current; the result, however, of the pre-
sent sale cannot be considered to have established a
greater rise than from 3d. to 4d. per lb. upon October
prices. The bulk of the purehases made has been on
foreign account; the home trade have bought but
sparingly, and for immediate wants ; those
who hold stock have been mostly content to
wait for the May sale ; the greatest competi-
don has been for Kurpah Indigo, of which
there Ha 3 but u small proportion offered, and this des-
cription may be said to have gone the dearest, and Ma-
dras the cheapest, in proportion to other sorts. Of the
quantity brought forward it is estimated that 3,492
chests are bought in, 4,377 withdrawn, 6,500 sold, to
which may be added about 500 of the bought in and
withdrawn, making the total quantity sold 7,000 chests,
of which about 4,000 are for export, 1,500 for home use,
and 1,500 for sale.
The F.• ccounts from abroad are more satisfactory upon
the condition of the Stock-markets in some of the prin-

Doubl

cipal cities. At Amsterdam there was more buoyancy
both in the home and foreign investments.
There are no colonial or other ship arrivals with later
intelligence.
At the meeting of the shareholders in the Whitehaven
and Furness Railway Company, held this morning, it
was stated that the average earnings on 16i miles had
been nearly 100/. a week, and the directors state in their
report, which was agreed to nem. con., that—
" It will be seen that with six further miles of the

railway to complete forthwith, and eleven miles more
upon which the works are in progress, and likely to be
finished in the current half-year, the 2/. per share re.
maining uncalled must be speedily paid up.
" This payment, with the arrears of galls, and the
sum to be raised on debenture in respect of which the
company's powers remain unexercised, will be sufficient
to complete the railway and purchase the further rolling
stock required.
"On the completion of the whole line the directors
look for the development of a through traffic of con-
siderable importance, by means of steam-boats between
Piel Pier and Fleetwood, and between Piet Pier and
Poulton, in connexion with the North-Western Railway.
" This latter route will open up a direct communica-
tion between the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire
and Whitehaven, and so with the north of Ireland, which
carries on an extensive trade with Yorkshire.
" The directors continue to bear in mind the import-
ance of a connexion by railway with the harbour of
Whitehaven, and with the Whitehaven Junction Rail-
way; and ;bile the resources of the company will at
present le applied to the completion of the main line, no
opportunity of carrying these subsidiary objects into
effect will be lost sight of."
The resident engineer remarks that—
" The works on the portion opened in July last conti-
nue in a good state of repair. The goods and mineral
traffic is steadily increasing. and will, I have no doubt,
continue to do so, as the line is progressively opened.
The opening to Bootle will bring a very considerable
addition to that description of traffic; and during the
summer months we shall, I expect, have a large passen-
ger traffic.
" The opening to Bootle will greatly facilitate the
through traffic, as it will reduce the coach travelling
six miles, and that the worst portion of the road.
" The expenses of working the 164 miles between
Whitehaven and Ravenglass have been about 60 per
cent. of the receipts, but there is every probability of the
earnings being very much increased, with a very little
addition to the expenditure.
" I am able to add, that nothing has occurred dur-
ing the half-year to alter my opinion that the rail.
way may be finished within the estimates already
submitted to you, showing the cost to be under 10,000!.
per mile."
The English Funds have recovered partially their
buoyancy, and although they opened heavily, a better
feeling has arisen within the last few days. Consols
have been 944 to 944 for Transfer, and 944 to 95. The
present values are 944 to 95. The New Three.and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 97* to 974, and the Three per
Cents. 95 to 4. Bank. Stock is worth 207; Exchequer-
bills are 545. to 575. premium, and India Bonds 84s. to
88s. premium.
In the Foreign Market the transactions have been
again rather limited. Mexican have realised 29+ 4, and
Brazilian New 87 to I. Peruvian have been dull at 78
to j for the Active, and the Deferred at 34+ to 4, al-
though the prices come higher from Amsterdam.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 314 to 324.
Russian Bonds are worth 1094, and the Scrip is to 1i
premium. Spanish Three per Cents. are 364.
The decline in Railway Shares still goes on, and no
one seems disposed to support the market. Even
South-Western, after yesterday's comparatively saris
actory meeting, are depressed.

ONE .1., ~ I, G
P :_':r:-- •P rliiTlbE !. UND:, O'CLOCK. r VICES.
timk Stock
g per Cent. Reduced Anne ...., 95 95% 95 g
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 943/4 %% 95%
New 34 per Cent. Anne....... 97%)4% 9792
Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8% 8%
pciiii Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1.0001... . 88 84 p 84 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ......
Consols for Account 94% % 5/8 95 95 L,,4
wxchequer Bills. I%d. ex 2a
1,000/. June 54 57 p
500/. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. °NE
O'CLOCK

57 p
57 p
57 p
OLONIN t;
PRICES.
8914
Brazilians Bonds —
89%
Ditto, Small -
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent —
Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent.
Ditto 5 Der Cent...,. 99
xexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..,
Ditto. Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account 3214 3214
Russian Bonds
Ditto Scrip l3/4% p 1 % p
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent ... —95 f. 12 %c.
Exchange
French 3 per Cent
Exchange
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55%
Ditto, 4 Per Cent. Certificates - 86%

99%

AILIW'RAICyESSHAOPRES......
....B lISINEns S6B,3Ii)OI..CLOSING
Birpfonairididn,Jgouni: avicliiti.t,hcaaalngdlusardoan.azi; AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
20
Bristol and Exeter....,, 92
Buckinghamshire ...... 171 •••••• 63
Caledonian
--- 50
,;hoster and Holyhead... 50
Eastern Comities._ PAID2O 104. ..
Do., New Preference,
6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10
Ditto,E.xtension, 5 per 1134 .••••
Cent., No.l 61.135. r
4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 135. 4d•••
Eastern Union, Class A N p
(late E. U. Shares) 26
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ..
East Laecashira 250
....
.. 6
..
..... •
..••
East Lincolnshire, guar. 91,45 x
6 per Cent. 25
Great Northern
..
2
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. ..... 10%
Great Western ........ ....100 .., .. 56 57 56 57%
Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 25 .. ... 134
........ ••
Ditto, Fifths ...... ....... 20
....
Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ...
.. .714 is ..
Lancaster and Carlis1e... 50
..
Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ..... _
• • .....
Do. Fifths... ....... ..... 10
London &Blackwall...lll. 6s. 3d... 37,t,
London, Brighton, and
South Coast... .. —IOO
Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... _
... .
Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50
.....
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... 1034
......•
London and N Western 100 lo4l] 104 10.5 i,
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 12 113/4
Ditto,Fifth. ..... •••••• 12 . l2 121
Dn. 10i. (M. Sr B.) C. I ...... PA_ .
...... •••
London &S.Western ..100 .. ... 63
Midland ...... .. ...... ...IC° ..... 40 ...
...... ....
•••
UO.Consol. Bristol and
Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. 41,414 5z
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ..... 122%
... 7........
North British ........ •... 25 .... , 10 ... . ...
Ditto, Halves .. ..... 12% 4%
Ditto Preference .••••• 5
•••
North Staffordshire . 173
• G•
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 60
Shropshire Union ...... 6%
South Devon ......•••"•50
Do. Preference ...... 25
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate ................. 15 ..... 147.„'l 15
Scottish Central ......... 25 ...... 13%
Routh Eastern .... ....... 33 41 lB 18%
South Wales .. .......... 43 ...... 1634 .... .....
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ..• .«..••• 60 ......
Do. do. do. ... 25
York, 'Newcastle, and
Berwick..... .. ....... 25
Do. Newcastle Elden. 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... I 541
York and North Midland 50
.....
....
1) 11., Preference ...... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish ......,•• 8 ... .. 134
East Indian ... ......... ... 5
Luxembourg ............ 8 ••••••• %
Namur and Liege ...•..20 ... . 7 6%
Northern of France •••••• 16
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3
-• ••Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ••••". 0%

MINES.
United Mexican ........• 28% 7 714 7
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia

62%
17
11%
104
7%

-P
% P

2714
5X
101 A
58

1 0 1/2
71,4
511

101,4
573/4
103/4
105
1134

1%
6414
40%

22%

13%
18%
1634

25%
14%
81/2
1%
17%
5%

36
6%
1334
2%
9%

2934

044-
ii-Attrt
N-Ato

LIVERPOOL SPRING
MEETING.
(THIS DAY•)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Tho Trial stakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile and quarter.
Andalusian ... 1

Pio Nono ... ... ... „. ... ... 2
The Spring Cup of 100 sovs. One mile and three-

quarters.

Augcant

THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 100 added. Four

Abd-el-KaCer •••
Knight of Gwynne
Sir John

miles.

Won easy.

YD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DA Y.)
LONDON, FEB. 27.—Wind at noon E.S.E.; light airs
and hazy.
DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind variable and W.S.W., light.
—Arrd. from the River, David Faye, Pot to Rico. Arrd.
from the River and Sld. British Isles, Demerara; Eliza-
beth, Jamaica.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.—Sld. Shamrock, Rio
Grande; Wilsons, Demerara; Prentice, Charleston; Sir
H. Po:tinger, Calcutta; Cassiopia, Cape of Good Hope;
William Russell, Pernambuco; Helen, Vera Cruz; Rio
Grande, Tampico; R. D. Sheppard, New Orleans; Ti-
conderaga, New York; Allegro, ditto. Off port, the
Princeton, New Orleans; Ceylon, China; Nile, Osman-
lus, New York; C. R. C., Rowena, and Bella Portina.
The Mary Wilson, hence to Newcastle, has put into
Belfast Lough.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 26.—The Johanna Maria, New-
castle to Naples, got on the Goodwin Sands this morn-
ing, and came off leaky.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—S1d. Windsor, Madras and
Calcutta.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. William
Bromharn, Bromham, Sierra Leone; George, Danbery,
Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. Off port, Stovey, Valparaiso.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind variable, and fine.—
And. Siren, Catchpole, Bahia.
DUBLIN, FEB. 25.—The New Herald, of Port Mary,
Liverpool, to Nantes, got on Arklow Bank, was aban-
doned, and:subsequently picked up, with seven feet water
in her hold, and brought in here.

Oats.

Barley.

Malt.

Wheat.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks
English
Scotch .. .. • • •
Irish .... .. •
Foreign .. .. • • -- 1,140

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
The second reading of the &thy, Castlecomer, and
Kilkenny Road Bill was postponed till this day fortnight.
bECOND READINGS.
flit. two following Bdis ware rea., time and
ord, red to be ceramitted:—

Copper Kim s' Company (Em.:laiid.)
Licensed Victuallers' Geiwral Fire and Life 4.k5, u-
rance Company (No. 2).
PETITIONS.
Several petitions were eseo: ed :.gainst Su:,(la3
labour in the Post-offier.
•

Mr. ;:i.)O()NEIt presented p, Wao.viek
ayii,v for ;hr ',tab 0 e,,uni tinorc'al
Mr. BROTIIERION prezeu,cd a pi 1,, .as
of the Marring, Bill.
Mr. C. LI.I:7,IIINGTON presented petitions frum
various metropolitan parishcs g for 11,e ri pea ot

the wit dow-tax.
Mr. HARRIS presented a petition from Leicester in
fa,our of the Marriage Bill.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented several petitions against
the Marriage Bill, one of them bcii..g from the Dean and
Chapter of Exeter, and another from the clergy of the
diocese of Canterbury ; also a petition praying for the
abolition of Sunday labour in thy Pos-effice.
Mr. HOME DRUMMOND presented a petition to the
same effect.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin
praying fur a revision of thee Irish Customs Acts in
favour of distillers; also thie(,‘ petitions praying for the
abolition of the duty on paper from Dundalk, Cork, and

Mr. HEY W ORTH presented similar petitions.
Mr. PETO presented sever al petitions in favour of the
Marriage Bill.
Mr. ADAIR presented a petition from Cambridge
praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge.
Mr. RICE presented a petition from Dover praying
for the establishment of county financial boards.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition in favour
uf the Marriage Bill.
Mr. R. PALMER presented two petitions against
Sunday labour in the Post-office.
Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the
University of Cambridge against the Marriage Bill.
Mr. MOODY presented two petitions, one praying
for the abolition of Sunday labour iu the Post.effiee,
and the other pi aging for the extension of County
Courts.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from
Bradford, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours' Bill.
Mr. HEADLA M presented several petitions in favour
of the Marriage Bill.
Eir GEORGE PECHELL presented a petition from
Brighton in favour of the Bill.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from Learn-

ington to the same effect.
Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that to-morrow he
should put a question to the Right Hon. the President of
the Board of Trade relative t, the exports of manu-
factures in 1800 and 1801, and the imports of corn in
the year of scarcity, 1795.
MARRIAGES BILL.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY, after presenting a large
number of petitions in favour of this Bill, proceeded to
move its second reading. The object of the Bill was to
legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister, but as it
had so recently been under the consideration of the
House, he did not feel it necessary to go over the
grounds which he had already stated in its
favour. He could not, however, help expressing
his regret that he had met with so much
opposition, particularly from his Right Hon. Friend the
Member for the University of Cambridge, and at being
now menaced with the opposition r f Sir F. 'l'hesiger;
but notwithstanding that opposition it was his deter-
mination, backed as he was by large and influential
bodies out of doors, to persevere with the measure.—
(Hear, hear.) The Bill now before the House was
almost similar to the one he had the honour of introduc-
ing last session, with this exception, that it did not sanc-
tion a marriage with the niece of a deceased wile, but in
making that alteration he had not yielded from convic •
tion, but rather in deference to the feelings and wishes
of some of his supporters. Actuated by a similar motive
he had so altered the Bill as not to make it compulsory
on a clergyman to solemnize these marriages, leaving
the clergy of the Church of England to follow the dis-
cipline of their church, but while he made this conces-
sion to the feelings of the Church, it should be remem-
bered that the canons subscribed to by the clergy (es
being ordained contained no prohibition to solemnize
marriages of this nature, though the Scotch canons cer-
tainly did contain such a provision. Such then were the
chief alterations of the Bill. It was simply a measure of re-
lief, inflicting no wrong nor injury upon any class; and as
it was calculated to promote the morality and happiness
of the people, he really could not understand why it
should be objected to. There was nothing in Scripture
or in policy to prohibit the marriages. The Church of
England did not prohibit them, nor did the Church of
Rome; and seeing that nobody was called upon to sanc-
tion such marriages, but simply to grant liberty of con-
science to those who were favourable to them. The Act
which the Bill proposed to repeal was only fifteen years
old. Before 1835 these were common marriages; and if
this were a question solely affecting the higher classes,
he should not feel so much anxiety as to the fate of the
Bill, but as it affected the interest of every class, ft am
the highest to the lowest, no feelings of delicacy ought
to prevent the Bill being passed into a law. What were
the circumstances under which the Bill of 1835 was
passed? Before that period, it should be remembered
that these marriages were common enough and strictly
legal. No expression of public feeling had
been manifested against them, and tee Act
was passed to meet extreme cases, against
which the public had always expressed, and would car-
tinue to express, its abhorrence. It was not, however,
intended to prohibit such marriagce, which this Bill pro-
posed to sanction; and as it neither violated the laws of
God or man, he really was at a loss to understand why
the Bill could be objected te.--(llear, hear.) The sister
of a deceased wife was not so near of kin as a cousin,
and to be consistent, therefore, if they prohibited one
marriage they ought to prohibit the other. Indeed to
this day marriage with a cousin was prohibited by the
Greek Church, and for some years it was forbidden by
the Church of England, but in a country like this, di-
vided as it was upon religious matters, how could they
pretend to be consistent in attempting to bind the feelings
of all classes and sects to the views and feelings of the
Established Church?—(Hear, hear.) He could not
trace the origin of these marriages to any particular
date, but the Council of Trent distinctly authorised
them. No doubt before that period the power
of granting the privilege of a marriage of
this nature rested with the bishop. So far
with regard to the Church of Rome, as far as our own
Church was concerned, they were sanctioned by Luther
himself, and had been solemnized downwards to the year
1835. Cromwell sanctioned them, and several marriages
with deceased wives' sisters were celebrated in the high-
est circles of society during the period of the Common •
wealth.—(Che:rs.) But tram that time down to the pre-
sent, although there had been a continual controversy
on the subject, these marriages ad never been strictly
prohibited, and he maintained the Legislature had no
right to withhold the privilege of contracting them either
from the Roman Catholics or the Dissenters.—(Cheers.)
The very Legislature to which he was appealing had ap-
proved of the principle. The Act which he had brought
in was an Act to render marriage with a deceased
wife's sister valid, and did they think that when the
Legislature had sanctioned that Act, that there was any
doubt in their minds that these marriages weto
prohibited by the law of God ? As to the social
evils, which it was apprehended by some persons
would follow on this law, he could not think that the
future state of things would be worse than the present.
He could state to the House many instances, which
would show to them the great immorality which was
occasioned by the pi eset.t state of the law.
The Learned Gentleman then quoted Prussia and
America, countries in which these marriages were legal,
to show the absence of any evil consequences from
such a state of things, and to show the estima-
tion in which persons were held who had contracted such
marriages; and in this country also he could not per-
ceive that such persons were held in disrepute. No less
than 4,000 such marriages had been solemnized since
the passing of the Act, which, assuming that
there were three children to each marriage,
gave 20,000 persons interested in this question.
When he said the existing law affected the poorer
classes, he did not speak from conjecture, but depended
on the authority of the most eminent clergymen of the
Established Church. The Rev. Thomas Dale, who was
one of our best parochial clergymen, said the prohibi
tion of marriage with a deceased wife's sister acted far
more for the promotion than the prevention of crime,
and this opinion was confirmed by many
ther clergymen of considerable eminence. The Hon.
Gentleman then read a number of extracts from letters
he had received to show the evils arising from the pro-
hibition of these marriages, and that the aunt was gene-
rally the most fit person to educate and to train the chil-
dren of the deceased sister, and consequently would
make a better stepmother than any other female.
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then prod eded to
read a number of letters to the same purport from emi-
nent persons in the manufacturing districts, concluding
with a letter from the Bishop of Sodor and Man, and
then proceeded to say that he was anxious to support
himself by sufficient authority, and he thought he had
done so.—(hear, hear.) But it should be recollected
that the parties immediately contracting these mar-
riages were not the only parties concerned. (Hear,
hear.) There might be objections to any alteration
in the law among the higher classes, but the middle and
lower classes were unanimously in favour of it. There
were children fur whom they had necessarily the deep-
est concern.—(Hear, hear.) If arty man entertained
any doubt of the necessity of such alteration, let
him recollect that the law had proved almost totally
inoperative. From ye ar to 3 ear ever since it was passed
these marriages had taken place, sometimes from a total
ignorance of the law itself, and sometimes with a
most painful consciousness of the position in which the
parties contracting them placed t' anselves, but never-
theless a position which they could not avoid without at
the same time neglecting duties which were more im-
portant and more holy then any consideration for their
own feelings.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable
and Learned Gentleman then read a letter from a
gentleman of large experience and of great authority, in
which it Ras stated that the whole of his expe-
rience convinced him that the poor man
could oat be divested of the idea that, however the law
of the land might make such uniolis as these sinful,
they were not opposed to the law of God.—(Hear, heart.?
Ile had in his pocket •a very paieful correspondences
show that the IPP'g, tinh4pPY f'"7 r
1)'/Ydil eln,:wes were
see-
r frequently produced by the operation_ ?moil
in; then that its notion was only misch s, and seeing