The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1850

On the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, an estimato
was ordered " of the annual expense of collecting the
stamp duty on newspapers, stating the number and
wages of persons employed at Somerset House, and in
Edinburgh and Manchester, in stamping the paper; the
annual cost of machinery, and the expense of clerks, in-
cluding those who receivJ the money fur stamps."
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Six o'clock.

IRELAND.
STATE OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN.
DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Marquis of
Londonderry has felt it to be his duty to bring
the state of the county of Down, and the charac-
ter of some of the proceedings which have aided
in producing that state, officially under the
notice of the Lord-Lieutenant, and in the
course of a long letter addressed to his Excellency,
the Noble Marquis refers at considerable length to
the various meetings held in the north, glancing at
the resolutions adopted thereat, and commenting on
the speeches delivered on the occasion by the Pres-
byterian and Catholic clergymen. L Ird Clarendon's
reply is as follows :

" Dublin Castle, March 1.
" My Lord,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieu-
tenant to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's
letter.

" His Excellency has observed with much re-
gret that the public mind in the county of Down
has of late been agitated upon questions con-
nected with the relations of landlord and tenant,
and the agrarian outrages have recently increased
in that generally peaceable and tranquil district.
The Lord-Lieutenant cannot but feel surprised that
a county hi herto consider( d the most favourably
circumstanced, and the inhabitants of which were re-
garded as the most contented in Ireland, and where
there appeared to have existed between the proprietary
and tenantry that mutual confidence which is so essen-
tial to the prosperity of each, should, at the present mo-
ment, be the scene of angry discussion which can never
lead to a satisfactory settlement of any differences
which may exist between owners and occupiers.
The Lord Lieutenant has read with pain the speeches
which have beea reported to have been delivered
at some of the meetings referred to by your Lordship,
and his Excellency sincerely laments that those, who,
by their position, may be considered capable of giving
a direction to the feelings and opinions of their
hearers, should have permitted themselves to advocate
principles which are subversive of property and order;
but the Lord-Lieutenant feels assured that your Lord-
ship will, on refintion, concur with his Excellency
in opinion that he would not be justified in calling the
attention of the General Assembly, or any other go-
vernment bo ly of the Presbyterians, to such secular
matters.

" On more than one occasi ,n the Lord-Lieutenant
has had to regret the use of language by ministers of
the Go-pel of different persuasions in this country
when taking part in proceedings unconnected with
their duties, but experience has proved to him
that the good example or the great majority of the
clergy of all churches in Ireland, and the disapproba-
tion with which they view the violent interference of
clergymen in secular rratters, operate as the moat
effectual checks upon a force which must always be
injurious to the cause of truth and social order.
"I am further directed to assure your Lordship
that the most active exertions are being used to dis-
cover the perpetrators of these outrages, which have
naturally created so much alarm in the county of
Down, and that no effort will be wanting on the part
of his Excellency for the suppression of crime in that
district.

"I have the honour to bP, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's ob,dient, humble servant
" T. N. REDINGTON.
3 The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry."

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—In 30's, 40's, and 50's
adequacy of
mule twist, suitable for Indian consumption, the
tma
iairwkde t prices being well sus-
of the demand to take up
the production, as it becomes disengaged. But the
continental merchants are at least as much indis-
posed for business as they were last week. The
byisthevearyde
letters received to-day, from Germany, show that,
althou,;h stocks are exceedingly moderate, there
is yet a sufficient supply, below the cost of what
might now be imported, to prevent the giving of fur-
ther orders, of any magnitude, in the present unsettled
condition of the Manchester market. The conse-
quence is, that we have had a very dull day in reeled
water twist ; and, though there is little alteration
in the quotations, still the buyers are able to
make their limited purchases, for assortment,
on slightly lower terms, than they could have done a
week ago. The turn of prices in warps and cops, of
medium counts, for home consumption, is also some-
what in favour of the buyers, who, however, are but
little inclined to operate. It is found, however, that the
diminished production of low numbers for home manu-
factures has imparted to them a degree of firmness
not observable some few days back. The fall in prices
has led to a somewhat increased call for printing
cloths, for 40-inch shirtings above the lower reeds,
and also for 34 and 36-inch shirting& Long cloths,
T cloths, and domestics, however, continue to be neg-
lected. Toe lessened production of these articles
has not, as yet, in any degree stimulated demand.
Altogether, the transactions of the day have been on
a very restricted scale ; and a good deal of irregu-
larity has been experienced in prices.
ROCIIDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a rather quiet
market to-day in flannels, with little or no change in
prices. In the wool market there has been little
doing, and prices have been stationary.
MACCLESFIELD, TUE6DAT .—We have no alteration
to notice in the market since our last. Manufacturers
continue to effect sales of goods freely, but there is
some little complaint of prices not being up to the
mark, as compared with the raw material. Old
stocks are fast working out; and higher prices will
have to be paid, or production will have to be lessened.
This applies also to the thrown silk trade. The
brokers' circulars, just issued, all concur in prices
being very firm for good and useful silks.
HUDDERSFIELD, TILESDAY.--OUY market has been
brisker than ever, the stock continuing low, and
being in fact at present lower than ever before known.
The Cloth Hall looks quite deserted, and the manu-
facturers are working for orders only.
Ihurax, SATURDAY.--Everything remains pretty
much in the quiet condition noted in our last report,
which might, with truth, he repeated, word for word,
as respects this day's business in the Piece Hall,
and also as respects both the yarn and the wool
markets.

LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There h3s not been much done
in the market to-day, and the cloth trade generally is
riot quite so brisk, buyers not being disposed to give
the advanced prices asked. There is a lair business
doing in the warehouses, chiefly by shippers.

CAPITAL PUNISIIMENTS (COLONIES).—It appears
from returns moved for by Mr. Swart, tor the purpoEo
cf ascertaining how far crimes for which capital punish-
m,rit have been abolished in this country, are still capi-
tally punished in the colonies, in addition to the crimes
of murder and arson, attacks with intent to murder,
rape, robbery from the person with stabbing, burglary
with intent to murder, afsaults of a nameless nature,
and wilfully castingaway
any vessel whereby life is lost,
are severally punished capitally. In several of the co-
lonies, however, those crimes only are punishable with
death which are so in this country.
CHESTER. AND lIOLiIIEAD RAILWAY.-Traffic for
the Week ended March 3, 1850:—C. and IL Main Line,
1,1611. 19s. Bd.; Mold, 691. 35. 4d.; steam boots, 904
12k, oci.—Z.o)l 1,3211.158, Od.

who could so care for them as the sister of a deceased
wife,—who so likely to inherit her virtues and to care
for her children?—(Hear, hear.) The religious pirtion
of the question hal been abandoned—(Cries of " Hear,
h:ar" and "No, no")—and it must be abandoned—
hear)—and they had, therefore, no ground to go
upon—at least in that II .us:-.—but the social end
political grounds.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") Upon
the principle of those grounds alone cou!tl they
dxiee it; and if they did nut assume thoie grounds,
what value could they put upon the representations of
the Dissenters and the petitions of the women of
Elgland?—(Hear, hear.) It they refused to grant this
Bill, then would every woman be degraded, and hence-
forth no woman would ever astach her name to a peti-
tion to that House.—(llear, hear.) The refusal of this
motion would be an invasion cf the re:igioul and civil
liberty of the people, and on that account ho should give
his strenuous support to the Bill.

Mr. GOULBURN said he felt bound to give his
strong and most earnest denial to the proposition, which
was so absolutely contrary to the Lets of the cage, that
religious considerations ought to bs excluded from the
consideration of the question. He still adhered
to the opinion which he had formerly expressed, that
the law cf Loviticu:, clearly prohibited marriage with a
deceased wife's sister. This prohibition had boon train-
tained by all who had administered the Lovitic,A law.
At the period of the Reformation, those who t:anslatcd
the Bilfe, and cleared away some of the ra,ti-ictions
which previously existed, continued to retain the re-
striction as to such marriages. If the Bill were
paised, he felt convinced that it would not carry into fa-
milies that peace and comfort which some Members hid
mentioned, but, on the contrary, he thought that mar-
riages of this description would give rise to ihe greatest
evils, and that in whatever way the Legislature might in-
terfere, people would still continue to abide by the Di-
vine law according to their own conscientious convictions.
Believing these marriages to be at variaace win the law
of God, he would give this Bill his most zealous oppo-
sition.

Mr. S. WORTLEY having shortly replied,
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided, when there appeared--
For the second reading of the Bill ... 182
Against it 130
Majority for the second reading --52
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Wednesday next.
Mr. FOX MAULE gave notice that in Committee ho
shout,' move a clause preventing the application of the
t)Bill Scotland.--(lfear' hear.)
NEWSPAPER, STAMPS.