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London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WLDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1868.

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PARTMENT, (affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others
in the Navy and Army, is under the especial Patronage of
Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im
perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government
Officials.
New Premium Income in 1859, 18.50, 1861 £lOl,OOO
1862, 1863, 1864 £123,000
1365, 1866, 1867 £180,745
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
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A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
• For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall.

OCTAVIIJS WIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART lI9DGSON, Et
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I
DIRE(

Esq Governor.
,sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
;TORS
William Tettow—HThbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
EgArton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevi's Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
tuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William. Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadous Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam,

NOTICE.—Tho usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire
on the 9th of July. _ . _

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
FARMING STOCK.--No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.

The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Asiured
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of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
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by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—THROUGH BOOKING to and DAILY
COMMUNICATION with the ISLE OF MAN.

By special arrangement with the Isle of Man Steam
Packet Company their steamers now leave Liverpool
Daily (Sundays excepted) at 1.0 p.m., this latter depar-
ture enabling passengers leaving London (Euston Station)
at 6.15 a.m. to reach Douglas the same day.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager,
Euston Station, July, 1868.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—COMMUNICATION from KENSINGTON
and CITY, via WILLESDEN JUNCTION. The Ex-
press Trains leaving Euston Station at 9.0 and 11.0 a.m.,
12 noon, 2.45, 5.0,: and 6.0 p.m. now call at Willesden
Junction, and convenient Trains are run in connexion
from Kensington, Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham Junction,
Broad-street, Shoreditch, Dalston, Highbary, and Isling-
ton, Camden-road, Kentish Town, Hampstead-heath,
Kew, Poplar, Bow, Hackney, and other suburban Stations.
Through Tickets are issued from most of these places to
Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and all principal
places on the London and North-Wostern Railway.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, July, 1868.

ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—P. complete syst in of THROUGH BOOK-
ING for PASSENGERS PARCELS, and MERCHAN-
DISE is now established between the LONDON and
NORTH-WESTERN and NORTH Bruns a RAIL-
WAYS, and passengers can, on application, obtain Tickets
at all the principal Stations on the London and North-
Western system, and forward Goods, for Edinburgh via
the Waverloy route and Stations on the North British
Railway, or to which that Company has access.
W. CA WKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, July, 1868.

INDIA OFFICE, 17TH JULY, 1868.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA

IN COUNCIL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVZ,N, That
Packages, stated to contain reserved articles from the
estates of deceased Officers and Soldiers of the late East India
Company's Service, and of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces.
have from time to time been received from the Governments of
the respective Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the following
estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
5 Arnot, D., Lieutenant, 34th Madras Native Infantry
11 Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment
17A Barclay, J. S., Captain 39th Madras Native Infantry
20 Coust, H. A. 0., Captain 2d Madras Native Veteran Bat-
talion
33 Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Estab-
lishment
42 Dillas, R. Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regiment
47 East, Clayton F. R., Lieutenant, Bth Madras Light Cavalry.
48 Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras Native In-
fantry
565 Fitzgerald, J. N.. Lieutenant, 37th Madras Native Infantry
73 Houghton, R. R., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry
75 Halliday, J. Sergeant, Bengal Establishment
79 Johnston, J. M'M., Captain, 4th Madras Native Infantry
82 Jay, W. T., Cornet, sth Madras Light Cavalry
85 Kensington, H. B. Ensign, 32d Madras Native Infantry
86 Kerr, A. W. 111. Captain, 39th Madras Native Infantry
90 Lewis, A. G. H., Ensign, 33d Madras Native Infantry
106 MacCarthy, H. P. T., Lieutenant, 20th Brigade, Royal Ar-
tillery
108 Mottet, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native Infantry
128 Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native Infantry
114384 A
Syme, Ryan, PW.,.,Dmepajuotyr,Cmomadmraisssaaff Madrascorps Sappers and Miners
154 Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishthent
165 Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native Infantry
170 Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Miners
Applications for such packages should be made by the next of
kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of such next
of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
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In the event of any of the packages in question remaining un-
claimed.for the further period of six months from this date, they
will be opened, the contents be disposed of by sale, and the
amount realized be credited to the estate of the deceased.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

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THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
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For Fallen Women.
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stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
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town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
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Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The borne at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The. Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may. bo had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
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The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

MOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, took his seat on tho woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Towns Drainage and Sewage Utilisation (Amend-
ments) Bill was read a third time.
THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND LONDON, BRIGHTON,
AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAYS BILL.

Lord REDESDALE said on the house taking into can-
sideration the rejection of an amendment on the part of
the. House of Commons, that he regretted he must ask
their lordships to persist in the rejection of the clause which
had been struck out.

Tho Duke of RICHMOND considered that the feeling
of the house had not been to restrict the financial arrange-
ments of rail way companies. He would ask their lord-
ships, therefore, to disagree with the amendment of the
House of Lords.

The Marquis of SALISBURY said that he was in hopes
that the noble lord who had just spoken was about to
withdraw some observations which he had made about
the introducer of this bill. He had spoken at
first of the noble lords as jobbors in railway com-
panies, and now ho said that they had .circu-
lated rumours to serve their sordid interests. It was sim-
ply the question whether a shareholder should divide his
property or have it in one marketable share.

The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that they ought to
be careful in interfering with the internal operations of
railways.

Lord ROMILLY said that during the last few years his
time had been almost all taken up by the litigation amongst
railways.

On the question being put that the house do adhere to
its amendment on clause 55, it was declared that the non-
contents had it. A division then took place, when it
was found that the non-contents were in the majority, au i
the amendment was therefore struck out.

The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved for the production
of documents in the possession of tne Commissioners of
Woods and Forests and the Receiver-General of the Duchy
of Cornwall, relating to foreshores.
The Duke of RICHMOND opposed the motion. The
papers would fill four or five folio volumes. Some of the
documents were in the British museum ; others referred to
Scotland, whereas the issue which the Duke desired to
raise concerned English foreshores ; several were of merely
antiquarian interest, and the great mass were, at all, events,
of a private character. He would not object to the con-
tinuance of certain returns to complete tho series moved
for by Mr. Augustus Smith.

After some brief observations by Lord REDESDALE and
by the LORD CHANCELLOR, who did not see why the coun-
try should be put to the expense of printing Mr. Pycroft's
antiquarian lucubrations, the motion was rejected.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether ho had caused inquiry to be
made as to the alleged hard usage of James Austin (re-
ported in the Times of July 15), who was imprisoned in
Bedford Gaol, handcuffed, and a heavy deduction was made
from the money in his possession.
Mr. HARDY said the best answer he could give was to
refer the hon. member to a letter which appeared in tho
Times of that day.
REMOVAL OF TROOPS.

Mr. OT WAY asked the Secretary of State for War
whether it was true that the 36th Regiment was sent from
England in Match last to Kurrachee, in Scinde, where it
arrived at the commencement of the hot season, whether
the regiment was then sent into barracks which had
"been declared unfit for European troops ;" and whether,
on one day in June last, nine men, women, and children
of the regiment died in these barracks from what is called
heat apoplexy ?

Sir J. PAKINGTON said that was a detachment of the
36th, and not the entire regiment, which had been sent to
India. With respect to the last part of the question he
had no information, but he would institute inquiry into
the matter.

APPROPRIATION BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.

INLAND REVENUE BILL.

This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to.

ARMY CHAPLAINS BILL.
This bill wes reed A third time a.d iassed.

ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPHS BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained
the details with respect to the purchase of the telegraphs
by the Government. Ile said the greatest care had
been taken to carry out the proposal, which, he believed,
would turn out to be advantageon ; and profitable. It was
impossible to state what would be the sum required for
purchase money, because so much wocid depend on the
decision of arbitrators, and, therefore, he could not at, that
moment bring in a necessary bill. It had been stated that
the estimated sum would be about £1,000,000, but th !y
had been compelled to purchase other lines than those
first intended, and now Mr. Seudamore felt that fd,000,000
would be the outside sum required under any circum-
stances. The Government secured what was called " way
leases" over all the railways, which wa,3 a very important
arrangement, and would practically give the Government
a monopoly of the telegraphs. The number of mess:lg es
sent through the different thlegraphs in 1861 amonete 1
to n ) les i than 7,5)1,090, and from a mean e ticulation
that had been 'nide, which showed that £4,000,00
Could be raised on such a business, which s owed a balance
in favour of the purchase of .t 2,00.1,000, whilst the m tximurn
calculation which had been made showed that £10,000,000
might be the sum. The Government had made certain
arrangements
_between the Postmaster-General and the
newspaper proprietors of the United Kingdom, and by it. the
Postmaster would not become a collector of news, but
merely the means of transmitting the news collected into
the country. The rates for such work would not be higher
than at present charged, and other arrangements had been
made which would greatly facilitate the rapid transmission
of news. The violation of secresy had by the bill been
made a misdemeanour, and all fear of " tapping " had
been set aside by the inquiry which had taken
place into • the matter, and which showed that
such a matter,was altogether impossible. He did not
feel it necessary to go any farther into the matter. The
bill would be of great advantage to the commercial interests
of the country, it would conduce to the comfort of the
pri rate and domestic circle ; and as it would prove advan-
tageous to the country at large, and bear investigation in
every point of view, he recommended the house to give
its assent to the measure.
Mr. GOSCHEN generally supported the bill, but
thought the estimated income, when the telegraphs came
into the possession of the Government in 1869, had been
overstated £lOO,OOO at least.

Mr. LEMAN also canvassed Mr. Scadamore's figures
in a very hostile spirit, contending that nearer
£10,000,000 than £6,000,000 would be needed to carry out
the plan.
After some remarks from Mr. KARSLAKE in support of
the scheme,
Mr. GLADSTONE expressed his readiness to forward
the bill, not only because he held that the telegraph ser-
vice might be greatly improved by transference to the
Post-office, but because, until the inquiry contemplated
was completed, the interests to be dealt with could not be
fully known. Mr. Goschen, he held, had shown very
good grounds for believing that the best bargain had not
been made, and that without giving the Post-office a
monopoly the Exchequer would be a loser. It was only
a sense of equity which could prevent the Government
from competing with the Telegraph companies, and there
was no ground therefore of a high order for deviating from
ordinary principles in dealing with them. Mr. Gladstone
agreed entirely with Mr. Goscben that the new Parlia-
ment would noit be in any way bound by this bill.
Mr. NORWOOD and Mr. E. POTTER, as members
of the select committee, expressed complete confidence in
Mr. Scudamore's figures, and in the certain success of the
project, though Mr. Norwood admitted that the terms of

the bargain were heavy. But the committee had no option
at the time of the year but to confirm them or throw out
the bill.

The only opponents of the bill on principle were Mr
LEvEsoN-GOWER, who objected to inaugurating so great
a change in our national habits without a fuller inquiry
and Mr. R. N. PHILLIPS.

Sir J. GRAY supported the bill, and after some re-
mai ks from Alderman Lusk the house went into Com-
mittee on it.

On clause 4 Mr. CHILDERS proposed an amendment
referring the whole question of terms of purchase to arbi-
tration, which

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resisted
pointing out that the parties had complied with the first
alternative of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act by
coming to an agreement, and had submitted it to Parlia-
ment. On the whole he held that a. settled bargain was
safer than arbitration. Mr. Hum. took the opportunity of
defending his arrangement against the criticisms of Mr.
Goschen, and read a letter from a well-known firm of City
capitalists (whom, however, he did not name), offering a
guarantee of 1 per cent. on the sum to be raised under the
bill, on condition of receiving the net profits from the
working of the telegraphs for 15 years.
The amendment was negatived without a division.
On clause 15 Air. AYRTON proposed an amendment
fixing a sixpenny rate for the first 30 words of every mes-
sage within the metropolitan district, but withdrew it in
favour of a similar prryposal from Mr. Watkin extended to
all towns of over 30,000 population. On a divisiou it was
negatived by 68 to 25.

Tho rest of the sitting was spent mainly in committee
on the Poor Relief Bill, on which there was a long preli-
minary discussion, its opponents pressing the Govern-
ment, but without avail, to drop it for the session. To the
series of clauses, beginning with clause 6, designed to fa
cilitate the religious instruction of the inmates of work-
houses by ministers of their own persuasion, a strenuous
opposition was offered by Mr. Newdegate, Mr. T. Cham-
bers, and other " Protestant " members. They were de-
fended by Lord E. Howard, Mr. Baines, and others on the
plea of religious equality, and Mr. Villiers pointed out
that they only carried out what had been the law for more
than 30 years, though it had been evaded for the want of
a "creed register," which clause 6 provides for. On a
division the clause was crrried by 58 to 27.

Mr. Newdegate was beaten on an attempt to report pro-
gress by 55 to 25 ; but after two or three more clauses had
been agreed to, the committee was adjourned until to-
day

The other business was disposed of, and tho house ad-
journed at a quarter to 2 o'clock.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.

A case tried the other day at Derby, of which a
report appeared in the Times of Monday, throws a
good deal of light on several subjects which have
much interest at present, especially upon the con-
dition of the laws relating to marriage, and upon
the position which is and must be occupied, not only
in our own, but in every country in which complete
religious freedom prevails, by the Roman Catholic
Church. A man of the name of Fernando, an
Oriental person, half Portuguese, half Cingalese,
was living in Dublin with a Scotch girl, who passed
as his wife. He was a Roman Catholic, and she,
till she made his acquaintance, had been a Pro-
testant, though under his influence she had become
a Roman Catholic. He represented to a Roman
Catholic priest, to whom he was known, that they
had already been married in Scotland, and that he
wished the Scotch marriage to be confirmed. He also
represented that his wife had for more than a year
ceased to attend any Protestant place of worship and
attended Roman Catholic chapels. Having satisfied
himself as well as he could of the truth of this story, the
priest, Mr. Daniel Jones, had the woman instructed
in the Roman Catholic creed, formally received her
into the Church, and performed a ceremony of mar-
riage between her and Fernando " per verbs de
prmsenti." The Oriental person afterwards came
to England, deserted his wife, and married another
woman before the registrar at Derby. He was tried
for this offence, and the question of his guilt
turned upon the validity of the first, marriage.
This involved various points. It was admitted in
the first place that a priest in orders, whether Pro-
testant or Catholic, can perform the marriage cere-
mony in Ireland without any of the conditions as
to banns, &c., which have been required in Eng-
land ever since Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act in
the middle of the last century. It was further ad-
mitted that under the provisions of an Irish Act of
Parliament, passed much about the same time, a
Roman Catholic priest cannot perform a valid
marriage between parties either of whom is or
has within twelve months before the marriage pro-
fessed himself or herself to be a Protestant. The
questions upon which the particular case turned
were whether Mrs. Fernando had been, or had pro-
fessed herself to be, a Protestant within twelve
months before the marriage, and whether the cere-
mony was a complete marriage " per verba de prce-
senti," or only kblessing on a presumed antecedent
marriage. As to the second point, the evidence of
the priest who performed the marriage was uncon-
tradicted, and prevailed. As to the first point the
evidence was more or less incomplete. The parties
had represented to the priest at the time of their
marriage that the woman had attended a Roman
Catholic chapel for more than twelve
months before, and a witness swore that he had!