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to 1884. A doubt had been started whether the Coun-
cil of Van Diemen's Land had the power to remedy
this error by their own act, and the object of the present
Bill was to prevent parties from bringing vexatious ac7°
tions for the recovery of the amount of duties paid 1141
them from 1829 to 1834, under the idea that they hit°
paid them legally, The object of this Bill was to cor-
rect a technical irregularity, which. Rivas supposed Ilia
been corrected before 1834, but as to which some doubt
had since arisen as to whether it had been properly
corrected by the Colonial Legislature.
Mr. WARLEY 'objected •to the insertion •of the
clause. It was stated in this clause, that after the Adl
had passed, all proceedings should be stayed, conse-
quently the injured party would not only be deprived of
the opportunity of obtaining redress at law, but Would
be required to pay hi,own costs. It might turn out
too, that in levying the duty they might have seize.,
more than they were justified in taking. He thought 11
better under the circumstances, that. no sad, clause
should be inserted in the Bill.
Lord STANLEY said the Bill applied only to irre•
gularity previous to 1834.—8i1l read a third time. A.
On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAA
Queen's Prison Bill went through Committee.
COLONIAL PASSENGERS BILL.

This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
committed on Friday.

• SUPPLY.
The Committee on Supply was postponed till Friday,

MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be reacia.third time,

Mr. MURPHY asked if a clause respecting second
marriages was introduced, or whether (as we understood)
compensation would be given to the wife of a man wh°
had been forsaken by him, he marrying another woman'
when he heard the decision of the Judges against the va-
lidity of his former marriage by a Presbyterian minisleri
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said this was a very her`{
case, but they had determined that they ought not to le-
gislate upon it, nor had the Government introduced on l
respectingclause marriages entered into by persons '
ready married before the decision.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD was desirous of
ing the attention of the House to the injudicious
44
tion of the first clause. Relief, it appeared, was only'-
tended to be given in cases in which marriage"'
had been celebrated by Presbyterian ministers hetWee:ll
members of their own congregations, and of the Establish°
Church. Now it had been understood in Ireland for years
that all marriages celebrated by Presbyterian ministers
were legal, and many instances had occurred in Wldeil
two members of the Established Church had been n'al"a
tied by a Presbyterian minister. Now it was very bar
that persons so circumstanced should be precluded frli
relief. It was cruel to illegitimatise familivas, merelY I.r
Consequence of such a mistake on the part of he'
parents. Relief by such a Bill as this ought not to henit
stinted, but it should be extended to all cases in 'whr,.
parties had married under a misapprehension of the tan,,
a
He had understood that there were many cases in Irelan.,
of marriages celebrated by Presbyterian ministers hvo
tween members of their own congregation and moube,a
of the other sects; he wished to know from the Learn`re
Gentleman opposite in what situation those parties weer
placed by the decision of the Irish Judges, and whea'
such marriages were valid in law ? He thought that art
marriages solemnised by a Presbyterian clergy ni o
,h
should be made valid. He would, therefore, 1110"
all the words in the first clause, between the onir,
" reader," in the 11th line, and the word " 5113't;
in the 23d, be omitted.
Mr. FOX MAULE said he was sure that her ga-
jesty'a Government would be disposed to give the 61141
gestion of the .Hon. Member every consideration,
lie would not think it right to press it upon their atteb,
tion at the present moment. While he was on the sa st
ject he could not sit down without entering his pr°tetia
against rendering the second marriage lawful inst,ehi
of the first.—(Hear, hear.) But he did not see
they could not take such measures as would, at all even
provide for the interests of the children of both inarriagy;
Mr. SHAW protested against the doctrine laid dtt.
by the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. S. Crawfort.'e/5
Hon. Gentlemen seemed not to know, that the liarutie„,
were aware that they were running some risk when tt.",,a
entered into such marriages. With regard to what Jr)
fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. F. Matl'e',;
he (Mr. Shaw) did not intend that the second marrial4-
should be invalidated.
Sir R. PEEL trusted that the Hon. Gentleniall stba
had brought forward his amendment, would not reet4t
risk of taking the sense of the House upon it ;
he meant, that he would not run the risk of hall% At
negatived. It was impossible for any person: to lee 0
the law relating to marriage, without feeling that it (wi.,
altogether defective. In his opinion, the General
riage Act ought to be touched with very great cantl°be
For his own part, he thought nothing ought to
the
done without inquiry. It was the intention of t
Government to apply themselves to the subjeethe
and, in his opinion, the House of Lords iv.aa„.dge
best tribunal to undertake the subject, Pe‘al
that House had the great advantage of high i",
ghe
authority. When the subject was introduced
hoped that they would not make any alteration to
law of marriages, in regard to Ireland, without consider
able inquiry. t to
Mr. WAKLEY would advise his Hon. Friend n° re
risk having his proposition negatived. He was quite siVo,
his Hon. Friend (Mr. Sharman Crawford) would
yield to the opinion of the House, by not then pressing
his motion to a division ; probably it would be Buil
an wow
convenient to the House that the Hon. Gentivin root
consent to an adjournment of the question till to-mor
there.
,he
night, or the night after.—(Murmurs of dissent from 01!
Opposition benches.) The questien was one of "17_
considerable importance, and was entitled to conside7o
tion. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Recorder for le
city of Dublin, had not addressed to the House one sll4c,
remark upon the subject of the motion. 1•In (.M.
Wakley) was very glad that his Hon. Friend (31-`O. of
Crawford) had brought the question under the notice
the House ; but it appeared to him that it would ;
much better that it should be adjourned till to-nierr°
night.
.1 to
Lord ELIOT hoped the House would not twee"!
the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Walitelb
The greatest anxiety• ,at
prevailed in Ireland upon tbe
ject, and all unnecessary delay should be deprena.',o
The table of that House had been covered with petits
froth all parts of Ireland, and none of them, so far asht
(Lord Eliot) could see, adverted to the case brotig

forward by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Crawford). of
Sir R. PEEL said there might be a great deair
danger in going beyond the case affected by the late uro,
cision of the Judges in Ireland. The House should P.
ceed to legislate upon the subject with the greatest P°
sible caution.
case
Mr. LITTON said that he did not find that the
i
alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman opposite (in,l::nos
Crawford) had been referred to in any of the pcildd
presented to that House, or at any of the meeting,
it'
,(1
upon the subject by the Presbyterians of Ireland' , to.
they did not seek for any remedy fur the evil allude co,
The motion was then withdrawn, and the Bin
read a third time, and passed. Talis
BUILDINGS REGULATION AND BOROu -

IMPROVEMENT BILL. ciog
On. the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the fo°3 to
Hon. Gentlemen were appointed a Select Committee,ro
which to refer the Buildings Regulation and I3or°p.
Improvement Bill :—Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. George gr.
Ham Wood, Mr. Manners. Sutton, Mr. Hawes,
Beckett, Mr. Tufnell, Lord Ashley, Sir Matthew I,de,
Viscount Sandon, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hodgson Woo
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Murat; and Colonel Th°
Wood (Middlesex).
The House then adjourned at Eight o'Clock.

MESSRS. HOPKINS AND DREWETT'S BANiatu"„„.„, 10
at
--Mr. Drcwett, being confined to his bed by serious illPcm-500
Peppering, was visited by the Commissioners in his bed-r°°l,o4o
Thursday, who there took his examination. The OsTwith
finally having consulted, expressed themselves fully satis6oo uP
it. At this period of the proceedings, Mr. Hopkins delivlllor
his watch, purse, and 511. 12s. 4d. (including a Al. note th be
kins and Drewett's), being, with 95/. previously given 11,1:1601*
money he had at the time of the fiat issuing, and two stun, of
and 50/. since received from Mr. Edmonds. On the 10°4°pre'
Mr. Halliday, the sum of 101., with the watch and purse, _, tier,
rented to Mr. Hopkins. A similar sum was voted by o:Dirlf
to Mr. Drewctt ; but Mr. Robert Drewett on his father's bbate
declined accepting it. The bankrupts were then declarcd
passed. led
A numerous deputation from Manchester, he3thod
by Mr. Mark Philips, M. P., and Mr. Brotherton, i,l
the
a long interview with Sir J. Graham yesterday morniugr
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. IRTS.
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erpoolH, Mrs. J. W. Seaburne 1;131,
of a
On e iersooo
the 19th ult., at Paris, the lady of John Foster Gi
Esq., of a son arid heir. . t ladY a
On the 26th ult., at Cross Deep, Twickenham, l
George Barnard, Esq., of a daughter. Cairns,
On the 26th ult., at Liveopool, the lady of Nathan
Esq., of a daughter. fo $
•On the 27th ult., Mrs. G. R. Herron, I3ermondseY,
daughter. V/r. 11'
On the 27th ult., at Leeds, the wife of the Rev.
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off'
On the 27th ult., in Curzon-street, Mayfair, the wife
.;1-fawkins, M.D., of a daughter.

MARRIED. irlcV•
On the 24th ult., at St. George's Church, by the A' t:i
Fredrick Bridge, Mr: Robert Graves, jun , StephenCie.•
Bessy, eldest daughter of John Power, North i
street, Mount Joy-square, Dublin.
On the 28th ult., at Margate, Mr. Wilkinson, d London,
1°
Catherine, daughter of Mr. Mills, Buenos A3res. Alarg te,
On the 24th ult., at St. Eihelburga-within-Bishossg:
Malcolm Ross, Esq., of the Island of Tobago, les t°
Maria Elizabeth, daughter of the late W. Searle, EsT_____..----'
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DIED. , k Northonl-
On the 27th ult., at Lesbury House near .Alnwte
berland, the Pee. ohn Herdman, 111. D., aged 78. Eiv, late
On the 24th ult., at Brompton, Kent, W. Payee'
Master Attendant of Chatham Dockyard. Richard
On the 16th of December, in Upper Canada, Morgar , ,inget
only son of the Rev. Morgan Walter Jones, Vicar ei
Kent, aped 21. ,
On the 23d ult., at Bownes, Westmoreland, the "°'" ter.
beth Carpenter, widow of Captain the Hon. .Charles Caryer_ol,
R.N., and mother of George, third Earl, and of John 1)
fourth and present Earl of Tyrconne', aged 73. - A• S.
On the 2.5 th ult., at Doncaster, H. Bower,l7lLL._,..

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