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had only three important duties to perform—first, to make a
house ; secondly, to keep a house ; and thirdly, to cheer the
minister. (Great laughter.) He-:;thought the government
ought to be responsible for making -A house.
The house divided, and the motion of Mr. Ward was de-
feated by a majority of 230 to 115.
The house then went into committee, and Sir V. Blake
occasioned much amusement by giving a disquisition on the
merits of potatoes.
Mr. PARKER moved that it be lawful for any person to give
bond for the payment of duty on foreign corn at the ruling
duty of the time, even though such corn might not be in bond,
provided that such corn should be in bond within four months
from the time of giving bond.
Sir R. PEEL said this certainly was a most extraordinary
proposition. A man might give bond when the duty was at
a shilling for an unlimited quantity of corn; he would then
take the chance of the next four months, and if they did not
suit his purpose he would neither pay the duty nor bring in
the corn.
After a short discussion, Mr. PARKER withdrew his mo-
tion.

Mr. P. SCROPE moved that at the desire of the importer
the duty might be taken from the ruling duty on the day the
ship left the port from which the corn was exported.
Sir IL. PEEL said this would give the importer a choice as
to the duty he would wish to pay, which was unjust in prin-
ciple, and might lead to the most serious inconvenience.
After a short discussion, the motion was negatived without
a division. _ _ _

Having got through eight clauses of the bill, and it being
20 minutes past 12 o'clock, the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsDAr

Thr royal assent was given, by commission, in the Duchy
of Cornwall Bill and the Van Diemen's Land Bill.

Lord BROUGHAM postponed, until Thursday, Ifis motion
relative to Sir E. Peel's proposed plan of finance.

Adjourned

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-

-TUESDAY

The second reading of the Marylehone Parish Bill was op-
posed by Sir B. HALL, who moved that it should be read a
second time that day six months.
Mr. WARLEY contended that the bill was a flagrant job,
and he hoped the house would reject it.
After some discussion the second reading was carried by a
majority of 206 to 131.
Mr. F. BARING asked Sir R. Peel several questions as to
the way in which it was proposed to collect the income tax.
Sir lt. PEEL replied that the right hon. gentleman had put
no less than seven questions to him upon this head; but he
must say, that
until the ro per time for that disclosure came
he should dm p
ee e, entirely from a sense of public duty, to
enter_ into any explanation of the. machinery to which the
Government proposed to resort for the collection of the tax.
Lord HOW, ICK thought it unfair to ask the house on Friday
next to agree to an income-tax without giving the house an
opportunity of considering of the machinery necessary for its
collection.

Mr. F. BARING said that Mr. Pitt, when he brought for-

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Sir It. PEEL said he had no objection to the motion,
which was accordingly agreed to.
Sir A. L. HAY moved for copies of correspondence in
the home-office since the first day of July, 1841, relating to
the appointment of a minister to the vacant charge in the
parish of Elgin. The lion. baronet entered at great length
into the causes of the collision which had taken place be-
tween the supreme civil courts of Scotland and the General
Assembly, which ought, in his opinion, to have been settled
by her Majesty's late government, and which, he hoped,
would be now settled by the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel),
for he had never seen the minds of the people of Scotland
so agitated upon any subject as upon this.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he would speak, from his earliest ex-
perience, of the salutary influence produced upon the morals
and general character of the people of Scotland by the church
of that country ; but in the division which bad taken place,
it was very difficult in this country to ascertain what course
should be pursued. Two years ago the Earl of Aberdeen
proposed a measure calculated to satisfy the moderate men of
all parties ; but, as was too often the case, the moderate party
proved to be the weakest, and the noble lord was compelled
to abandon his bill for want of encouragement. It was the
determination of the government to insist, without violence,
but with firmness, on obedience to the law of the land, and
it was the duty of the government to see that the veto act
should not prevail over that law. He thought it better to
stand by the law, with which he was satisfied, rather than to
attempt legislation, and he should therefore oppose the mo-
tion.
Mr. F. MAULE said he differed froin Sir James Graham's
view of what was the law of the land, and contended for the
independent spiritual jurisdiction of the Church of Scotland,
with which even parliament itself had, according to the act
of union no right to interfere. He deeply regretted, there-
fore, to hear the determination to which her Majesty's go-
vernment had conic, of refraining from legislation on the
subject.
Mr. A. B. COCHRANE said he was delighted to hear that
it was the intention of the government that the law should.
be supported. That was all that was required, and though
he had intended to support the motion, he should, after the
assurance of Sir James Graham, rest perfectly satisfied.
Mr. A. CAMPBELL said be little expected that he should
have been called upon to give so decided a condemnation of
a government which he had hitherto supported, as he was
then called upon to pronounce against that of the right hon.
baronet, who had, it appeared, made up his mind to crush
the church of Scotland—an attempt, however, in which he
would fail, for he would have all Scotland against him.
Mr. C. BRUCE bore testimony to the conciliating way in
which Sir James Graham had exercised the patronage of the
crown in the disposal of church preferments in Scotland.
• After a few words from Mr. Duff and Sir A. E. Hay, the
motion was negatived without a division.
On the motion of Mr. HUTT the house resolved itself into
a committee of the whole house, with a view to the bringing
in a bill to permit flour or flour and biscuit to be substituted
for foreign wheat secured in warehouses.
Sir It. PEEL said he had no objection to the bringing in
of the bill, in order to its being printed and circulated, but
without pledging himself in the slightest degree, to the mea-
sure. . _

The requisite resolution was then agreed to, and the house
resumed.

Mr. A. CAMPBELL moved for a select committee to consi-
der the constitution and principles of the church of Scotland,
and to inquire into the causes of the collision between the
supreme court of that church and the supreme civil courts,
and to report their observations thereon to the house.
Mr. Cow PER supported the motion; feeling desirous, as a
member of the Church of England, to have some information
upon the subject.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the government had come to the
resolution of standing by the law as laid down by the decision
of the House of Lords, which decision repudiated the veto

as being contrary to law. Under these circumstances the
ministry deprecated the appointment of a committee. Be-
sides, the inquiry proposed was far too extensive in its nature
to admit of their engaging in such an investigation.
Mr. Fox MAULE said he should support the motion, now
that he distinctly understood that it was not the intention of
the government to legislate upon the subject. It was, in his
opinion, necessary that the people of England should be
made better acquainted with the important matter in dispute.
Sir R. PEEL said he quite agreed with Lord Cottenham
that it would'be useless to legislate, unless they could hope
by legislation finally to settle the question, and from the
temper of parties in Scotland, he believed by interference
they would only make matters worse. He did not mean to
say that government was satisfied with the present state of
matters in Scotland; on the contrary, as soon as he had ac-
ceded to office, communications were opened with the view
of ascertaining if they could hope to effect a reconciliation
by means of legislation, and the result of those communica-
tions was a belief that the interference of government would
end in disappointment. He feared that the appointment of a
select committee would only tend to widen existing differences.
Mr. CAMPBELL replied ; after which the house divided,
and the motion was negatived by a majority of 139 to 62.
Mr. FERRAND moved for a copy of all the convictions in
the counties of York and Lancaster, by magistrates in petty
sessions, of persons who have been guilty
of illegally paying
the wages of their workpeople in goods instead of the cur-
rent coin of the realm. The lion• member reiterated his
former charges against the manufacturers.
Air. SCHOLEFIELD said he had letters from persons in
Birmingham, informing him that the most gross imposition
had been practised upon the hon. member for Knaresborough,
as to what was said to have taken place in that town. No
such meeting as that he spoke of bad ever taken place.
The motion was agreed to, the orders of the day were dis-
posed of, and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF CONIMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
to a question from Mr. M. Gib-
Sir R. PEEL, in replying
son, as to whether the income tax was to be imposed on
pensions as well as upon salaries and annuities chargeable on
the consolidated fund, replied in the affirmative; and took
that opportunity of stating that her Majesty had communi-
cated to him her intention to submit to the income tax, in
common with her subjects, should such a tax be required by
the necessities of the country.
Mr. E. TENN ENT moved the second reading of the Designs
Copyright Bill. The object of the bill is to extend from three
to nine months the copyright of designs for the purpose of
manufacture.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS opposed the bill, on the ground that
it would occasion the most serious inconvenience to our
manufactures, and lead to endless litigation.
Lord F. EGERTON thought the bill was founded on the
soundest principles of morality, and was fully of opinion that
the manufacturers would find reason to be grateful to the
individual who had suggested its enactment.

Mr. SHIEL argued at considerable length that it would be
right to enlarge the time of copyright to six months, but he
was opposed io any greater extension of it.
Dr. BOWRING thought the bill would not effect its own
object of giving protection to inventions, for it contained no
definition whatever as to what was to be deemed to be
invention. _ .

Mr. M. PHILIPS thought that a term of three months was
quite sufficient for all departments of the trade. As a com-
promise, however, he might be induced to agree to extend
the copyright to six months.
Captain FITZROY thought the carpet trade required pro-
tection more than any other, on account of the expense of its
designs.
_The present terrn was not sufficient.

MormisoN was in favour of a fair protection, but
thought an exorbitant one would be very injurious to trade.
Six months' protection should be the outside.
Mr. BEATHCOTE thought that in the present bill there
was no protection against fraud in the registering of patterns,
and stated his approval of the French mode of giving publicity
to patterns.

Mr. BROTHEILTON said the house ought to be cautious of
extending beyond six months a bill likely to be productive
both of oppression and litigation.
Mr. GLADSTONE supported the bill, contending that it
could not operate at all injuriously against our foreign trade
in printed goods.
The bill was then read a second time.

Lord IluioN moved the second reading of the copyright
bill, which was agreed to on the understanding that the dis-
cussion should be taken on going into committee.
The adjourned debate on Lord F. Egerton's motion re-
specting.the marriage law was then resumed ; and
Mr. BORTHWICK said there was no direct prohibition con-
tained in the Scriptures against a marriage between a man
and the sister of his deceased wife. He supported the mo-
tion of the noble lord.

Mr. CuitTEis also supported the motion, in order that the
nature of the bill might be seen and fairly considered.

Mr. C. BUTLER said at the first view of the question he
was inclined to be adverse to the motion of the noble lord.
but more full consideratiOn had induced him to give it his
decided concurrence, for, however he might be disposed to
retain the present law as far as regarded the higher classes of
the community, he was convinced that in the middle and
humbler classes some such relaxation was necessary, for the
sister of a deceased wife would be the most eligible party to
watch over, perhaps, a large family of children left behind.
The general custom of European countries, and also of
America, was in favoni-, of- such marriages, and they could
never persuade people that-it was very horrible to effect
marriages which were sanctioned very generrally throughout
Europe, and sanctioned more by Protestant than Catholic
countries.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could no consent
to place the moral feeling of the higher classes and of the
lower classes upon a different footing, and in this case ne
should be more inclined to oppose such marriages amongst
the latter than amongst the higher orders. He forbore from
entering upon the religious portion of the question, from a
wish to refrain from making that house an arena for theolo-
gical discussion, and would therefore confine himself to the
inconvenient consequences likely to arise from such mar-
riages. The right hon. gentleman then argued at consider-
able length against such marriages, and said, in his opinion,
the bill would be, if carried, destructive to all social happi-
ness and comfort. _ _ _

Mr. BROTHERTON said, that, although known to be ille-
gal, such marriages was very common amongst the lower
classes. It was only on the ground of expediency that the
question could be argued, and upon that ground he should
support the motion.
Mr. V. SmrTH opposed the motion, avoiding the religious
portion of the question altogether, and entirely relying upon
the extreme social inconvenience which the proposed measure
would be likely to lead to.
Mr. O'CONNELL opposed the bill, as opposed to domestic
convenience and domestic morality.
Lord ASHLEY said, that this very question had been dis-
cussed in France by persons who had no great respect for
either canon or ecclesiastical law. In the council of state,
under Napoleon, in 1804, it was determined that no such
marriages should take place between a man and his sister-in-
law ; and that even in such a case a dispensation should not
be allowed, although dispensations were allowed in the cases
of a man marrying his niece, or a woman her nephew. This
conclusion was come to solely because of the inconvenience
to which they were calculated to lead. In a matter of such
immense importance they should not interfere, unless com-
pelled to do so by an overwhelming necessity, which in this
case did not exist. _

Mr. D. WOOD said that the conclusion come to by the
French Council of State was founded upon the facility of di-
vorce in France, which destroyed the analogy between the

Sir W. FOLLETT gave a lucid explanation of the law,
which, as far back as the reign of Henry the Eighth, declared
such marriages to be illegal, and in point of fact they had
always been illegal by the canon law, though, if not ques-
tioned during the lifetime of the parties, they would not
suffer them to be subsequently questioned. But such, he
contended, was not a proper state in which to leave the law,
for it left the parties who engaged in such marriages at the
mercy of any one who chose to extort money from them by
threats of the ecclesiastical court, or of those who might have
an!interest in setting aside the claims of the children to the
property of the father. He should oppose the introduction
of the bill, as likely to give to the children but a chance of a

.M.)ippina furettlgraft.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15.—Wind W., variable

Arnivso.•—Princess Royal, Robinson, from Calcutta—Canton,
Gray, from Mobile. On the 2d instant, in lat 52, long 41, fell i❑
with the Quebec Packet, from Halifax for Cork, waterlogged, and
took off the crew—Cora, Miller, from Bahia, iu 50 days. The Lydia
and Westmoreland were to sail in about ten days, for this port ; the
Lady Flora Hastings, for London, sailed four days previously—
Diana, from Leghorn—Hoppelt, from Genoa—Lucy, Wright, from
Santonia—South, Thomas, from Rouen—Charles Carter, Brown,
from London—Victoria, Bannister, from Belfast—Agnes, Patten,
from Tralee

SAILED.—Lydia. Hartley, for Antigua—Ann Bridson, Blackstone,
for Rio Janeiro—Thomas Worthington, Valentine, for Lima—Dal-
matia, Howes, and Hanover, Driunniond, for New Orleans—Equity,
Jordan, for Dordt

Volunteer, Mann, from Sierra Leone, at Madeira, and sailed 12th
Feb. for Demerara
Zoe, Holmes, hence at the Mauritius lgth Nov.
Earl Fowls, Todhunter, from the Cape of Good Hope at ditto
Tyrer, Shadwell, from Calcutta for London, at St. Helena 16th
January

Matilda, -, hence at the Bay of Islands
Jean Baptiste, from the Clyde at Monte Video, in 53 days
Planter, -, from Cette, at ditto
Cigar, Harvey, from , at Pernambuco, and sailed 2nd
Feb. for Cowes
Eliza Johnstone, Petrie, from London, at ditto
Penninghame, Green, from Ascension, at ditto
Honesta. Andrews, hence at Leghorn
Dora, Quick, and Lord Charles Spencer, Crouch, hence at Gib-
raltar
Rifleman, Stafford, hence at Almeira
Oliviera Secundo, St. Anna, hence at St. Übes
St. Mango, -, from China, at Deal
Paragon, from Calcutta, in the Downs

Cuba, Kissobk. from Sydney, at London
Mary Queen of Scots. Killey, sailed from Pernambuf!o 24th Jan.
for Maceio. The Priscilla, Taylor, 27th, for Aricati, and the
Go'den Fleece, Hubbuck, on the 2gth for Paraiba
Coeur de Lion, Kendall. sa led from Rio de Janeiro for Maran.
ham 16th January

Emerald, Thomas, sailed from Lisbon 2nd March; and Lady
Rowley, Wright, 4th —all for this port
H.M. steamer Driver, (6) sailed from Portsmouth for China 12th
instant

Robert James Haynes, from Laguna to this port, was spoken 30th
Jan. in the Gulf of Mexico

Belvidere, hence for Bombay, was spoken 2nd March, in lat. 23
N. long. 13, with jibboom gone

Craton, Gray, from Mobile, at this port. On the 2nd March, in
lat. 42, long. 4), fell in with the Quebec Packet, from Halifax to
Cork, waterlogged, and took off the crew

Cora, Miller, from Bahia, at this port, in 50 days. The West-
moreland and Lydia were to sail in is days for this port. The
Lady Flora Hastings for London, sailed four days previous
MAURITIUS, Dec. 4.—The John Woodall, Williams, from Cal-
cutta to London, put in here to-day, with foremast sprung
RIO GIIANDH, Jan. 6.—The Rival, Caddy, from Liverpool to this
port, was wrecked to the northward of the bar 26th ultimo; part
of the cargo saved
JgasEv, March 11.—The schooner Philip, bound to Liverpool,
drove on her anchors in the outer roads. Miring a heavy gale on
the night of the gth instant, and was obliged to cut away her fore-
m Ist, to prevent her going on the rocks off Elizabeth Castle; as-
si6tance has been sent to tow her into the harbour.