Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-25

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/ LONDON. April 2t.-Months ago we endea-
voured to call the attention OF the public to
| tain political symptoms which then seemed TO
| Indicate a possibility that the port of Parga
would be gIveH up To the Porte. On this sub
Ject Sir Z. Msnck put u question TO Lord Cas-
tlereagh last night Ia the House of Commons
whether any negotiation had been entered
into for the cession of Parga to the Turks T.
| Lord Castlereagh was understood to reply,
| that negotiation to that effect was on fool I,
| but not yet concluded Ii not concluded, il
never ought TO be bat IL we may credit a pa
ragraph in the Meniteur, il has already been
coded The following appeared in the .Noai-
| teur of the Sd instant.
| General Maitland, who lisa great faSorite
| with the Grand Seignior. has, in consequence
| OF orders from. his government, coded the fsrt
OF Parsa, occupied hithert By the English, TO
Ali Re! tiiamrd Bay Who was directed ny the
Grand Seignior to take possession. His High
ness has sent the order OF the Crescent to the
En..,sh General, mark of his satisfact ton. -
l. The suspicious we entertained some months
age, are verified by these facts, and by the ar
ticle relatin. to these islands in the treaty of
Faris, which runs thus:
Art. I. The islands Of Corfu, Cspl,alonia,
Lante, NIaura, Ithaca, Cerigo, and Paxo, ritk
| their dependencies. such as they are described
IN the treaty between his Majesty the Emperor
OF all the itussias and the Ottoman Porte. of
the alst of March, 1900. shall form a single,
free, and independent State, under the demo-
Islands"
beautiful specimen of the art of cutlery
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| not exceed five-eighths OF an inch in ieng til,
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HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 25.
Dr. Phillinore moved the order of the day,
| Tor the further considerable of the report on
| the Marriage Act Amendment Bill.
Sir Z. Robinson opposed the hill at conside-
rable length. as disturbing a law which was
passed tor The purpose OF obyiating the great
inconvenience previously existing. He did
| not conceive that the present Marriage Act
required alteration and ii it did. he was per-
saaded that the alteration suggested by his
honorable and learned friend. would be highly
injurious. Conceivng that Parliament ought
not TO legisidte on subject of so important a
nature without deliberate enquiry, either by
| a committee, or otherwise, he felt 1T TO he his
uutN TO move AZ an amendment 10 the motion of
MS honorable aud learHed friend that the Re-
| port be taken into further consideration on
| that day sin months.
MT. SERGEANT Onslow contended that the
principle OF the bill was good, but thought
| mat there were some OF the provisions which
| might be advantageously omitted and also
| that there were some deficiencies which might
| De advantageously supplied if the honorable 81
learned gentleman who had moved the amen6-
| meht would agree TO the re-commitment of
| the bill.
The Solicitor General argued against the
| biii, as All Innovation OH an established and
| penehciai law. To the principle of il he was
| ueciaeoiy hostile ; and he maintained that il
| could not be agreed TO by the house, unless
tney abandoned that most important provision
| OF tie marriage act by which the marriage of
| minors without the consent of their parents
| and guardians was declared TO be null and
| void.
| Sir J. Mackin,osh characterized the Mar
rage aci Us most tyranHcal and oppressive
] law. Originating in an individual who was
| incompetent TO give il legal form, the execu-
ZION OF tue act had, in the first instance been
.o9nu iinpracticabie, aud il had been twice
! referred, but i'll vain, to the judges for due
| amendment. Ii then fell into the hands of
| lord tiardwick who in consequence probably
| OF the violent opposition and personal contro-
versy III which 1t involved him, wa. picqued
| INTO support OF the measure, which il was
not likely so distinguished character would
otherwiss have given to bill such as he (Sir
J. Mackintoshl had described. In two lines of
| that act hve OF the most capital felOnies were
created. One OF its revolving features was
| that ii visited with The most severe punish,
inent individuals utterly innocent of crime {:
that 1t inflicted less severe. although still a
severe punishment on individuals who were
the least guilty; and that il not eDiy allowed
the most guilty individuals to escape with i'm
puhity, but in many instances gave them a
| reward tor their treachery and cruelty.
| Inc unfortunate children Of the marriages
against which the act was directed were de-
ciaredIlieeltimate the unhappy wife was sent
back into the world, deprived of her name and
hsr reputation while the husband who in ma
ny cases might have devised this plan of I'M
| manly triumph over innocence, was rewarded
TOT MS guilt by liberation from those sacred
engagements into which he had basely entered.
| WIN the knowledge that he had the power OF
freeing himself from them at his own pleasure.
ny tsat act, passed by the Legislature hastily
ano ln.emperately, and contradicting in its
character, the principles by which the great
| Dody OF The English law had been rend red
venerable those guards which had been SET
| rohnd the more defeHceless part of the COM
mahiy-those projections which justice had
ahorded 10 women against the power and vio-
renee, and oppression ofmaD, we're weakened
| auu IN many cases wholly Withdrawn After
having proceeded at considerable length i'm
answer to the various objections which had
| been used against the bill the honorable and
learned gentleman concluded by observinv
that ~ they trusted more TO imnuia able nature
| ana less 10 the stern operation OF law il would
oe round that the intended effect would be-
more 'uiiy and completely produced than il
conld be by multiplicity of severe enact.
ments on the subject
Dr. PhliIimore, in reply, expressed his sur.
P1Ee Al Tue opposition of his honorable and
learned friend the Solicitor General, to The
measure now before the house. His object o.
introducing this measure was, to prevent tb,
possibility Of the marriage of minors beii,s
u.cIAIed nulI, unless application TO that effect
were made within reasonable period Hi,
honorable and learned frieBdm must be perfect,
aware OF the great hardSips suffered in case
OIL M nature. He CDR p6illimorc) could cit,
various cases where men had ayaled them
seNeS0i ihr presentlaw TO separate tbems elye
, from their wives and families after a cohabi.
!,cn OF ten, twenty, and in some cases nea
tlhrty years. There was one case perfectI,